1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa Senate District 8
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
James Edward Black (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Berl E. Priebe (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James Edward BlackRepublican · winner
53.3%13,150
Berl E. PriebeDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%11,536
24,686 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