1984 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 1984 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1978 United States Senate election in Iowa 1978 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa 1990 November 6, 1984 150x150px Tom Harkin 1979 congressional photo.jpg Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) 716,883 55.46% Roger Jepsen.JPG Roger Jepsen Republican Party (United States) 564,381 43.66% 1984 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County results Harkin: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Jepsen: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Roger Jepsen Republican Party (United States) Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) The 1984 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican Senator Roger Jepsen ran for re-election to a second term in office. Jepsen was opposed by U.S. Representative Tom Harkin, from Iowa's 5th congressional district, who won the Democratic primary uncontested. The general election was full of mudslinging and personal attacks, including the embellishment by both candidates of their military records; Harkin attacked Jepsen for failing to keep his promise to not sell AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/11/3/down-and-dirty-pbab-recent-cartoon/ Down and Dirty | News | the Harvard Crimson Ultimately, Harkin defeated Jepsen in a landslide 152,502 votes, winning the first of five terms in the Senate. This is the last time that a Senator from Iowa lost re-election. Democratic primary Candidates Tom Harkin, United States Congressman from Iowa's 5th congressional district Results Democratic primary resultsSummary of Official Canvass of Votes Cat in Iowa Primary Election June 5, 1984 http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/80s/1984primcanv.pdf Iowa Secretary of State Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) 106,005 99.93% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 70 0.07% 106,075 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Roger Jepsen, incumbent U.S. Senator Results Republican primary results Roger Jepsen (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 113,996 99.87% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 147 0.13% 114,143 100.00% General election Results United States Senate election in Iowa, 1984 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1985 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin 716,883 55.46% +7.54% Republican Party (United States) Roger Jepsen (incumbent) 564,381 43.66% -7.47% Independent (politician) Garry De Young 11,014 0.85% 422 0.03% 152,502 11.80% +8.58% 1,292,700 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) See also 1984 United States Senate elections References Iowa 1984 Category:1984 Iowa elections