Iowa Total Vote Turnout '88-'84
Registered Voting
1998 1,769,827 973,032 54.9789%
2002 1,814,563 1,040,021 57.3152%
(44,736) (66,989) -2.3363%
Iowa Senate 98 Grassley (R) Osterberg (D) Marcus (NL) Trowe (Soc.) Scattering Voting 1988 Senate 1998
648,480 289,049 7,561 2,542 275 0 0 0 0 0   947,907  
68.4118% 30.4934% 0.7977% 0.2682% 0.0290% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.55012E-45 Ind. total 10,378
Iowa Senate 02 Ganske - Rep Harkin (D) Harthan (G) Moore (Lib) Write-in votes Senate 02 (75,168)
447,892 554,278 11,340 8,864 701 0 0 0 0 0 1,040,021 1,023,075 (16,946)
43.7790% 54.1777% 1.1084% 0.8664% 0.0685% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.43623E-45 Ind. total 20,905
Difference 200,588 (265,229) (3,779) (426)
Iowa Gov. 1998 Lightfoot (R) Vilsack (D) Hennager (Ref) Kennis (NBP) Schaefer (NL) Scattering Voting 1988 Governor 1998
444,787 500,231 5,606 2,006 3,144 644 0 0 0 0   956,418  
46.5055% 52.3025% 0.5861% 0.2097% 0.3287% 0.0673% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.53632E-45 Ind. total 11,400
Iowa Gov. 2002 Doug Gross - R Vilsack (D) Robinson (Gr)     Cleveland (L) Scattering Governor 2002 (69,384)
456,612 540,449 14,628 0 0 13,098 1,015 0 0 1,040,021 1,025,802 (14,219)
44.5127% 52.6855% 1.4260% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.2769% 0.0989% 0.0000% 1.43241E-45 Ind. total 28,741
Difference (11,825) (40,218) (9,022) 2,006 3,144 (12,454) (1,015)
Iowa SoS 1998 Gilliand (R) Culver (D) Swanson (NL) Blue (Ref) Scattering Voting 1988 SoS 1998
429,899 457,161 9,580 19,094 277 0 0 0 0 0   916,011  
46.9316% 49.9078% 1.0458% 2.0845% 0.0302% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.60409E-45 Ind. total 28,951
Iowa SoS 02 Hartwig - Rep Culver (D) Arenz (G) Sylvia Olson -L Write-in votes SoS 2002 -69030
420,290 526,600 16,366 21,434 351 0 0 0 0 1,040,021 985,041 (54,980)
42.6673% 53.4597% 1.6615% 2.1760% 0.0356% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.49168E-45 Ind. total 38,151
Difference 9,609 (69,439) (6,786) (2,340) (74)
Iowa Auditor 98 Johnson (R) No Democrat Young (Ref) Grafe (NL) Scattering Voting 1988 Auditor 1998
588,079 0 56,635 40,537 1,052 0 0 0 0 0   686,303  
85.6880% 0.0000% 8.2522% 5.9066% 0.1533% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 2.14099E-45 Ind. total 98,224
Iowa Auditor 02 David Vaudt - R Deluhery - Dem Welty - Lib Write-in votes Auditor 2002 (269,852)
464,469 442,040 49,206 440 0 0 0 0 0 1,040,021 956,155 (83,866)
48.5767% 46.2310% 5.1462% 0.0460% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.53675E-45 Ind. total 49,646
Difference 123,610 (442,040) 7,429 40,097 1052.00
Iowa Treas. 98 Bolin (R) Fitzgerald (D) Spivak (NL) Scattering Voting 1988 Treasurer 1998
390,054 500,853 13,135 217 0 0 0 0 0 0   904,259  
43.1352% 55.3882% 1.4526% 0.0240% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.62494E-45 Ind. total 13,352
Iowa Treas. 02 Whitaker - Rep Fitzgerald (D) Tim Hurd - Lib Write-in votes Treasurer 2002 -72060
421,574 534,714 19,687 344 0 0 0 0 0 1,040,021 976,319 (63,702)
43.1799% 54.7684% 2.0165% 0.0352% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.50501E-45 Ind. total 20,031
Difference (31,520) (33,861) (6,552) (127) 0
Iowa Ag Sec 98 Brown (R) Judge (D) Tigner (I) James (NL) Peak (Ref) Voting 1988 Ag Sec. 1998
424,940 451,715 10,098 7,734 7,767 0 0 0 0 0   902,254  
47.0976% 50.0652% 1.1192% 0.8572% 0.8608% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.62855E-45 Ind. total 25,599
