1986 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 1986 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1980 United States Senate election in Iowa 1980 1992 United States Senate election in Iowa 1992 November 4, 1986 150x150px Chuck Grassley.png Chuck Grassley Republican Party (United States) 588,880 66.04% 3x4.svg John Roehrick Democratic Party (United States) 299,406 33.57% 1986 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County results Grassley: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Roehrick: #a5b0ff 40–50% U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Republican Party (United States) Chuck Grassley Republican Party (United States) The 1986 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 4, 1986. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee, attorney John P. Roehrick in a landslide. This would be the last time that Grassley lost a county until 2010 when Roxanne Conlin flipped Johnson County. Democratic primary Candidates John P. Roehrick, attorney Juan Cortez Results Democratic primary resultshttp://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/80s/1986primcanv.pdf Summary of Official Canvass of Votes Cast in Iowa Primary Election 1986 sos.iowa.gov live https://web.archive.org/web/20220818153813/https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/80s/1986primcanv.pdf August 18, 2022 John P. Roehrick Democratic Party (United States) 88,347 83.83% Juan Cortez Democratic Party (United States) 16,987 16.12% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 60 0.06% 105,394 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Chuck Grassley, incumbent United States Senator Results Republican primary results Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 108,370 99.96% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 38 0.04% 108,408 100.00% General election Results United States Senate election in Iowa, 1986http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986 clerk.house.gov live https://web.archive.org/web/20220710104254/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf July 10, 2022 Republican Party (United States) Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 588,880 66.04% +12.55% Democratic Party (United States) John P. Roehrick 299,406 33.57% -11.97% Independent (United States) John Masters 3,370 0.38% Write-ins 106 0.01% 289,474 32.46% +24.51% 891,762 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1986 United States Senate elections References Iowa 1986 Category:1986 Iowa elections