1990 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1984 United States Senate election in Iowa 1984 1996 United States Senate election in Iowa 1996 November 6, 1990 150x150px File:Tom Harkin Portrait Signed Crop.jpg Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) 535,975 54.47% File:Tom Tauke congressional portrait (cropped).jpg Tom Tauke Republican Party (United States) 446,869 45.42% 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County results Harkin: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Tauke: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) The 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a second term in office. Harkin was opposed by Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tauke, from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and both Harkin and Tauke won their primaries uncontested. Though Harkin performed slightly worse than he had six years earlier, he was successful in his re-election bid and defeated Tauke. He was the only Democrat re-elected to the Senate from the state since 1938. Democratic primary Candidates Tom Harkin, incumbent United States Senator Results Democratic primary resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990 Dendy Dallas L. PDF Tom Harkin (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 162,661 99.47 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 867 0.53 163,528 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Tom Tauke, U.S. Representative from Dubuque Results Republican primary results Tom Tauke Republican Party (United States) 91,798 99.81% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 172 0.19% 91,970 100.00% General election Results United States Senate election in Iowa, 1990 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin (incumbent) 535,975 54.47% -0.98% Republican Party (United States) Tom Tauke 446,869 45.42% +1.76% 1,089 0.11% 89,106 9.06% -2.74% 983,933 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1990 United States Senate elections References Iowa 1990 Category:1990 Iowa elections