1982 Iowa Senate election


The 1982 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1982 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the state senate's 50 districts—all 25 of the odd-numbered seats were up for regularly scheduled elections to four-year terms and, due to the oddities of redistricting following the 1980 Census, four of the even-numbered seats were up as well. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats traditionally up for election each cycle.
The Iowa General Assembly provides statewide maps of each district. To compare the effect of the 1981 redistricting process on the location of each district, contrast the with the map used for
The primary election on June 8, 1982, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1982 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.
Following the previous election in 1980, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats to Democrats' 21 seats.
To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats.
Democrats flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1982 general election, with Democrats holding 28 seats and Republicans having 22 seats after the election.
In 1982, after winning his election in the forty-third senatorial district, Thomas Mann became the first Black person elected to the Iowa Senate.

Summary of Results

  • NOTE: 21 of the 25 even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1982 so they are not listed here.
  • Also note, an asterisk after a Senator's name indicates they were an incumbent re-elected, but to a new district number due to redistricting.
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Detailed Results

  • Reminder: All odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election to full four-year terms in 1982, as well as four even-numbered seats that had elections for two-year terms due to the oddities caused by redistricting. All other even-numbered districts did not have elections in 1982 & are not shown.

[|District 1] • [|District 2] • [|District 3] • [|District 5] • [|District 6] • [|District 7] • [|District 9] • [|District 11] • [|District 13] • [|District 15] • [|District 16] • [|District 17] • [|District 19] • [|District 21] • [|District 23] • [|District 24] • [|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]

  • Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary.