1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Iowa Senate District 18
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Ted Anderson (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry E. Jorgenson (R) by 2.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ted AndersonDemocrat · winner
51.1%13,356
Jerry E. JorgensonRepublican
48.9%12,801
26,157 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET