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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Iowa State Senate election results, district by district

Every Iowa State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 50 seats

After the electionD 22 · R 28
Races50
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated9

Every district

D 22 · R 28

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Lucas J. Dekoster (R)41.2
SD-2Irvin Bergman (R)18.1
SD-3Warren E. Curtis (R)15.6
SD-4Berl E. Priebe (D)12.3Incumbent lost
SD-5Ray Taylor (R)16.2
SD-6Kenneth D. Scott (D)5.8Incumbent lost
SD-7Ralph F. McCartney (R)19.2
SD-8H. L. Heying (D)0.7Incumbent lost
SD-9Dale L. Tieden (R)23.4
SD-10Michael T. Blouin (D)7.5Incumbent lost
SD-11Gene V. Kennedy (D)6.8
SD-12Clifton C. Lamborn (R)22.3
SD-13Tom Riley (R)19.0
SD-14Cloyd E. Robinson (D)8.7
SD-15Ralph W. Potter (R)17.7
SD-16James Gallagher (D)6.9
SD-17Barton L. Schwieger (R)15.4
SD-18Willard R. Hansen (R)16.0
SD-19Vernon H. Kyhl (R)38.9
SD-20Elizabeth R. Miller (R)22.1
SD-21John S. Murray (R)4.0
SD-22John N. Nystrom (R)17.9
SD-23C. Joseph Coleman (D)20.2
SD-24William P. Winkelman (R)28.3
SD-25E. Kevin Kelly (R)12.5
SD-26Leonard C. Andersen (R)1.7
SD-27James F. Schaben (D)20.7
SD-28Karl Nolin (D)8.8Incumbent lost
SD-29Norman Rodgers (D)9.7
SD-30William N. Plymat (R)4.9
SD-31Earl M. Willits (D)17.6
SD-32William D. Palmer (D)36.6
SD-33George F. Milligan (R)21.1
SD-34George R. Kinley (D)36.8
SD-35Eugene M. Hill (D)5.0
SD-36Joan Orr (D)9.5Incumbent lost
SD-37Minnette Doderer (D)30.2
SD-38W. R. Rabedeaux (R)19.9
SD-39Roger J. Shaff (R)13.2
SD-40Elizabeth Shaw (R)21.2
SD-41William E. Gluba (D)17.6Incumbent lost
SD-42Charles P. Miller (D)7.4
SD-43Lowell L. Junkins (D)0.2Incumbent lost
SD-44Forrest V. Schwengels (R)24.9
SD-45Gene W. Glenn (D)25.5
SD-46Bass Vangilst (D)4.0Incumbent lost
SD-47James B. Turner (R)4.7
SD-48James E. Briles (R)39.1
SD-49Calvin O. Hultman (R)48.2
SD-50Jim Griffin (R)22.4

Iowa State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner