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1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 1990 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races133
Changed party7
Unopposed29%39 races
Incumbents defeated5

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaTom Harkin (D)9.1

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaTerry E. Branstad (R)21.9

U.S. House

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)Unopposed
IA-2James Nussle (R)1.0
IA-3David Nagle (D)Unopposed
IA-4Neal Smith (D)Unopposed
IA-5James Lightfoot (R)36.0
IA-6Frederick Grandy (R)43.6

Iowa State Senate

D 14 · R 11 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Al Sturgeon (D)1.6
SD-3Wilmer Rensink (R)Unopposed
SD-5Linn Fuhrman (R)16.7
SD-7C. Joseph Coleman (D)0.1
SD-9Ray Taylor (R)12.3
SD-11John W. Jensen (R)19.4
SD-13Jim Lind (R)26.9
SD-15Allen Borlaug (R)3.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-17Joe Welsh (D)84.6
SD-19Sheldon Rittmer (R)7.9
SD-21Patrick J. Deluhery (D)Unopposed
SD-23Jean Lloydjones (D)Unopposed
SD-25Wally E. Horn (D)9.0
SD-27Richard J. Varn (D)23.9
SD-29Jack Rife (R)11.6
SD-31Eugene Fraise (D)20.6
SD-33Don Gettings (D)Unopposed
SD-35Bill Dieleman (D)Unopposed
SD-37Ralph Rosenberg (D)33.2
SD-39William D. Palmer (D)Unopposed
SD-41Mary E. Kramer (R)6.3
SD-43Florence Buhr (D)Unopposed
SD-45James R. Riordan (D)23.3
SD-47Derryl McLaren (R)Unopposed
SD-49Jack W. Hester (R)14.3

Iowa House of Representatives

D 55 · R 45 · 6 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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab