1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Iowa Senate District 46
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Bass Vangilst (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating John C. Rhodes (R) by 4.0 points.
Bass VangilstDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%12,162
John C. RhodesRepublican · incumbent
48.0%11,230
23,394 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET