1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 14
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Kitty Rehberg (R) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Larry Murphy (D) by 2.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kitty RehbergRepublican · winner
51.2%12,064
Larry MurphyDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%11,478
23,542 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET