1986 Iowa Senate election

1986 Iowa Senate election

November 4, 1986
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bill Hutchins Calvin Hultman Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 48th 47th Last election 29 21 Seats before 29 21 Seats after 30 20 Seat change 1 1
Majority Leader before election Bill Hutchins Democratic Elected Majority Leader Bill Hutchins Democratic

The 1986 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1986 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 odd-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1986 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 3, 1986 determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1986 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.

Following the previous election in 1984, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats to Republicans' 21 seats.

To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 5 Senate seats.

Democrats expanded their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1986 general election, with Democrats holding 30 seats and Republicans having 20 seats after the election (a net gain of 1 seat for the Democrats).

Summary of Results

• NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1986 so they are not listed here.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Milo Colton		Dem	Al Sturgeon		Democratic
3rd	Douglas J. Ritsema		Rep	Wilmer Rensink		Republican
5th	Arne F. Waldstein		Rep	Linn Fuhrman		Republican
7th	C. Joseph Coleman		Dem	C. Joseph Coleman		Democratic
9th	Ray Taylor		Rep	Ray Taylor		Republican
11th	John Jensen		Rep	John Jensen		Republican
13th	Jim Lind		Rep	Jim Lind		Republican
15th	Arthur Gratias		Rep	Kenneth Daniel Scott		Democratic
17th	Joseph J. Welsh		Dem	Joseph J. Welsh		Democratic
19th	Norman J. Goodwin		Rep	Norman J. Goodwin		Republican
21st	Patrick J. Deluhery		Dem	Patrick J. Deluhery		Democratic
23rd	Arthur A. Small		Dem	Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones		Democratic
25th	Wally Horn		Dem	Wally Horn		Democratic
27th	Joe Brown		Dem	Richard J. Varn		Democratic
29th	Jack Rife		Rep	Jack Rife		Republican
31st	Gene Fraise		Dem	Gene Fraise		Democratic
33rd	Donald Gettings		Dem	Donald Gettings		Democratic
35th	Bill Dieleman		Dem	Bill Dieleman		Democratic
37th	Charles Hughes Bruner		Dem	Charles Hughes Bruner		Democratic
39th	William D. Palmer		Dem	William D. Palmer		Democratic
41st	Julia Gentleman		Rep	Julia Gentleman		Republican
43rd	Thomas Mann		Dem	Thomas Mann		Democratic
45th	James R. Riordan		Dem	James R. Riordan		Democratic
47th	Calvin Hultman		Rep	Calvin Hultman		Republican
49th	Jack W. Hester		Rep	Jack W. Hester		Republican

Source:

Detailed Results

• Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1986; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1986 & are not shown.

• Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Sturgeon	8,983	52.7
	Republican	Chuck Thomas	8,053	47.3
Total votes			17,036	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wilmer Rensink	11,489	63.7
	Democratic	Randy A. Riediger	6,533	36.3
Total votes			18,022	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5 Republican Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linn Fuhrman	1,839	51.9
	Republican	Blaine Donaldson	1,707	48.1
Total votes			3,546	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 5 Democratic Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald L. Schossow	1,012	51.6
	Democratic	Andy Lynn Statz	950	48.4
Total votes			1,962	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linn Fuhrman	9,376	51.3
	Democratic	Donald L. Schossow	8,903	48.7
Total votes			18,279	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent)	10,432	65.2
	Republican	Lawrence Anderson	5,573	34.8
Total votes			16,005	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Taylor (incumbent)	10,743	59.6
	Democratic	John Clemons	7,286	40.4
Total votes			18,029	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Iowa Senate, District 11 Republican Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Jensen (incumbent)	2,392	53.4
	Republican	Ralph Juhl	2,085	46.6
Total votes			4,477	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Jensen (incumbent)	11,157	100.0
Total votes			11,157	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Lind (incumbent)	10,477	56.3
	Democratic	Charles P. Beard	8,127	43.7
Total votes			18,604	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15 Republican Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bunge	1,969	56.1
	Republican	Susie Darland	1,040	29.7
	Republican	Gerald W. Slessor	500	14.2
Total votes			3,509	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 15 Democratic Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth D. Scott	1,390	54.3
	Democratic	Richard Goings	1,170	45.7
Total votes			2,560	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth D. Scott	9,726	50.6
	Republican	Paul Bunge	9,481	49.4
Total votes			19,207	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe J. Welsh (incumbent)	10,663	100.0
Total votes			10,663	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman J. Goodwin (incumbent)	9,492	57.7
	Democratic	Robert Ryan	6,950	42.3
Total votes			16,442	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Deluhery (incumbent)	8,930	66.3
	Republican	Carter LeBeau	4,530	33.7
Total votes			13,460	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones	12,308	68.0
	Republican	Michael McDonald	5,780	32.0
Total votes			18,088	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally Horn (incumbent)	12,071	100.0
Total votes			12,071	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Iowa Senate, District 27 Republican Primary Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peggy Pinder	1,430	61.4
	Republican	Michael R. Jay	898	38.6
Total votes			2,328	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard J. Varn	10,611	57.6
	Republican	Peggy Pinder	7,824	42.4
Total votes			18,435	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Rife (incumbent)	7,933	100.0
Total votes			7,933	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Fraise (incumbent)	11,201	60.6
	Republican	Guy W. Chase	7,293	39.4
Total votes			18,494	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Gettings (incumbent)	11,721	100.0
Total votes			11,721	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dieleman (incumbent)	13,236	100.0
Total votes			13,236	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Bruner (incumbent)	10,647	60.7
	Republican	Richard R. Vander Mey	6,888	39.3
Total votes			17,535	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William D. Palmer (incumbent)	13,759	100.0
Total votes			13,759	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julia Gentleman (incumbent)	11,885	56.6
	Democratic	Denise J. Essman	9,107	43.4
Total votes			20,992	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Mann (incumbent)	11,539	100.0
Total votes			11,539	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James R. Riordan (incumbent)	10,969	56.3
	Republican	Thomas J. Gratias	8,503	43.7
Total votes			19,472	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Hultman (incumbent)	11,756	100.0
Total votes			11,756	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack W. Hester (incumbent)	10,991	100.0
Total votes			10,991	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• United States elections, 1986
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1986
• Elections in Iowa