November 2, 1982 General Election
Registered Voters 48345
Total Voters 33509
Turnout 69.31%
Early Voters 1088
% of votes cast early 3.25%
US Representative, 3rd District
Lynn Cutler (Democrat) 19221 (59%)
Cooper Evans (Republican) 13380 (41%)
Governor of Iowa
Roxanne Conlin (Democrat) 19304 (58%)
Terry Branstad (Republican) 13263 (40%)
Jim Bittner (Socialist) 352 (1%)
Marcia J. Farrington (Libertarian) 156 (0%)
scattered write in 17
Lieutenant Governor
Bob Anderson (Democrat) 18913 (61%)
Lawrence E. Pope (Republican) 11489 (37%)
Steve Marsden (Socialist) 452 (1%)
Dean T. Miller (Libertarian) 250 (1%)
scattered write in 0
Secretary of State
Mary Jane Odell (Republican) 16131 (52%)
Al Sorensen (Democrat) 14138 (46%)
Joseph Henry (Socialist) 440 (1%)
Sylvia Sanders Olson (Libertarian) 267 (1%)
scattered write in 0
Auditor of State
Tom Slockett (Democrat) 20789 (66%)
Richard D. Johnson (Republican) 10007 (32%)
Anne R. Koloc (Socialist) 475 (2%)
Treasurer of State
Michael L. Fitzgerald (Democrat) 17977 (60%)
Maurice E. Baringer (Republican) 11195 (38%)
Don Doumakes (Socialist) 600 (2%)
Secretary of Agriculture
Jim R. Riordan (Democrat) 15199 (50%)
Robert H. Lounsberry (Republican) 14302 (47%)
Jim Dubert (Socialist) 478 (2%)
Ben L. Olson (Libertarian) 272 (1%)
Attorney General
Tom Miller (Democrat) 20669 (68%)
Walter Conlon (Republican) 9297 (30%)
Brent Lee Vanderlinden (Socialist) 414 (1%)
Dean Heyne (Libertarian) 238 (1%)
State Senate, 23rd District
Arthur A. Small Jr. (Democrat) 14694 (64%)
Phillip E. Jacks (Republican) 8196 (36%)
State Senate, 27th District
Joe Brown (Democrat) 4690 (58%)
Donald L. Kirkpatrick (Republican) 3397 (42%)
State Representative, 45th District
Minnette Doderer (Democrat) 8506 (100%)
State Representative, 46th District
Jean Lloyd-Jones 7594 (100%)
State Representative, 54th District
Richard J. Varn (Democrat) 5155 (63%)
Andrew Burton (Republican) 3046 (37%)
County Treasurer
Donald J. Krall (Democrat) 22030 (100%)
County Recorder
John E. O'Neill (Democrat) 21496 (100%)
County Attorney
J. Patrick White (Democrat) 21388 (100%)
County Board of Supervisors (full term)
(2 to be elected)
Dennis J. Langenberg (Democrat) 20459 (61%)
Harold M. Donnelly (Democrat) 19923 (59%)
Charles J. Cunning (Republican) 9554 (29%)
Audrey Jordahl (write in) 163
Scattered write in 6
County Board of Supervisors
(2 year term to fill vacancy)
Dick Myers (Democrat) 17526 (59%)
Glenn E. Roberts (Republican) 12037 (41%)
Special election required to fill vacancy caused by death of Supervisor Lorada Cilek (Democrat) in May 1982. Supervisor Mike Cilek (Democrat), son of Lorada Cilek, served by appointment from May until November. Supervisor Myers took office immediately following the election.
Iowa City Hotel/Motel Tax
Yes 9460 (61%)
No 6113 (39%)
Coralville Hotel/Motel Tax
Yes 1469
No 954 (39%)