1986 Iowa Senate election
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The 1986 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1986 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 1986 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1986 determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1986 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.[1] General election results can be obtained here.[2]
Following the previous election in 1984, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats to Republicans' 21 seats.
To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 5 Senate seats.
Democrats expanded their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1986 general election, with Democrats holding 30 seats and Republicans having 20 seats after the election (a net gain of 1 seat for the Democrats).
Summary of Results
[edit]- NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1986 so they are not listed here.
Source:[3]
Detailed Results
[edit]- Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1986; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1986 & 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 | Al Sturgeon | 8,983 | 52.7 | |
Republican | Chuck Thomas | 8,053 | 47.3 | |
Total votes | 17,036 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wilmer Rensink | 11,489 | 63.7 | |
Democratic | Randy A. Riediger | 6,533 | 36.3 | |
Total votes | 18,022 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Linn Fuhrman | 1,839 | 51.9 | |
Republican | Blaine Donaldson | 1,707 | 48.1 | |
Total votes | 3,546 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Donald L. Schossow | 1,012 | 51.6 | |
Democratic | Andy Lynn Statz | 950 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 1,962 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Linn Fuhrman | 9,376 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Donald L. Schossow | 8,903 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 18,279 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent) | 10,432 | 65.2 | |
Republican | Lawrence Anderson | 5,573 | 34.8 | |
Total votes | 16,005 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 9
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ray Taylor (incumbent) | 10,743 | 59.6 | |
Democratic | John Clemons | 7,286 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 18,029 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John W. Jensen (incumbent) | 2,392 | 53.4 | |
Republican | Ralph Juhl | 2,085 | 46.6 | |
Total votes | 4,477 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John W. Jensen (incumbent) | 11,157 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,157 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Lind (incumbent) | 10,477 | 56.3 | |
Democratic | Charles P. Beard | 8,127 | 43.7 | |
Total votes | 18,604 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 15
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Paul Bunge | 1,969 | 56.1 | |
Republican | Susie Darland | 1,040 | 29.7 | |
Republican | Gerald W. Slessor | 500 | 14.2 | |
Total votes | 3,509 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kenneth D. Scott | 1,390 | 54.3 | |
Democratic | Richard Goings | 1,170 | 45.7 | |
Total votes | 2,560 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kenneth D. Scott | 9,726 | 50.6 | |
Republican | Paul Bunge | 9,481 | 49.4 | |
Total votes | 19,207 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe J. Welsh (incumbent) | 10,663 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,663 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman J. Goodwin (incumbent) | 9,492 | 57.7 | |
Democratic | Robert Ryan | 6,950 | 42.3 | |
Total votes | 16,442 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 21
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patrick J. Deluhery (incumbent) | 8,930 | 66.3 | |
Republican | Carter LeBeau | 4,530 | 33.7 | |
Total votes | 13,460 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 23
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones | 12,308 | 68.0 | |
Republican | Michael McDonald | 5,780 | 32.0 | |
Total votes | 18,088 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 25
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wally Horn (incumbent) | 12,071 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,071 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 27
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Peggy Pinder | 1,430 | 61.4 | |
Republican | Michael R. Jay | 898 | 38.6 | |
Total votes | 2,328 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard J. Varn | 10,611 | 57.6 | |
Republican | Peggy Pinder | 7,824 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 18,435 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Rife (incumbent) | 7,933 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 7,933 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 31
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gene Fraise (incumbent) | 11,201 | 60.6 | |
Republican | Guy W. Chase | 7,293 | 39.4 | |
Total votes | 18,494 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 33
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Gettings (incumbent) | 11,721 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,721 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 35
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Dieleman (incumbent) | 13,236 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,236 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Bruner (incumbent) | 10,647 | 60.7 | |
Republican | Richard R. Vander Mey | 6,888 | 39.3 | |
Total votes | 17,535 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 39
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William D. Palmer (incumbent) | 13,759 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,759 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 41
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julia Gentleman (incumbent) | 11,885 | 56.6 | |
Democratic | Denise J. Essman | 9,107 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 20,992 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 43
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Mann (incumbent) | 11,539 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,539 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 45
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James R. Riordan (incumbent) | 10,969 | 56.3 | |
Republican | Thomas J. Gratias | 8,503 | 43.7 | |
Total votes | 19,472 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 47
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Calvin Hultman (incumbent) | 11,756 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,756 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 49
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack W. Hester (incumbent) | 10,991 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,991 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
[edit]- United States elections, 1986
- United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1986
- Elections in Iowa
References
[edit]- ^ "Primary Election 1986 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "General Election 1986 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 19, 2020.