1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1986 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 58 · R 42
Races100
Changed party10
Unopposed35%35 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 58 · R 42

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Steve Hansen (D)8.6
HD-2Mike Peters (D)8.5
HD-3Don Shoning (R)23.6
HD-4Wayne Bennett (R)Unopposed
HD-5Donald J. Paulin (R)Unopposed
HD-6Lee J. Plasier (R)Unopposed
HD-7Tom H. Miller (R)10.1
HD-8Kenneth Degroot (R)Unopposed
HD-9Ruhl Maulsby (R)Unopposed
HD-10Russell J. Eddie (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-11Daniel P. Fogarty (D)47.0
HD-12Josephine Gruhn (D)16.7
HD-13Rod Halvorson (D)35.8
HD-14Janet Adams (D)4.6
HD-15Sue Mullins (R)Unopposed
HD-16Clifford Branstad (R)8.0
HD-17Delwyn Stromer (R)28.6
HD-18Robert Fuller (D)1.3Flipped
HD-19Dennis May (D)2.6
HD-20John Groninga (D)Unopposed
HD-21Bob Renken (R)Unopposed
HD-22Ray Lageschulte (R)Unopposed
HD-23Marvin E. Diemer (R)Unopposed
HD-24Jane Teaford (D)10.7
HD-25Don Shoultz (D)22.2
HD-26Patricia Harper (D)4.7Flipped
HD-27Joseph M. Kremer (R)5.9
HD-28Donald D. Avenson (D)30.8
HD-29Betty Jean Clark (R)Unopposed
HD-30Deo Koenigs (D)28.0
HD-31Paul W. Johnson (D)16.6
HD-32Roger A. Halvorson (R)11.9
HD-33Don Knapp (D)Unopposed
HD-34David Tabor (D)33.3
HD-35Michael W. Connolly (D)Unopposed
HD-36Thomas J. Jochum (D)Unopposed
HD-37Vic Stueland (R)21.1
HD-38C. Arthur Ollie (D)4.6
HD-39Hugo Schnekloth (R)25.9
HD-40Don Hermann (R)Unopposed
HD-41Tom Fey (D)23.8
HD-42Bob Arnould (D)32.3
HD-43David Osterberg (D)Unopposed
HD-44Andy McKean (R)24.4
HD-45Minnette Doderer (D)Unopposed
HD-46Mary Neuhauser (D)25.9
HD-47Mary A. Lundby (R)17.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-48Darrell Hanson (R)27.5
HD-49Kay Chapman (D)Unopposed
HD-50Phil Brammer (D)25.9
HD-51Richard V. Running (D)Unopposed
HD-52Ron J. Corbett (R)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53Phil Tyrrell (R)16.2Flipped
HD-54Robert E. Dvorsky (D)Unopposed
HD-55Virgil E. Corey (R)17.6
HD-56Donald R. Platt (R)Unopposed
HD-57Dan Petersen (R)Unopposed
HD-58Michael J. Vancamp (R)15.9
HD-59Clyde L. Norrgard (D)1.9
HD-60Dennis M. Cohoon (D)13.9
HD-61Clay Spear (D)17.3
HD-62Philip L. Wise (D)6.4
HD-63George R. Swearingen (R)3.7
HD-64Harold Vanmaanen (R)Unopposed
HD-65Charles N. Poncy (D)Unopposed
HD-66Daniel Jay (D)Unopposed
HD-67James J. Cooper (D)32.8
HD-68Linda Beatty (D)24.5
HD-69David Schrader (D)9.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-70Edward G. Parker (D)1.3
HD-71Dennis H. Black (D)41.8
HD-72Tom Swartz (D)38.6
HD-73Ralph Rosenberg (D)22.8
HD-74Johnie Hammond (D)17.5
HD-75Jane Svoboda (D)12.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-76Kyle Hummel (R)Unopposed
HD-77Mark Haverland (D)3.9
HD-78Dennis Renaud (D)41.7
HD-79John H. Connors (D)59.5
HD-80Tony Bisignano (D)34.4
HD-81Jack Hatch (D)23.9
HD-82Dorothy F. Carpenter (R)Unopposed
HD-83Janet Metcalf (R)19.8
HD-84Jack Holveck (D)36.9
HD-85Florence Buhr (D)33.0
HD-86Gary Sherzan (D)Unopposed
HD-87Teresa Garman (R)8.5Flipped
HD-88Eugene Blanshan (D)28.7
HD-89Wayne H. McKinney Jr. (D)22.0
HD-90Bob Skow (D)Unopposed
HD-91Jack Beaman (R)6.3Flipped
HD-92Horace Daggett (R)Unopposed
HD-93Bill Royer (R)Unopposed
HD-94William H. Harbor (R)Unopposed
HD-95Mike Peterson (D)39.7
HD-96Louis J. Muhlbauer (D)14.4
HD-97Wendell C. Pellett (R)Unopposed
HD-98Joan L. Hester (R)6.7
HD-99Brent Siegrist (R)27.3
HD-100Emil S. Pavich (D)Unopposed

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