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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races132
Changed party9
Unopposed18%24 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaMichael Dukakis (D)10.2

U.S. House

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)22.3
IA-2Thomas Tauke (R)13.5
IA-3David Nagle (D)26.7
IA-4Neal Smith (D)43.3
IA-5James Lightfoot (R)27.7
IA-6Frederick Grandy (R)28.8

Iowa State Senate

D 15 · R 10 · 4 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Donald V. Doyle (D)17.1
SD-4Richard Vandehoef (R)37.9
SD-6John P. Kibbie (D)11.2Flipped
SD-8Berl E. Priebe (D)37.5
SD-10Alvin V. Miller (D)4.8
SD-12Joy Corning (R)5.6
SD-14Larry Murphy (D)Unopposed
SD-16Dale L. Tieden (R)22.1
SD-18Bob Carr (D)Unopposed
SD-20Maggie Tinsman (R)52.2
SD-22Beverly A. Hannon (D)8.5Incumbent lost
SD-24Paul D. Pate (R)2.7Flipped
SD-26Richard V. Running (D)17.1
SD-28Richard F. Drake (R)Unopposed
SD-30Mark R. Hagerla (R)5.4Flipped
SD-32H. Kay Hedge (R)14.9
SD-34John A. Peterson (D)16.3
SD-36John Soorholtz (R)7.7
SD-38Emil J. Husak (D)21.7
SD-40George R. Kinley (D)49.5
SD-42Elaine Szymoniak (D)3.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-44Jack Nystrom (R)6.9
SD-46Leonard L. Boswell (D)29.4
SD-48C. W. Hutchins (D)40.8
SD-50Michael E. Gronstal (D)17.9

Iowa House of Representatives

D 61 · R 39 · 5 changed party

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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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab