1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Iowa Senate District 24
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
John Scott (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating William P. Winkelman (R) by 7.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John ScottDemocrat · winner
53.9%12,886
William P. WinkelmanRepublican · incumbent
46.1%11,040
23,926 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET