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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa Senate District 29

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Dennis H. Black (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Bruce Rhoads (R) by 21.2 points.

Dennis H. BlackDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%12,642
Bruce RhoadsRepublican
39.4%8,216
20,858 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

EvenR+10.31982R+11.61990D+22.91994D+21.21998R+22.62002D+9.22014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET