1984Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Iowa Senate District 12
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Joy Corning (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Ted Anderson (D) by 1.1 points.
Joy CorningRepublican · winner
50.6%13,813
Ted AndersonDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%13,511
27,325 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)