1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Iowa State Senate election results, district by district
Every Iowa State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 28 · R 22
Races29
Changed party0
Unopposed14%4 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 16 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Milo Colton (D) | 21.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-2 | Donald V. Doyle (D) | 3.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 | Douglas Ritsema (R) | 94.1 | |
| SD-5 | Arne Waldstein (R) | 3.8 | |
| SD-6 | Lee Holt (R) | 3.3 | |
| SD-7 | C. Joseph Coleman (D) | 12.4 | |
| SD-9 | Ray Taylor (R) | 10.4 | |
| SD-11 | John W. Jensen (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Thomas A. Lind (R) | 6.8 | |
| SD-15 | Arthur L. Gratias (R) | 15.0 | |
| SD-16 | Dale L. Tieden (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Joe Welsh (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Norman J. Goodwin (R) | 16.4 | |
| SD-21 | Patrick J. Deluhery (D) | 26.0 | |
| SD-23 | Arthur A. Small Jr. (D) | 28.4 | |
| SD-24 | Hurley W. Hall (D) | 12.9 | |
| SD-25 | Wally E. Horn (D) | 12.8 | |
| SD-27 | Joe Brown (D) | 5.5 | |
| SD-29 | Jack Rife (R) | 10.3 | |
| SD-31 | Lowell L. Junkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | Don Gettings (D) | 10.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-35 | Bill Dieleman (D) | 17.7 | |
| SD-37 | Charles Bruner (D) | 27.1 | |
| SD-39 | William D. Palmer (D) | 13.5 | |
| SD-41 | Julia B. Gentleman (R) | 14.3 | |
| SD-43 | Tom Mann (D) | 13.9 | |
| SD-45 | Norman Rodgers (D) | 14.4 | |
| SD-47 | Calvin O. Hultman (R) | 21.0 | |
| SD-49 | Jack W. Hester (R) | 9.4 |
Iowa State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner