2012Final results

2012 election for Iowa Senate District 18

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Janet Petersen (D) won with 69.0% of the vote, defeating Vicki Stogdill (R) by 38.2 points.

Janet PetersenDemocrat · winner
69.0%18,954
Vicki StogdillRepublican
30.8%8,455
27,467 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+2.11980D+26.01996D+14.62000R+19.52004D+8.72008D+38.22012

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