1980Final results
1980 election for Iowa Senate District 32
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
William D. Palmer (D) won with 68.8% of the vote, defeating Ray C. Stiles (R) by 37.7 points.
William D. PalmerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.8%15,228
Ray C. StilesRepublican
31.2%6,890
22,118 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