1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 30
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Neal C. Schuerer (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Emil J. Husak (D) by 4.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Neal C. SchuererRepublican · winner
52.0%13,060
Emil J. HusakDemocrat · incumbent
48.0%12,053
25,113 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