1976 Iowa Senate election

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1976 Iowa Senate election

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1976 Iowa Senate election

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November 2, 1976

1978 →

28 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	George Kinley	Clifton C. Lamborn
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	34th	12th (retired)
Last election	26	24
Seats before	26	24
Seats after	26	24
Seat change

Majority Leader before election

George Kinley
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

George Kinley
Democratic

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The 1976 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1976 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 28 of the state senate's districts—the 25 even-numbered state senate districts and special elections in districts 11, 15, and 41. 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 1976 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 8, 1976 determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1976 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[1] General election results can be obtained here.^[2]

To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.

Democrats maintained their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1976 elections with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Democrats holding 26 seats and Republicans having 24 seats after the election.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
2nd	Irvin L. Bergman	Rep	Irvin L. Bergman	Republican
4th	Berl Priebe	Dem	Berl Priebe	Democratic
6th	Kenneth Daniel Scott	Dem	Alvin V. Miller	Democratic
8th	Hilarius Louis Heying	Dem	Rolf V. Craft	Republican
10th	Robert M. "Bob" Carr	Dem	Robert M. "Bob" Carr	Democratic
11th^[a]	Richard John Norpel	Dem	Stephen W. Bisenius	Republican
12th	Clifton C. Lamborn	Rep	Merlin Hulse	Republican
14th	Cloyd E. Robinson	Dem	Cloyd E. Robinson	Democratic
15th^[b]	Steve Sovern	Dem	Robert "Bob" Rush	Democratic
16th	James V. Gallagher	Dem	James V. Gallagher	Democratic
18th	Bill Hansen	Rep	Bill Hansen	Republican
20th	Elizabeth Ruby Miller	Rep	Elizabeth Ruby Miller	Republican
22nd	Jack Nystrom	Rep	Jack Nystrom	Republican
24th	William P. Winkelman	Rep	John R. Scott	Democratic
26th	Leonard C. Andersen	Rep	James Calhoon	Democratic
28th	Karl Nolin	Dem	Charles W. Hutchins	Democratic
30th	William N. Plymat	Rep	David Readinger	Republican
32nd	William D. Palmer	Dem	William D. Palmer	Democratic
34th	George Kinley	Dem	George Kinley	Democratic
36th	Joann Yessler Orr	Dem	Joann Yessler Orr	Democratic
38th	William R. Rabedeaux	Rep	Richard F. Drake	Republican
40th	Elizabeth Orr Shaw	Rep	Elizabeth Orr Shaw	Republican
41st^[c]	Bill Gluba	Dem	Forrest F. Ashcraft	Republican
42nd	Charles Peter Miller	Dem	Charles Peter Miller	Democratic
44th	Forrest Schwengels	Rep	Forrest Schwengels	Republican
46th	Bass Van Gilst	Dem	Bass Van Gilst	Democratic
48th	James E. Briles	Rep	James E. Briles	Republican
50th	James W. Griffin	Rep	Tom L. Slater	Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Irvin L. Bergman (incumbent)	14,409	100.0
Total votes			14,409	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	17,077	100.0
Total votes			17,077	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce B. Girton	2,470	62.7
	Republican	Pat Breheny	1,472	37.3
Total votes			3,942	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alvin V. Miller	12,976	52.1
	Republican	Bruce B. Girton	11,936	47.9
Total votes			24,912	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rolf V. Craft	12,916	56.7
	Democratic	Richard R. Nelson	9,877	43.3
Total votes			22,793	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Carr (incumbent)	14,308	62.6
	Republican	Marian B. Pfaff	8,545	37.4
Total votes			22,853	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Bisenius	3,925	50.8
	Democratic	Maurice Hennessey	3,800	49.2
Total votes			7,725	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Merlin Hulse	12,503	54.3
	Democratic	Paul Ponder	10,528	45.7
Total votes			23,031	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cloyd E. Robinson (incumbent)	14,757	65.7
	Republican	Sandra L. Pink	7,366	32.7
	Independent	Garry W. McCune	350	1.6
Total votes			22,473	100.0
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Willard R. "Bill" Hansen (incumbent)	13,265	52.0
	Democratic	Ted Anderson	12,081	47.3
	Independent	Gerald Baker	188	0.7
Total votes			25,534	100.0
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary Election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim R. Riordan	1,242	59.9
	Democratic	D. Tom Peterson	677	32.7
	Democratic	Steven R. Oakland	154	7.4
Total votes			2,073	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 36 Republican Primary Election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith Dierenfeld	1,048	50.4
	Republican	Chas. V. Dunham	1,031	49.6
Total votes			2,079	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Rush	13,777	59.8
	Republican	Andrew Gordon Holmes	9,254	40.2
Total votes			23,031	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Gallagher (incumbent)	1,786	80.7
	Democratic	Steven Karr	426	19.3
Total votes			2,212	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Gallagher (incumbent)	13,631	60.0
	Republican	Kyle Hummel	9,074	40.0
Total votes			22,705	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth Ruby Miller (incumbent)	12,317	50.5
	Democratic	Larry A. Raymon	12,085	49.5
Total votes			24,402	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John N. "Jack" Nystrom (incumbent)	13,636	54.7
	Democratic	Jim R. Riordan	11,314	45.3
Total votes			24,950	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Scott	12,886	53.9
	Republican	William P. Winkelman (incumbent)	11,040	46.1
Total votes			23,926	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Calhoon	10,397	50.1
	Republican	Leonard C. Andersen (incumbent)	10,374	49.9
Total votes			20,771	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles W. "Bill" Hutchins	12,431	55.2
	Republican	William R. Ferguson	10,079	44.8
Total votes			22,510	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Readinger	2,017	58.1
	Republican	William N. Plymat (incumbent)	1,456	41.9
Total votes			3,473	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Campbell	1,828	52.4
	Democratic	Michael E. Hansen	1,661	47.6
Total votes			3,489	100.0

Summary of Results

Detailed Results

District 2

District 4

District 6

District 8

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 14

District 15

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 41

District 42

District 44

District 46

District 48

District 50

See also

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Readinger	15,545	52.3
	Democratic	Ed Campbell	14,206	47.7
Total votes			29,751	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William D. Palmer (incumbent)	16,512	75.7
	Republican	William F. Horstman	5,310	24.3
Total votes			21,822	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kinley (incumbent)	15,199	72.6
	Republican	Kappie Spencer	5,744	27.4
Total votes			20,943	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Orr (incumbent)	14,454	61.9
	Republican	Judith Dierenfeld	8,890	38.1
Total votes			23,344	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard F. Drake	12,481	55.5
	Democratic	Jim Paulding	9,996	44.5
Total votes			22,477	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth Orr Shaw (incumbent)	18,142	62.2
	Democratic	Steven F. Altheimer	11,047	37.8
Total votes			29,189	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Forrest F. Ashcraft	3,028	61.6
	Democratic	Michael McDonald	1,886	38.4
Total votes			4,914	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles P. Miller (incumbent)	13,267	58.4
	Republican	Charles R. Fulbruge	9,436	41.6
Total votes			22,703	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Forrest Schwengels (incumbent)	15,044	100.0
Total votes			15,044	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bass Van Gilst (incumbent)	15,257	66.3
	Republican	Lou Fusco	7,748	33.7
Total votes			23,005	100.0
	Democratic hold