The 1998 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1998 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 odd-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1998 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
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The primary election on June 2, 1998 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1998 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.[2] General election results can be obtained here.[3]
Following the previous election in 1996, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats to Democrats' 21 seats. In a special election in District 13 in 1997 to fill a vacancy created by Sen. Jim Lind's (R) resignation, Democratic candidate Patricia M. "Pat" Harper (D) flipped the seat for her party. Therefore, on election day 1998, Republicans held 28 seats to Democrats' 22.
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 4 Senate seats.
Republicans strengthened their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1998 general election by netting two seats, resulting in Republicans holding 30 seats and Democrats having 20 seats after the election.
Summary of Results edit
- NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1998 so they are not listed here.
Source:[4]
Detailed Results edit
- Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1998; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1998 & are not shown.
District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47 • District 49 |
- Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steven D. Hansen (incumbent) | 8,421 | 61.2 | |
Republican | Kathleen Hoffmann | 5,337 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 13,758 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenneth Veenstra | 15,040 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 15,040 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mary Lou Freeman (incumbent) | 13,389 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,389 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Sexton | 9,245 | 51.5 | |
Democratic | Rod Halvorson (incumbent) | 8,712 | 48.5 | |
Total votes | 17,957 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stewart Iverson (incumbent) | 12,472 | 66.4 | |
Democratic | Jim Murra | 6,300 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 18,772 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John W. Jensen (incumbent) | 14,957 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 14,957 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patricia Harper (incumbent) | 10,469 | 63.6 | |
Republican | Mike Lanigan | 5,998 | 36.4 | |
Total votes | 16,467 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Betty Soukup | 10,453 | 50.3 | |
Republican | Allen Borlaug (incumbent) | 10,324 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 20,777 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Flynn (incumbent) | 13,067 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,067 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sheldon L. Rittmer (incumbent) | 10,586 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,586 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maggie Tinsman (incumbent) | 2,931 | 42.5 | |
Republican | Philip B. Allen, Jr. | 2,650 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 5,581 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Maggie Tinsman (incumbent) | 12,550 | 67.8 | |
Democratic | Tommy Jacobson | 5,960 | 32.2 | |
Total votes | 18,510 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Bolkcom | 12,513 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,513 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Dvorsky (incumbent) | 13,301 | 64.4 | |
Republican | Mary Louise Howard | 7,368 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 20,669 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wally Horn (incumbent) | 13,653 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,653 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Rhoads | 1,675 | 62.1 | |
Republican | Joseph R. Hudson | 552 | 20.5 | |
Republican | Rick Phillips | 470 | 17.4 | |
Total votes | 2,697 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Black (incumbent) | 12,642 | 60.6 | |
Republican | Bruce Rhoads | 8,216 | 39.4 | |
Total votes | 20,858 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman A. Luiken | 1,735 | 70.3 | |
Republican | Jerry Litzel | 733 | 29.7 | |
Total votes | 2,468 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Johnie Hammond (incumbent) | 9,428 | 55.6 | |
Republican | Norman A. Luiken | 7,524 | 44.4 | |
Total votes | 16,952 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Lamberti | 17,147 | 84.5 | |
Reform | Alan Palmer | 3,146 | 15.5 | |
Total votes | 20,293 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dick Dearden (incumbent) | 10,538 | 71.6 | |
Republican | Bert Wagoner, Jr. | 4,172 | 28.4 | |
Total votes | 14,710 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mary Kramer (incumbent) | 13,194 | 51.6 | |
Democratic | Bill Reichardt | 12,136 | 47.4 | |
Reform | Eric William Gunderson | 246 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 25,576 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jo Ann Douglas (incumbent)[b] | 13,708 | 56.6 | |
Democratic | Brent A. Halling | 10,513 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 24,221 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Nancy Boettger (incumbent) | 12,082 | 68.5 | |
Democratic | John L. Jensen | 5,560 | 31.5 | |
Total votes | 17,642 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 43 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Derryl McLaren (incumbent) | 13,685 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,685 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Fink (incumbent) | 10,988 | 56.7 | |
Republican | Larry L. Hughes | 8,387 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 19,375 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 47 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David P. Miller | 9,788 | 50.1 | |
Democratic | Dan Gullion | 8,530 | 43.6 | |
Natural Law | Jonas Magram | 1,236 | 6.3 | |
Total votes | 19,554 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 49 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Shearer | 10,045 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Richard Garrels | 8,881 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 18,926 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The ins and outs of the Iowa legislature: Harper's back, and she likes it".
- ^ "Primary Election 1998 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ "General Election 1998 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 9, 2020.