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2004Final results

2004 election for Iowa Senate District 30

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Pat Ward (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Satro Narayan (D) by 26.0 points.

Pat WardRepublican · winner
61.8%19,798
35.9%11,486
2.3%727
32,011 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+30.31992R+4.01996R+9.42000R+26.02004D+2.02012D+17.42016

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

The candidates

Pat Ward (R)Satro Narayan (D)

Also on the ballot: Sean Edward Martin (Libertarian), 2.3%