1984Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Iowa Senate District 22
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Beverly A. Hannon (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Merlin D. Hulse (R) by 1.4 points.
Beverly A. HannonDemocrat · winner
50.7%12,802
Merlin D. HulseRepublican · incumbent
49.3%12,456
25,268 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET