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1984Final results

1984 election for Iowa House District 20

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

John Groninga (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Tim Cohea (R) by 33.0 points.

John GroningaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%8,625
Tim CoheaRepublican
33.5%4,343
12,968 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+10.81978D+10.61980D+10.91982D+33.01984D+9.21992D+1.21994

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