Statehouse incumbents facing primary challenges all survived Tuesday night, just as many observers predicted.

The closest margin of victory for any incumbent was state Rep. Wayne Ford, D-Des Moines, who secured 54 percent of the vote in the three-person race against Tyler Reedy and Charles Hoffman, who garnered 39 and 7 percent, respectively, in the District 65 race.

Another Democrat, Rep. Geri Huser of Altoona, held off Matt Ballard's challenge in the District 42 House primary. Huser captured 60 percent of the vote compared with Ballard's 40 percent.

Rep. Deborah Berry recorded the largest margin of victory for an incumbent being challenged. Berry, D-Waterloo, netted 73 percent of the vote, while Don Shatzer earned 27 percent of the vote in the District 22 primary.

Rep. Jim Van Engelenhoven of Pella was the lone Republican House incumbent being challenged. He beat Marc Held by a 72 percent to 28 percent margin.

See the IowaPolitics.com Primary Scorecard for complete legislative and congressional results

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