1968Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsSpecial election
1968 special election for Iowa Senate District 24
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
J. Donald Weimer (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Roger D. Patton (R) by 15.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
J. Donald WeimerDemocrat · winner
57.9%10,247
Roger D. PattonRepublican
42.1%7,457
17,704 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)