1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Iowa Senate District 13
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Patricia Harper (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Mike Lanigan (R) by 27.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Patricia HarperDemocrat · winner
63.6%10,469
Mike LaniganRepublican
36.4%5,998
16,467 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