1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Iowa Senate District 15
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Betty Soukup (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Allen Borlaug (R) by 0.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Betty SoukupDemocrat · winner
50.3%10,453
Allen BorlaugRepublican · incumbent
49.7%10,324
20,777 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