1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Iowa Senate District 45
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Sue Yenger (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Gene W. Glenn (D) by 3.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sue YengerRepublican · winner
51.6%8,387
Gene W. GlennDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%7,860
16,247 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