1996 Iowa Senate election

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25 out of 50 seats in theIowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mary Kramer Leonard Boswell Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 37th 44th (retired) Last election 23 27 Seats before 23 27 Seats after 29 21 Seat change 6 6
President of the Senate before election Leonard Boswell Democratic ElectedPresident of the Senate Mary Kramer Republican

The1996 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of thebiennial 1996United 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 theIowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1996 is provided by theIowa General Assembly here.^[1]

The primary election on June 4, 1996 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1996 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[2] General election results can be obtained here.^[3]

Following the previous election,Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 27 seats toRepublicans' 23 seats.

To take control of the chamber fromDemocrats, theRepublicans needed to net three Senate seats.

Republicans claimed control of theIowa State Senate following the 1996 general election by netting 6sixseats, resulting inRepublicans holding 29 seats andDemocrats having 21 seats.

• NOTE: The 25 odd-numbered districts did not have elections in 1996, so they are not listed here.

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• Reminder: Only even-numberedIowa Senate seats were up for election in 1996; therefore, odd-numbered seats did not have elections in 1996 and are not shown.

• 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).

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