DemocratNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2018
Jim Lykam
Last held office: Iowa State Senate, District 45 (2018–2022). Ran in 13 elections between 1988 and 2018, winning 12.
- Last margin
- +34.9
- Won 2012
- Elections
- 13
- 1988–2018
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Lykam was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Lykam has run
Margin: how far Lykam finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Iowa State Senate, District 45 | General | Won | Unopposed | 96.1% | — |
| 2016 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 89 | General | Won | Unopposed | 97.2% | — |
| 2014 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 89 | General | Won | Unopposed | 97.7% | — |
| 2014 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 89 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2012 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 89 | General | Won | Bill Edmond (R) | 67.4% | D+34.9 |
| 2010 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 | General | Won | Unopposed | 97.5% | — |
| 2008 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 | General | Won | Linda Greenlee (R) | 65% | D+30.0 |
| 2006 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 | General | Won | Roby Smith (R) | 55.5% | D+10.9 |
| 2004 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 | General | Won | Dot Richards (R) | 58.5% | D+17.0 |
| 2002 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 | General | Won | Nancy Glawe (R) | 58.3% | D+16.6 |
| 1992 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 43 | General | Won | Mona Martin (R) | 50% | Even |
| 1990 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 58 | General | Lost | Steven E. Grubbs (R) | 49.3% | R+1.4 |
| 1988 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 58 | General | Won | Michael J. Vancamp (R) | 56.5% | D+13.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Lykam has held
- Iowa State Senate, District 45 · 2018–2022
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 89 · 2012–2018
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 · 2002–2012
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 43 · 1992–1994
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 58 · 1988–1990
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Lykam has run against
- Bill Edmond (R) · 2012 election, won
- Linda Greenlee (R) · 2008 election, won
- Roby Smith (R) · 2006 election, won
- Dot Richards (R) · 2004 election, won
- Nancy Glawe (R) · 2002 election, won
- Mona Martin (R) · 1992 election, won
- Steven E. Grubbs (R) · 1990 election, lost
- Michael J. Vancamp (R) · 1988 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive