1990 United States Senate election in Iowa
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The 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a second term in office. Harkin was opposed by Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tauke, from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and both Harkin and Tauke won their primaries uncontested. Though Harkin performed slightly worse than he had six years earlier, he was successful in his re-election bid and defeated Tauke.
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County results Harkin: 50–60% 60–70% Tauke: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Tom Harkin, incumbent United States Senator
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 162,661 | 99.47 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 867 | 0.53 | |
Total votes | 163,528 | 100.00 |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Tauke | 91,798 | 99.81% | |
Republican | Write-ins | 172 | 0.19% | |
Total votes | 91,970 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 535,975 | 54.47% | -0.98% | |
Republican | Tom Tauke | 446,869 | 45.42% | +1.76% | |
Write-in | 1,089 | 0.11% | |||
Majority | 89,106 | 9.06% | -2.74% | ||
Turnout | 983,933 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).