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2010Final results

2010 election for Iowa House District 79

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jeff Kaufmann (R) won with 72.5% of the vote, defeating John E. Archer (D) by 45.0 points.

Jeff KaufmannRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.5%7,582
27.5%2,873
10,465 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+7.92004R+25.52006R+33.02008R+45.02010R+44.22012R+49.32018

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