1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Iowa House District 75
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Jane Svoboda (D) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Ward Handorf (R) by 12.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jane SvobodaDemocrat · winner
56.4%5,500
Ward HandorfRepublican · incumbent
43.6%4,247
9,747 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET