1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Iowa Senate District 50
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Tom Slater (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Jim Griffin (R) by 9.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom SlaterDemocrat · winner
54.8%9,962
Jim GriffinRepublican · incumbent
45.2%8,216
18,178 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