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1982Final results

1982 election for Iowa House District 80

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jack Woods (D) won with 76.0% of the vote, defeating Virginia Johnston (R) by 52.1 points.

Jack WoodsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.0%7,314
24.0%2,306
9,620 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+0.61976D+3.11978R+6.41980D+52.11982D+41.41984D+34.41986

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET