1988 Iowa Senate election

1988 Iowa Senate election
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate; 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority Leader before election; Bill Hutchins; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Bill Hutchins; Democratic

The 1988 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1988 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 1988 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 7, 1988, determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1988 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 30 seats to Republicans' 20 seats.

To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 6 Senate seats.

Democrats retained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1988 general election with the balance of power unchanged: Democrats holding 30 seats and Republicans having 20 seats after the 1988 election.

Summary of Results

NOTE: The 25 odd-numbered districts did not have elections in 1988 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	Jack Kibbie	Democratic
8th	Berl Priebe	Dem	Berl Priebe	Democratic
10th	Alvin V. Miller	Dem	Alvin V. Miller	Democratic
12th	Joy Corning	Rep	Joy Corning	Republican
14th	Larry Murphy	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	Maggie Tinsman	Republican
22nd	Beverly Hannon	Dem	Beverly Hannon	Democratic
24th	Hurley Hall^[a]	Dem	Paul Pate	Republican
26th	James D. Wells	Dem	Richard Running	Democratic
28th	Richard F. Drake	Rep	Richard F. Drake	Republican
30th	Charles Peter Miller	Dem	Mark R. Hagerla	Republican
32nd	Forrest Schwengels	Rep	H. Kay Hedge	Republican
34th	John A. Peterson	Dem	John A. Peterson	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	Elaine Szymoniak	Democratic
44th	Jack Nystrom	Rep	Jack Nystrom	Republican
46th	Leonard Boswell	Dem	Leonard Boswell	Democratic
48th	Charles W. Hutchins	Dem	Charles W. Hutchins	Democratic
50th	Michael Gronstal	Dem	Michael Gronstal	Democratic

Source:^[3]

Detailed Results

Reminder: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1988; therefore, odd-numbered seats did not have elections in 1988 & 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 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Hallowell	1,061	56.1
	Republican	Lewis E. Heifner	830	43.9
Total votes			1,891	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald V. Doyle (incumbent)	12,806	58.6
	Republican	Dick Hallowell	9,057	41.4
Total votes			21,863	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis D. Tangeman	724	56.4
	Democratic	Glenn P. Wehrkamp	559	43.6
Total votes			1,283	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Vande Hoef (incumbent)	14,924	69.0
	Democratic	Dennis D. Tangeman	6,717	31.0
Total votes			21,641	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George P. Moriarty	2,723	71.2
	Republican	Earl D. Squeeg Chapman	1,099	28.8
Total votes			3,822	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Kibbie	12,820	55.6
	Republican	George P. Moriarty	10,236	44.4
Total votes			23,056	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	1,914	75.5
	Democratic	Jack Niewald	621	24.5
Total votes			2,535	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	15,804	68.7
	Republican	David J. Hanson	7,187	31.3
Total votes			22,991	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Knapp	2,535	65.5
	Republican	Craig A. Ouverson	1,335	34.5
Total votes			3,870	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin V. Miller (incumbent)	13,341	52.4
	Republican	Jack Knapp	12,128	47.6
Total votes			25,469	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joy Corning (incumbent)	12,346	52.8
	Democratic	Rose Angel	11,042	47.2
Total votes			23,388	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Murphy (incumbent)	14,272	100.0
Total votes			14,272	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale L. Tieden (incumbent)	12,911	61.0
	Democratic	Phil Specht	8,240	39.0
Total votes			21,151	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Carr (incumbent)	14,734	100.0
Total votes			14,734	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maggie Tinsman	2,829	57.0
	Republican	Edgar Holden (incumbent)	2,131	43.0
Total votes			4,960	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maggie Tinsman	19,505	76.1
	Democratic	Gary P. Genazzio	6,124	23.9
Total votes			25,629	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Hannon (incumbent)	1,934	85.5
	Democratic	Katherine "Kitty" Ortgies	327	14.5
Total votes			2,261	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Hannon (incumbent)	12,978	54.3
	Republican	Hurley Hall (incumbent)^[a]	10,939	45.7
Total votes			23,917	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Pate	1,167	59.1
	Republican	Chris Keleher	808	40.9
Total votes			1,975	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph J. Kremer	986	49.3
	Democratic	Myron B. Oxley	700	35.0
	Democratic	Raymond E. Franklin	314	15.7
Total votes			2,000	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Pate	12,640	51.3
	Democratic	Ralph J. Kremer	11,980	48.7
Total votes			24,620	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard V. Running	15,300	58.6
	Republican	Evan R. Hughes	10,824	41.4
Total votes			26,124	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard F. Drake (incumbent)	12,805	100.0
Total votes			12,805	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark R. Hagerla	2,310	59.9
	Republican	William R. Ruther	1,547	40.1
Total votes			3,857	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clyde L. Norrgard	2,091	51.7
	Democratic	Robert E. Summers	1,950	48.3
Total votes			4,041	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark R. Hagerla	12,497	52.7
	Democratic	Clyde L. Norrgard	11,214	47.3
Total votes			23,711	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Kay Hedge	2,788	78.1
	Republican	Raymond T. Plowman	784	21.9
Total votes			3,572	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 32 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Craig Downing	1,387	77.7
	Democratic	Larry Heimstra	399	22.3
Total votes			1,786	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Kay Hedge	13,343	57.4
	Democratic	Craig Downing	9,885	42.6
Total votes			23,228	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Peterson (incumbent)	1,821	55.7
	Democratic	Ruth Hardin	1,446	44.3
Total votes			3,267	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Peterson (incumbent)	13,729	58.2
	Republican	John C. Rhodes	9,875	41.8
Total votes			23,604	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Soorholtz (incumbent)	13,169	53.9
	Democratic	Bert Permar	11,283	46.1
Total votes			24,452	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Burtwin L. Day	1,149	57.4
	Republican	Galen Delfs	853	42.6
Total votes			2,002	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emil J. Husak (incumbent)	13,978	60.8
	Republican	Burtwin L. Day	8,995	39.2
Total votes			22,973	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kinley (incumbent)	16,712	74.8
	Republican	Virginia Johnston	5,636	25.2
Total votes			22,348	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Readinger (incumbent)	1,030	53.1
	Republican	Gene Maddox	909	46.9
Total votes			1,939	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Szymoniak	17,310	51.8
	Republican	David Readinger (incumbent)	16,088	48.2
Total votes			33,398	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 Democratic Primary Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven G. Lingren	2,166	66.8
	Democratic	Greg W. Steensland	1,075	33.2
Total votes			3,241	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Nystrom (incumbent)	12,804	53.5
	Democratic	Steven G. Lingren	11,148	46.5
Total votes			23,952	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leonard Boswell (incumbent)	15,215	64.7
	Republican	Gene Smith	8,296	35.3
Total votes			23,511	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Hutchins (incumbent)	13,810	70.4
	Republican	Jim Rosman-Bakehouse	5,807	29.6
Total votes			19,617	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gronstal (incumbent)	11,200	58.9
	Republican	Arminda S. Hartman	7,807	41.1
Total votes			19,007	100.0
	Democratic hold

^ ^a ^b Sen. Hall switched parties from Democratic to Republican and ran against Sen. Hannon in District 22 in the 1988 general election.

References

^ "Primary Election 1988 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ "General Election 1988 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[Hall-3] Sen. Hall switched parties from Democratic to Republican and ran against Sen. Hannon in District 22 in the 1988 general election.

[1] "Primary Election 1988 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[2] "General Election 1988 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[4] "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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