1978 Iowa Senate election

none September 2023 1978 Iowa Senate election Iowa Flag of Iowa (variant).svg legislative no 1976 Iowa Senate election 1976 1980 Iowa Senate election 1980 25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 November 7, 1978 x160px Calvin Hultman Republican Party (United States) 49th 24 24 4 28 George Kinley Democratic Party (United States) 34th 26 26 4 22 Majority Leader George Kinley Democratic Calvin Hultman Republican The 1978 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1978 United 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 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 1978 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here. The primary election on June 6, 1978, determined which candidates appeared on the November 7, 1978 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/70s/1978primcanv.pdf Primary Election 1978 Canvass Summary Iowa Secretary of State April 24, 2020 General election results can be obtained here.https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/70s/1978gencanv.pdf General Election 1978 Canvass Summary Iowa Secretary of State April 24, 2020 Following the previous election in 1976, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 26 seats to Republicans' 24 seats. To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats. Republicans flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1978 general election, with Republicans claiming 28 seats and Democrats falling to 22 seats after the election (a net gain of 4 seats for the Republicans). Summary of Results NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1978 so they are not listed here. State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Lucas DeKoster Rep Lucas DeKoster Republican 3rd Warren E. Curtis Rep Arne F. Waldstein Republican 5th Ray Taylor Rep Ray Taylor Republican 7th Milo Merritt Dem Arthur Gratias Republican 9th Dale L. Tieden Rep Dale L. Tieden Republican 11th Stephen W. Bisenius Rep Stephen W. Bisenius Republican 13th James M. Redmond Dem Arthur R. Kudart Republican 15th Robert "Bob" Rush Dem Robert "Bob" Rush Democratic 17th Fred Nolting Dem Richard L. Comito Republican 19th Clifford Earl Burroughs Rep John W. Jensen Republican 21st John S. Murray Rep John S. Murray Republican 23rd C. Joseph Coleman Dem C. Joseph Coleman Democratic 25th E. Kevin Kelly Rep Clarence S. Carney Republican 27th Louis P. Culver Dem Jack W. Hester Republican 29th Norman Rodgers Dem Norman Rodgers Democratic 31st Earl Willits Dem Earl Willits Democratic 33rd Philip B. Hill Rep Julia Gentleman Republican 35th Eugene Marshall Hill Dem Joe Brown Democratic 37th Minnette Doderer Dem Arthur A. Small Democratic 39th Roger John Shaff Rep Norman J. Goodwin Republican 41st Forrest F. Ashcraft Rep Patrick J. Deluhery Democratic 43rd Lowell Junkins Dem Lowell Junkins Democratic 45th Gene W. Glenn Dem Sue Yenger Republican 47th Richard Ramsey Rep Richard Ramsey Republican 49th Calvin Hultman Rep Calvin Hultman Republican Source:https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/senate Legislators Iowa State Senate April 24, 2020 Detailed Results Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1978; therefore, even-numbered seats did not have elections in 1978 & are not shown. District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47 • District 49__NOTOC__ 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). District 1 Iowa Senate, District 1 Republican Primary Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Lucas DeKoster (incumbent) 4330 50.4 Republican Party (United States) Henry T. Hoefakker 4268 49.6 8598 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Lucas DeKoster (incumbent) 9038 63.0 Independent (politician) Henry T. Hoefakker 5307 37.0 14345 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 3 Iowa Senate, District 3 Republican Primary Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Arne Waldstein 2152 63.5 Republican Party (United States) Dick Angove 1239 36.5 3391 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Arne Waldstein 8597 53.6 Democratic Party (United States) Keith Baker 7451 46.4 16048 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 5 Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Ray Taylor (incumbent) 8838 60.0 Democratic Party (United States) Daryl Frey 5889 40.0 14727 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 7 Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Arthur Gratias 9838 54.9 Democratic Party (United States) Milo Merritt (incumbent) 8080 45.1 17918 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 9 Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Dale L. Tieden (incumbent) 10702 100.0 10702 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 11 Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Stephen W. Bisenius (incumbent) 9146 54.3 Democratic Party (United States) Maurice Hennessey 7684 45.7 16830 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 13 Iowa Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) James M. Redmond (incumbent) 1447 51.8 Democratic Party (United States) Walter L. McNamara 1345 48.2 2792 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Arthur R. Kudart 9433 57.6 Democratic Party (United States) Nick Berry 6953 42.4 16386 