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 DistrictIncumbent PartyElected 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
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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. 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, 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1986 Elections in Iowa
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