1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 32
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Larry McKibben (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Randal John Giannetto (D) by 9.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Larry McKibbenRepublican · winner
53.6%13,706
Randal John GiannettoDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%11,393
Ronn YoungReform
1.9%480
25,579 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