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 15 Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Rush (incumbent) 8847 54.6 Republican Party (United States) Lloyd E. Humphreys 7354 45.4 16201 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 17 Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Richard Comito 8691 51.5 Democratic Party (United States) Fred Nolting (incumbent) 8184 48.5 16875 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 19 Iowa Senate, District 19 Republican Primary Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) John W. Jensen 2672 60.3 Republican Party (United States) Cliff Burroughs (incumbent) 1761 39.7 4433 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) John W. Jensen 9564 61.8 Democratic Party (United States) Jerald Fuerstenberg 5900 38.2 15464 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 21 Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) John S. Murray (incumbent) 11906 62.7 Democratic Party (United States) Larry N. Larson 7083 37.3 18989 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 23 Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent) 10388 100.0 10388 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 25 Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Clarence Carney 8247 55.1 Democratic Party (United States) Fred T. Kelly 6724 44.9 14971 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 27 Iowa Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Louis P. Culver (incumbent) 1436 51.0 Democratic Party (United States) John R. Meyer 1379 49.0 2815 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Jack W. Hester 8555 57.3 Democratic Party (United States) Wade Burchett 6364 42.7 14919 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 29 Iowa Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Norman Rodgers (incumbent) 1682 55.1 Democratic Party (United States) Barry Piatt 1369 44.9 3051 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Norman Rodgers (incumbent) 10641 55.2 Republican Party (United States) Roy W. Meadows 8649 44.8 19290 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 31 Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Earl Willits (incumbent) 8349 63.2 Republican Party (United States) Donald Kerr 4859 36.8 13208 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 33 Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Julia Gentleman 12736 61.4 Democratic Party (United States) John Dengler 7078 34.1 Independent (politician) Michael Feld 928 4.5 20742 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 35 Iowa Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Joe Brown 1285 44.8 Democratic Party (United States) Eugene M. Hill (incumbent) 1088 37.9 Democratic Party (United States) Arnold Brouwer 495 17.3 2868 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Joe Brown 10063 56.0 Republican Party (United States) Bart Basche 7911 44.0 17974 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 37 Iowa Senate, District 37 Republican Primary Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Victor V. Woolums II 818 55.3 Republican Party (United States) Bob Baker 662 44.7 1480 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 37 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur A. Small 2502 55.6 Democratic Party (United States) William J. Hargrave, Jr. 1994 44.4 4496 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur A. Small 10781 63.6 Republican Party (United States) Victor V. Woolums II 5817 34.3 Socialist Party USA David Manuel 357 2.1 16955 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 39 Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Norman J. Goodwin 9522 59.4 Democratic Party (United States) Paul R. Willis, Jr. 6515 40.6 16037 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 41 Iowa Senate, District 41 Democratic Primary Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Patrick J. Deluhery 1174 72.2 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Manno 453 27.8 1627 100.0 Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Patrick J. Deluhery 6368 57.0 Republican Party (United States) Forrest F. Ashcraft (incumbent) 4808 43.0 11176 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 43 Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1978 Democratic Party (United States) Lowell Junkins (incumbent) 8757 63.5 Republican Party (United States) Gordon C. McMillan 5033 36.5 13790 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 45 Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Sue Yenger 8387 51.6 Democratic Party (United States) Gene W. Glenn (incumbent) 7860 48.4 16247 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 47 Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Dick Ramsey (incumbent) 11178 60.3 Democratic Party (United States) Rollin C. Bridge 7369 39.7 18547 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 49 Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1978 Republican Party (United States) Calvin Hultman (incumbent) 9983 66.2 Democratic Party (United States) David Childs 5087 33.8 15070 100.0 Republican Party (United States) See also United States elections, 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1978 Elections in Iowa References Category:1978 Iowa elections Category:Iowa Senate elections Iowa State Senate