1986 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 Bill Hutchins Calvin Hultman Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 48th 47th Last election 29 21 Seats before 29 21 Seats after 30 20 Seat change 1 1
Majority Leader before election Bill Hutchins Democratic ElectedMajority Leader Bill Hutchins Democratic

The1986 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of thebiennial 1986United States elections.Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 odd-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 1986 is provided by theIowa General Assemblyhere.

The primary election on June 3, 1986, determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1986 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[1] General election results can be obtained here.^[2]

Following the previous election in 1984,Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats toRepublicans' 21 seats.

To take control of the chamber fromDemocrats, theRepublicans needed to net 5 Senate seats.

Democrats expanded their control of theIowa State Senate following the 1986 general election, withDemocrats holding 30 seats andRepublicans having 20 seats after the election (a net gain of 1 seat for the Democrats).

• NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1986 so they are not listed here.

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• Reminder: Only odd-numberedIowa Senate seats were up for election in 1986; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1986 & 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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