Iowa Total Vote Turnout '88-'84
Registered Voting
1998 1,769,827 973,032 54.9789%
1994 1,631,126 1,022,372 62.6789%
138,701 (49,340) -7.7000%
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% 1.55011824844406E-45 Ind. total 10,378
Iowa Senate 90 Tauke (R) Harkin (D) Scattering Senate 90 (36,026)
446,869 535,975 1,089 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 983,933
45.4166% 54.4727% 0.1107% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.49336178228381E-45 Ind. total 1,089
Difference 201,611 (246,926) 6,472 275
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% 1.53632401160148E-45 Ind. total 11,400
Iowa Gov. 1994 Branstad (R) Campbell (D) Galati (SW) Hughes (NBP) Butler (NL) Olsen (Lib) Scattering Governor 1994 (40,830)
566,395 414,453 770 5,505 3,737 2,772 3,616 0 0 997,248
56.7958% 41.5597% 0.0772% 0.5520% 0.3747% 0.2780% 0.3626% 0.0000% 1.47342279806814E-45 Ind. total 16,400
Difference (121,608) 85,778 4,836 (3,499) (593) (2,128) (3,616)
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% 1.60409420686854E-45 Ind. total 28,951
Iowa SoS 94 Pate (R) Pedersen (D) Druker (NL) Scattering SoS 1994 -2151
473,371 428,626 15,809 356 0 0 0 0 0 918,162
51.5564% 46.6830% 1.7218% 0.0388% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.60033625713965E-45 Ind. total 16,165
Difference (43,472) 28,535 (6,229) 18,738 277
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% 2.14099011446527E-45 Ind. total 98,224
Iowa Auditor 94 Johnson (R) Gray (D) Scattering Auditor 1994 (223,846)
541,932 367,722 495 0 0 0 0 0 0 910,149
59.5432% 40.4024% 0.0544% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.61442570230573E-45 Ind. total 495
Difference 46,147 (367,722) 56,140 40,537 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% 1.62494145872793E-45 Ind. total 13,352
Iowa Treas. 94 Irwin (R) Fitzgerald (D) Koehler (NL) Scattering Treasurer 1994 -21890
404,722 496,089 25,098 240 0 0 0 0 0 926,149
43.6994% 53.5647% 2.7099% 0.0259% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.58653514556282E-45 Ind. total 25,338
Difference (14,668) 4,764 (11,963) (23) 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% 1.62855242373861E-45 Ind. total 25,599
Iowa Ag. Sec. 94 Cory (R) Cochran (D) Atkinson (I) Schaefer (NL) Scattering Baker Hall Mason Scattering Ag Sec. 1994 -31248
399,693 491,342 29,313 12,916 238 0 0 0 0 933,502
42.8165% 52.6343% 3.1401% 1.3836% 0.0255% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.57403834006554E-45 Ind. total 42,467
Difference 25,247 (39,627) (19,215) (5,182) 7,529
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% 1.59304390184781E-45 Ind. total 20,314
Iowa AG 1994 Gunderson (R) Miller (D) Marcus (NL) Scattering AG 1994 -32458
431,997 509,045 13,477 304 0 0 0 0 0 954,823
45.2437% 53.3130% 1.4115% 0.0318% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 0.0000% 1.5388903896616E-45 Ind. total 13,781
Difference (133,469) 94,478 6,627 (94) 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 1-94 Leach (R) Winekauf (D) Zonneveld (I) Cuddehe (NL) Scattering 4,747
110,448 69,461 2,264 1,213 75 183,461
60.2024% 37.8615% 1.1406% 0.6612% 0.0378%
(4,029) 10,068 (1,012) (281) 1
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 2-94 Nussle (R) Nagle (D) Schoeman (Lib) Scattering (8,913)
111,076 86,087 1,281 43 0 198,487
55.9613% 43.3716% 0.6619% 0.0217% 0.0000%
(6,463) (2,682) 239 (7) (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 3-94 Lightfoot (R) Baxter (D) Grimmer (GR) Scattering (3,779)
111,862 79,310 2,282 77 0 193,531
57.8006% 40.9805% 1.0703% 0.0398% 0.0000%
(33,799) 28,637 (102) 1,417 68
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 4-94 Ganske (R) Smith (D) Roberts (NL) Oviatt (GR) Lariscy (SWP) Scattering (13,810)
D to R 111,935 98,824 898 803 606 140 213,206
52.5009% 46.3514% 0.4758% 0.3766% 0.3211% 0.0742%
18,007 (31,274) 887 (684) (606) (140)
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 5-94 Latham (R) McGuire (D) Scattering (54,950)
114,796 73,627 298 0 0 0 188,721
60.8284% 39.0137% ERR 0.0000% ERR ERR
17,934 (73,627) 743 0 (0) (0)
Total Iowa House 90
1998 551,767 338,431 7,778 2,581 144 0 0 0 House 94 900,701 (76,705)
1994 560,117 407,309 7,023 2,136 681 140 0 0 977,406
(8,350) (68,878) 755 445 (537) (140) 0 0
Iowa House Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 4 1 1 0 1 20.0000%
1994 5 0 0 0 0 0.0000%
-1 1 1 0 1 20.0000%
Questions Yes No
Iowa Am. #1 Amends the section on rights of persons to include women 654,419 83.5776% 128,589 783,008 0.5
Iowa Am. #2 Removes one hundred dollar fine limit for trial without jury. 474,433 63.8767% 268,300 742,733 1
Iowa Number 1 issue in 1994, Constitutional Convention 179,762 26.7925% 491,179 670,941 only 1
Legislature Republicans Democrats Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Iowa Senate 98 14 11 7 2 9 36.0000%
Iowa Senate 94 12 13 8 3 11 44.0000%
2 -2 -1 -1 -2 -8.0000%
Iowa Reps. 98 56 44 15 19 34 34.0000%
Iowa Reps. 94 65 35 24 14 38 38.0000%
-9 9 -9 5 -4 -4.0000%

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