1984 Iowa Senate election

1984 Iowa Senate election
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate; 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority Leader before election; Lowell Junkins; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Lowell Junkins; Democratic

The 1984 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1984 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 1984 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 5, 1984, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6, 1984 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[1] General election results can be obtained here.^[2]

Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Republicans' 22 seats.

To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 4 Senate seats.

Democrats expanded their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1984 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding 29 seats and Republicans having 21 seats (a net gain of 1 seat for the Democrats).

Summary of Results

NOTE: The 25 odd-numbered districts did not have elections in 1984 so they are not listed here.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
2nd	Donald V. Doyle	Dem	Donald V. Doyle	Democratic
4th	Richard Vande Hoef	Rep	Richard Vande Hoef	Republican
6th	Lee Warren Holt	Rep	Lee Warren Holt	Republican
8th	Berl Priebe	Dem	Berl Priebe	Democratic
10th	Alvin V. Miller	Dem	Alvin V. Miller	Democratic
12th	Ted J. Anderson	Dem	Joy Corning	Republican
14th	James V. Gallagher	Dem	Larry Murphy	Democratic
16th	Dale L. Tieden	Rep	Dale L. Tieden	Republican
18th	Robert M. Carr	Dem	Robert M. Carr	Democratic
20th	Edgar Holden	Rep	Edgar Holden	Republican
22nd	Merlin Hulse	Rep	Beverly Hannon	Democratic
24th	Hurley Hall	Dem	Hurley Hall	Democratic
26th	James D. Wells	Dem	James D. Wells	Democratic
28th	Richard F. Drake	Rep	Richard F. Drake	Republican
30th	Charles Peter Miller	Dem	Charles Peter Miller	Democratic
32nd	Forrest Schwengels	Rep	Forrest Schwengels	Republican
34th	Bass Van Gilst	Dem	John A. Neighbour	Democratic
36th	John E. Soorholtz	Rep	John E. Soorholtz	Republican
38th	Emil J. Husak	Dem	Emil J. Husak	Democratic
40th	George Kinley	Dem	George Kinley	Democratic
42nd	David Readinger	Rep	David Readinger	Republican
44th	Jack Nystrom	Rep	Jack Nystrom	Republican
46th	James E. Briles	Rep	Leonard Boswell	Democratic
48th	Charles W. Hutchins	Dem	Charles W. Hutchins	Democratic
50th	Tom L. Slater	Dem	Michael Gronstal	Democratic

Source:^[3]

Detailed Results

Reminder: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1984; therefore, odd-numbered seats did not have elections in 1984 & 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

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

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald V. Doyle (incumbent)	13,782	58.2
	Republican	Paul C. Jackson	9,918	41.8
Total votes			23,700	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Vande Hoef (incumbent)	15,634	100.0
Total votes			15,634	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Holt (incumbent)	13,540	100.0
Total votes			13,540	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	16,121	100.0
Total votes			16,121	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin V. Miller (incumbent)	14,464	55.1
	Republican	Don Morrison	11,787	44.9
Total votes			26,251	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joy Corning	13,813	50.6
	Democratic	Ted Anderson (incumbent)	13,511	49.4
Total votes			27,324	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Murphy	1,466	55.3
	Democratic	James V. Gallagher (incumbent)	1,185	44.7
Total votes			2,651	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Murphy	12,851	54.5
	Republican	Karen Franks	10,743	45.5
Total votes			23,594	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale L. Tieden (incumbent)	15,508	100.0
Total votes			15,508	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Carr (incumbent)	15,701	100.0
Total votes			15,701	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edgar Holden (incumbent)	17,057	65.7
	Democratic	Walter L. Knapper	8,912	34.3
Total votes			25,969	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Hannon	12,802	50.7
	Republican	Merlin Hulse (incumbent)	12,456	49.3
Total votes			25,258	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hurley Hall (incumbent)	1,852	65.6
	Democratic	Tom Netcott	970	34.4
Total votes			2,822	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hurley Hall (incumbent)	13,480	51.9
	Republican	George A. Lowe	12,513	48.1
Total votes			25,993	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James D. Wells (incumbent)	16,400	60.9
	Republican	Kenneth D. Feeney	10,528	39.1
Total votes			26,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard F. Drake (incumbent)	14,440	100.0
Total votes			14,440	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles P. Miller (incumbent)	13,411	55.4
	Republican	Ginny Burrus	10,800	44.6
Total votes			24,211	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Forrest Schwengels (incumbent)	14,492	59.7
	Democratic	Craig J. Downing	9,788	40.3
Total votes			24,280	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 Republican Primary Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry G. Davis	1,775	48.9
	Republican	J. Noel Vincent	1,320	36.4
	Republican	Douglas R. Hawkins	532	14.7
Total votes			3,627	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Neighbour	*indecipherable*	*indecipherable*
	Democratic	Michael D. Aubrey	indecipherable	indecipherable
Total votes			*indecipherable*	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Neighbour	12,686	56.8
	Republican	Jerry G. Davis	9,642	43.2
Total votes			22,328	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Soorholtz (incumbent)	14,772	56.6
	Democratic	Bert Permar	11,331	43.4
Total votes			26,103	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emil J. Husak (incumbent)	12,757	100.0
Total votes			12,757	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kinley (incumbent)	15,418	69.3
	Republican	Virginia Lee Johnston	6,840	30.7
Total votes			22,258	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Readinger (incumbent)	17,160	54.6
	Democratic	Joseph Z. Marks	14,286	45.4
Total votes			31,446	100.0
	Republican hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Nystrom (incumbent)	13,318	50.6
	Democratic	Sam Garst	12,978	49.4
Total votes			26,296	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 Democratic Primary Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leonard Boswell	2,258	60.6
	Democratic	Fred P. Diehl	1,468	39.4
Total votes			3,726	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leonard Boswell	13,460	51.7
	Republican	L. W. Joe Gross	12,557	48.3
Total votes			26,017	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Hutchins (incumbent)	13,642	100.0
Total votes			13,642	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gronstal	11,030	54.8
	Republican	Carroll Jackson	9,086	45.2
Total votes			20,116	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Primary Election 1984 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^ "General Election 1984 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[1] "Primary Election 1984 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[2] "General Election 1984 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[3] "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

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