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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa Senate District 37

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Mary E. Kramer (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Bill Reichardt (D) by 4.1 points.

Mary E. KramerRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.6%13,194
47.5%12,136
1.0%246
25,576 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+21.41986D+33.21990R+30.91992R+4.11998R+2.22002D+3.12006

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

The candidates