1998Final results
1998 election for Iowa Senate District 45
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Bill Fink (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Larry L. Hughes (R) by 13.4 points.
Bill FinkDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.7%10,988
Larry L. HughesRepublican
43.3%8,387
19,375 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