The 1994 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1994 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 1994 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 7, 1994, determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1994 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.
Following the previous election in 1992, 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 3 Senate seats.
Democrats kept their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1994 general election with the balance of power unchanged--Democrats holding 27 seats and Republicans having 23 seats after the election.
Summary of Results NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1994 so they are not listed here. State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Al Sturgeon Dem Steven D. Hansen Democratic 3rd Wilmer Rensink Rep Wilmer Rensink Republican 5th Mary Lou Freeman Rep Mary Lou Freeman Republican 7th James B. Kersten Rep Rod Halvorson Democratic 9th Ray Taylor Rep Stewart Iverson Republican 11th John Jensen Rep John Jensen Republican 13th Jim Lind Rep Jim Lind Republican 15th Allen Borlaug Rep Allen Borlaug Republican 17th Joseph J. Welsh Dem Thomas L. Flynn Democratic 19th Sheldon L. Rittmer Rep Sheldon L. Rittmer Republican 21st Maggie Tinsman Rep Maggie Tinsman Republican 23rd Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones Dem Mary Neuhauser Democratic 25th Robert Dvorsky Dem Robert Dvorsky Democratic 27th Wally Horn Dem Wally Horn Democratic 29th Bill Dieleman Dem Dennis Black Democratic 31st Ralph Rosenberg Dem Johnie Hammond Democratic 33rd William D. Palmer Dem William D. Palmer Democratic 35th Florence Buhr Dem Dick Dearden Democratic 37th Mary Kramer Rep Mary Kramer Republican 39th James R. Riordan Dem Jo Ann M. Douglas Republican 41st Jack W. Hester Rep Nancy Boettger Republican 43rd Derryl McLaren Rep Derryl McLaren Republican 45th Bill Fink Dem Bill Fink Democratic 47th Donald Gettings Dem Donald Gettings Democratic 49th Tom Vilsack Dem Tom Vilsack Democratic
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Detailed Results Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1994; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1994 & are not shown. District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47 • District 49__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 1
District 3
District 5
District 7
District 9
District 11
District 13
District 15
District 17
District 19
District 21
District 23
District 25
District 27
District 29
District 31
District 33
District 35
District 37
District 39
District 41
District 43
District 45
District 47
District 49
See also United States elections, 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1994 Elections in Iowa
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