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1984Final results

1984 election for Iowa House District 8

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Kenneth Degroot (R) won re-election with 76.7% of the vote, defeating Dennis Tangeman (D) by 53.5 points.

Kenneth DegrootRepublican · winner · incumbent
76.7%9,014
23.3%2,732
11,746 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

EvenR+50.01982R+53.51984R+63.11988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)