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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa Senate District 31

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Johnie Hammond (D) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Norman A. Luiken (R) by 11.2 points.

Johnie HammondDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.6%9,428
44.4%7,524
16,952 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

EvenD+21.11986D+20.61990D+19.11994D+11.21998D+13.02002D+31.32006

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