Iowa Ag. Sec.02 John Askew - R Patty Judge (D) Groszkruger - L Depew - Green Tigner - NBPet Write-in votes       Ag Sec. 1994 -79193
446,136 490,561 11,211 21,416 11,776 347 0 0 0 1,040,021 981,447 (58,574)
45.4570% 49.9834% 1.1423% 2.1821% 1.1999% 0.0354% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0 Ind. total 44,750
Difference (21,196) (38,846) (1,113) (13,682) (4,009)
Iowa AG 1998 Schwickerath (R) Miller (D) Watkins (NL) Scattering Voting 1988 AG 1998
298,528 603,523 20,104 210 0 0 0 0 0 0   922,365  
32.3655% 65.4321% 2.1796% 0.0228% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.59304E-45 Ind. total 20,314
Iowa AG 2002 Dave Millage -R Tom Miller (D) Noyes (Lib) Write-in votes AG 2002 -71298
364,480 612,167 16,607 409 0 0 0 0 0 1,040,021 993,663 (46,358)
36.6804% 61.6071% 1.6713% 0.0412% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.47874E-45 Ind. total 17,016
Difference (65,952) (8,644) 3,497 (199) 0
Iowa House 1-98 Leach (R) Bob Rush (D) Thurston (Ref) Smith (NL) Scattering Race Total
106,419 79,529 1,252 932 76 188,208
56.5433% 42.2559% 0.6652% 0.4952% 0.0404%
Iowa House 1-02 Nussle (R) Hutchinson (D)     Write-in votes (8,247)
112,280 83,779 0 0 396 196,455
57.1530% 42.6454% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.1911%
(5,861) (4,250) 1,252 932 (320)
 
Iowa House 2-98 Nussle (R) Tully (D) Lamoureux (NL) Scattering Race Total
104,613 83,405 1,520 36 189,574
55.1832% 43.9960% 0.8018% 0.0190%
Iowa House 2-02 Jim Leach - R Thomas (D) Kevin Litten (L Write-in votes (17,597)
108,130 94,767 4,178 96 0 207,171
52.1936% 45.7434% 1.9344% 0.0463% 0.0000%
(3,517) (11,362) (2,658) (60) (0)
Iowa House 3-98 McKibben (R) Boswell (D) Connolly (Ref) Seehusen (I) Scattering Race Total
R to D 78,063 107,947 2,180 1,494 68 189,752
41.1395% 56.8885% 1.1489% 0.7873% 0.0358%
Iowa House 3-02 Thompson - Rep Boswell (D) Smith (Lib) Edwin Fruit (SW Write-in votes (26,233)
97,285 115,367 2,689 569 75 215,985  
45.0425% 53.4144% 1.2758% 0.2634% 0.0356%
(19,222) (7,420) (509) 925 (7)
Iowa House 4-98 Ganske (R) Dvorak (D) Yellin (NL) Scattering Race Total
  129,942 67,550 1,785 119 199,396
65.1678% 33.8773% 0.8952% 0.0597%
Iowa House 4-02 Tom Latham - R John Norris (D) Terry Wilson -L Hennager - OneE Write-in votes   (11,378)
  115,430 90,784 2,952 1,544 64 0 210,774
54.7648% 43.0717% 1.6199% 0.7325% 0.0351% 0.0000%
14,512 (23,234) (1,167) (1,425) (64) 0
Iowa House 5-98 Latham (R) No Democrat Scattering Race Total
132,730 0 1,041 0 133,771
99.2218% 0.0000% 0.7782% 0.0000%
Iowa House 5-02 Steve King - R Shomshor (Dem) Write-in votes (48,466)
  113,257 68,853 127 0 0 0 182,237
62.1482% 37.7821% 0.0697% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000%
19,473 (68,853) 914 0 (0) (0)
Total Iowa House 98
1998 551,767 338,431 7,778 2,581 144 0 0 0 House 02 900,701 (111,921)
2002 546,382 453,550 9,946 2,209 535 0 0 0 1,040,021 1,012,622
5,385 (115,119) (2,168) 372 (391) (0) 0 0
 
Iowa House Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
 1998 4 1 1 1.46937E-39 1 20.0000%
2002 4 1 0 0 0 0.0000%
0 0 1 1.46937E-39 1 20.0000%
Questions Yes No
No Issues in 02   0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0.5
Iowa Number 1 issue in 1998, Amends rights article to include women. 654,419 83.5776% 128,589 783,008 only 1
Legislature Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Iowa Senate 98 14 11 7 2 9 36.0000%
Iowa Senate 02 19 15 5 5 10 29.4118%
-5 -4 2 -3 -1 6.5882%
Iowa Reps. 98 56 44 15 19 34 34.0000%
Iowa Reps. 02 54 46 20 18 38 38.0000%
2 -2 -5 1 -4 -4.0000%
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