1980Final results
1980 election for Iowa Senate District 46
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Bass Vangilst (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating James M. Bellamy (R) by 3.9 points.
Bass VangilstDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.0%12,384
James M. BellamyRepublican
48.0%11,443
23,827 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