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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

EvenR+17.91972R+9.31976R+23.11980D+1.41984D+8.51988D+10.61992

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