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1990Final results

1990 election for Iowa Senate District 5

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Linn Fuhrman (R) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Keith Baker (D) by 16.7 points.

Linn FuhrmanRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.3%10,353
Keith BakerDemocrat
41.7%7,397
17,750 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

EvenR+20.01978R+3.81982R+2.61986R+16.71990R+14.92002D+0.32006

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