1984Final results

1984 election for Iowa Senate District 2

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Donald V. Doyle (D) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Paul C. Jackson (R) by 16.3 points.

Donald V. DoyleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.1%13,782
Paul C. JacksonRepublican
41.8%9,918
23,703 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

EvenR+18.31980D+3.61982D+16.31984D+17.11988R+26.81992R+33.11996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET