1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Iowa Senate District 27
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Jack W. Hester (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Wade Burchett (D) by 14.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jack W. HesterRepublican · winner
57.3%8,555
Wade BurchettDemocrat
42.7%6,364
14,920 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET