1998Final results
1998 election for Iowa Senate District 1
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Steve Hansen (D) won with 61.2% of the vote, defeating Kathleen I. Hoffman (R) by 22.4 points.
Steve HansenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.2%8,421
Kathleen I. HoffmanRepublican
38.8%5,337
13,758 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET