The 1996 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1996 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 even-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 1996 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 4, 1996 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1996 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.
Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 27 seats to Republicans' 23 seats.
To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net three Senate seats.
Republicans claimed control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1996 general election by netting 6sixseats, resulting in Republicans holding 29 seats and Democrats having 21 seats.
Results NOTE: The 25 odd-numbered districts did not have elections in 1996, so they are not listed here. State senate districtIncumbent PartyElected senator Party 2nd Bradly C. Banks Rep John Redwine Republican 4th Jack Kibbie Dem Jack Kibbie Democratic 6th Wayne D. Bennett Rep Steve King Republican 8th Berl Priebe Dem James E. Black Republican 10th Merlin Bartz Rep Merlin Bartz Republican 12th Donald Redfern Rep Donald Redfern Republican 14th Larry Murphy Dem Kitty Rehberg Republican 16th Lyle Zieman Rep Lyle Zieman Republican 18th Mike Connolly Dem Mike Connolly Democratic 20th Jack Rife Rep Jack Rife Republican 22nd Patrick J. Deluhery Dem Patrick J. Deluhery Democratic 24th Richard F. Drake Rep Richard F. Drake Republican 26th Mary Lundby Rep Mary Lundby Republican 28th Andy McKean Rep Andy McKean Republican 30th Emil J. Husak Dem Neal Schuerer Republican 32nd Randal Giannetto Dem Larry McKibben Republican 34th Tony Bisignano Dem Matt McCoy Democratic 36th Elaine Szymoniak Dem Elaine Szymoniak Democratic 38th Gene Maddox Rep Gene Maddox Republican 40th Albert Sorensen Dem Jerry Behn Republican 42nd Michael Gronstal Dem Michael Gronstal Democratic 44th Leonard Boswell Dem Jeff Angelo Republican 46th Patty Judge Dem Patty Judge Democratic 48th H. Kay Hedge Rep H. Kay Hedge Republican 50th Gene Fraise Dem Gene Fraise Democratic
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Detailed results Reminder: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1996; therefore, odd-numbered seats did not have elections in 1996 and are not shown. District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46 • District 48 • District 50__NOTOC__ 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 2
District 4
District 6
District 8
District 10
District 12
District 14
District 16
District 18
District 20
District 22
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 30
District 32
District 34
District 36
District 38
District 40
District 42
District 44
District 46
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1996 Elections in Iowa
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