1996Final results
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 36
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Elaine Szymoniak (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Ronald N. Langston (R) by 6.0 points.
Elaine SzymoniakDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.0%12,541
Ronald N. LangstonRepublican
47.0%11,116
23,657 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