DemocratNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 1998
Patricia Harper
Last held office: Iowa State Senate, District 13 (1998–2002). Ran in 6 elections between 1986 and 1998, winning 5.
- Last margin
- +27.2
- Won 1998
- Elections
- 6
- 1986–1998
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Harper was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Iowa House of Representatives, District 26Iowa House of Representatives, District 26Iowa State Senate, District 13
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Harper has run
Margin: how far Harper finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Iowa State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Mike Lanigan (R) | 63.6% | D+27.2 |
| 1994 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 | General | Won | Robert L. Lantz (R) | 60% | D+20.0 |
| 1992 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 | General | Won | Ron Woodall (R) | 58% | D+16.0 |
| 1990 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 | General | Lost | Donald E. Hanson (R) | 46.8% | R+6.4 |
| 1988 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 | General | Won | Sara Rickert (R) | 52.4% | D+4.8 |
| 1986 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 | General | Won | Martin C. Borchelt (R) | 52.4% | D+4.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Harper has held
- Iowa State Senate, District 13 · 1998–2002
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 · 1992–1996
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 26 · 1986–1990
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Harper has run against
- Mike Lanigan (R) · 1998 election, won
- Robert L. Lantz (R) · 1994 election, won
- Ron Woodall (R) · 1992 election, won
- Donald E. Hanson (R) · 1990 election, lost
- Sara Rickert (R) · 1988 election, won
- Martin C. Borchelt (R) · 1986 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive