1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 40
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Jerry Behn (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Albert G. Sorrensen (D) by 4.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jerry BehnRepublican · winner
52.3%12,561
Albert G. SorrensenDemocrat · incumbent
47.7%11,455
24,016 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