1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Iowa Senate District 15
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Allen Borlaug (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Kenneth D. Scott (D) by 3.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Allen BorlaugRepublican · winner
51.9%9,998
Kenneth D. ScottDemocrat · incumbent
48.1%9,280
19,278 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET