1980Final results
1980 election for Iowa Senate District 26
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Donald V. Doyle (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Leonard C. Andersen (R) by 6.0 points.
Donald V. DoyleDemocrat · winner
53.0%10,803
Leonard C. AndersenRepublican
47.0%9,575
20,383 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