1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Iowa Senate District 7
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Mike Sexton (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Rod Alvorson (D) by 3.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike SextonRepublican · winner
51.5%9,245
Rod AlvorsonDemocrat
48.5%8,712
17,957 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