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2012Final results

2012 election for Iowa House District 73

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Bobby Kaufmann (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Dick Schwab (D) by 12.7 points.

Bobby KaufmannRepublican · winner
56.3%9,068
Dick SchwabDemocrat
43.5%7,016
16,115 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+19.32006R+23.22008R+29.02010R+12.72012R+35.32014R+11.52018

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