1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Iowa Senate District 15
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Steve Sovern (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Ralph W. Potter (R) by 13.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Steve SovernDemocrat · winner
56.9%9,931
Ralph W. PotterRepublican · incumbent
43.1%7,518
17,449 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET