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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 60 · R 40
Races100
Changed party0
Unopposed17%17 races
Incumbents defeated10

Every district

D 60 · R 40

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1James D. Okane (D)18.5
HD-2Al Sturgeon (D)32.3
HD-3Leo P. Miller (D)4.0
HD-4Wayne Bennett (R)9.9
HD-5Donald J. Paulin (R)1.1Incumbent lost
HD-6Wilmer Rensink (R)Unopposed
HD-7Lester D. Menke (R)19.5
HD-8Kenneth Degroot (R)50.0
HD-9Ruhl Maulsby (R)6.8
HD-10Richard Groth (D)25.9
HD-11Daniel P. Fogarty (D)23.1
HD-12Josephine Gruhn (D)1.3
HD-13Rod Halvorson (D)Unopposed
HD-14Dale M. Cochran (D)28.2
HD-15Sue Mullins (R)20.9
HD-16Clifford Branstad (R)24.6
HD-17Delwyn Stromer (R)Unopposed
HD-18Richard W. Welden (R)Unopposed
HD-19Lowell Norland (D)9.2
HD-20John Groninga (D)10.9
HD-21Bob Renken (R)Unopposed
HD-22Ray Lageschulte (R)Unopposed
HD-23Marvin E. Diemer (R)12.0
HD-24Harlan W. Gerpen (R)1.3
HD-25Don Shoultz (D)7.4
HD-26John McIntee (R)7.6Incumbent lost
HD-27Paul G. Copenhaver (D)Unopposed
HD-28Donald D. Avenson (D)7.7
HD-29Betty Jean Clark (R)2.1Incumbent lost
HD-30Deo Koenigs (D)1.1Incumbent lost
HD-31Semor C. Tofte (R)Unopposed
HD-32Roger A. Halvorson (R)26.4
HD-33Don Knapp (D)Unopposed
HD-34David Tabor (D)23.6
HD-35Michael W. Connolly (D)49.4
HD-36Thomas J. Jochum (D)Unopposed
HD-37Vic Stueland (R)26.7
HD-38C. Arthur Ollie (D)10.8
HD-39Hugo Schnekloth (R)14.5
HD-40Don Hermann (R)15.8
HD-41Tom Fey (D)18.6Incumbent lost
HD-42Bob Arnould (D)31.4
HD-43David Osterberg (D)4.0
HD-44Andy McKean (R)30.7
HD-45Minnette Doderer (D)Unopposed
HD-46Jean Lloydjones (D)Unopposed
HD-47Myron B. Oxley (D)9.2
HD-48Darrell Hanson (R)10.2
HD-49Kay Chapman (D)12.7
HD-50Phil Brammer (D)16.3
HD-51Richard V. Running (D)Unopposed
HD-52Doris Peick (D)1.3
HD-53Janet Carl (D)0.4Incumbent lost
HD-54Richard J. Varn (D)21.1
HD-55Virgil E. Corey (R)3.8
HD-56Betty A. Hoffmanbright (R)21.2
HD-57Janis I. Torrence (R)22.9
HD-58Michael J. Vancamp (R)4.1
HD-59Brian Carter (D)11.3
HD-60Elaine Baxter (D)Unopposed
HD-61Clay Spear (D)Unopposed
HD-62William R. Sullivan (D)7.3Incumbent lost
HD-63George R. Swearingen (R)15.6
HD-64Harold Vanmaanen (R)20.7
HD-65Charles N. Poncy (D)Unopposed
HD-66Daniel Jay (D)32.4
HD-67James J. Cooper (D)30.7
HD-68Philip Davitt (D)38.3
HD-69Robert J. Grandia (R)3.2
HD-70Edward G. Parker (D)13.4
HD-71Dennis H. Black (D)24.5
HD-72Tom Swartz (D)21.7
HD-73Ralph Rosenberg (D)27.1
HD-74Johnie Hammond (D)13.4
HD-75Ward Handorf (R)1.0
HD-76Kyle Hummel (R)9.5
HD-77Mark Haverland (D)8.3
HD-78Dennis Renaud (D)46.7
HD-79John H. Connors (D)52.8
HD-80Jack Woods (D)52.1
HD-81Ned F. Chiodo (D)12.1
HD-82Dorothy F. Carpenter (R)32.5
HD-83Lyle R. Krewson (R)17.0
HD-84Jack Holveck (D)13.5
HD-85Florence Buhr (D)25.1
HD-86Gary Sherzan (D)35.1
HD-87Joyce Lonergan (D)11.5Incumbent lost
HD-88Eugene Blanshan (D)21.2
HD-89Jo Ann Zimmerman (D)8.9Incumbent lost
HD-90Bob Skow (D)10.5
HD-91Randy Hughes (D)4.2
HD-92Horace Daggett (R)22.6
HD-93Bill Royer (R)30.5
HD-94William H. Harbor (R)Unopposed
HD-95James O. Anderson (R)2.1
HD-96Louis J. Muhlbauer (D)10.0Incumbent lost
HD-97Wendell C. Pellett (R)23.7
HD-98Laverne Schroeder (R)11.0
HD-99Michael E. Gronstal (D)10.6
HD-100Emil S. Pavich (D)42.2

Iowa House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner