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2004Final results

2004 election for Iowa House District 79

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jeff Kaufmann (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Mike Owen (D) by 7.9 points.

Jeff KaufmannRepublican · winner
54.0%7,768
Mike OwenDemocrat
46.0%6,625
14,393 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+36.11992D+38.51998R+6.02002R+7.92004R+25.52006R+33.02008

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