1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Iowa Senate District 24
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Elvie Dreeszen (R) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Howard Heisterkamp (D) by 17.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elvie DreeszenRepublican · winner
57.6%11,813
Howard HeisterkampDemocrat
40.1%8,221
Frank HanischLibertarian
2.3%481
20,515 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