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1984 election for Iowa House District 95

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Mike Peterson (D) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating James O. Anderson (R) by 21.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Mike PetersonDemocrat · winner
60.8%7,512
James O. AndersonRepublican · incumbent
39.2%4,843
12,358 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+2.11982D+21.61984D+39.71986

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