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1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races132
Changed party11
Unopposed33%43 races
Incumbents defeated4

U.S. Senate

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaChuck Grassley (R)37.9

Governors

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaTom Vilsack (D)5.9Flipped

U.S. House

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)14.3
IA-2James Nussle (R)11.2
IA-3Leonard L. Boswell (D)15.8
IA-4Greg Ganske (R)31.3
IA-5Tom Latham (R)Unopposed

Iowa State Senate

D 11 · R 14 · 6 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Steve Hansen (D)22.4
SD-3Kenneth Veenstra (R)Unopposed
SD-5Mary Lou Freeman (R)Unopposed
SD-7Mike Sexton (R)3.0Flipped
SD-9Stewart Iverson Jr. (R)32.9
SD-11John W. Jensen (R)Unopposed
SD-13Patricia Harper (D)27.2Flipped
SD-15Betty Soukup (D)0.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-17Tom Flynn (D)Unopposed
SD-19Sheldon Rittmer (R)Unopposed
SD-21Maggie Tinsman (R)35.6
SD-23Joe Bolkcom (R)UnopposedFlipped
SD-25Robert E. Dvorsky (D)28.7
SD-27Wally E. Horn (D)Unopposed
SD-29Dennis H. Black (D)21.2
SD-31Johnie Hammond (D)11.2
SD-33Jeffrey M. Lamberti (R)69.0Flipped
SD-35Dick L. Dearden (D)43.3
SD-37Mary E. Kramer (R)4.1
SD-39Joann Douglas (R)13.2
SD-41Nancy Boettger (R)37.0
SD-43Derryl McLaren (R)Unopposed
SD-45Bill Fink (D)13.4
SD-47David P. Miller (R)6.9Flipped
SD-49Mark S. Shearer (D)6.2

Iowa House of Representatives

D 44 · R 56 · 4 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab