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1990Final results

1990 election for Iowa Senate District 9

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Ray Taylor (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Sam Osborne (D) by 12.3 points.

Ray TaylorRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.2%10,482
Sam OsborneDemocrat
43.8%8,178
18,660 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+10.41982R+19.21986R+12.31990R+40.01994R+32.91998R+20.32002

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