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2000Final results

2000 election for Iowa House District 81

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jack Drake (R) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Jack Ryan (D) by 28.4 points.

Jack DrakeRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.2%8,359
Jack RyanDemocrat
35.8%4,665
13,024 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+8.61994R+18.11996R+30.81998R+28.42000R+16.02002R+10.32004

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