1992 United States Senate election in Iowa

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1992 United States Senate election in Iowa
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  1986 November 3, 1992 1998  
  Chuck Grassley.png Jean Hall Lloyd Jones.jpg
Nominee Chuck Grassley Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote899,761351,561
Percentage69.61%27.20%

1992 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg
County results
Grassley:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%

U.S. senator before election

Chuck Grassley
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Grassley
Republican

The 1992 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 3, 1992. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley ran for re-election to a third term in the United States Senate, which he won easily against his Democratic opponent, State Senator Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones 60,615 60.80%
Democratic Rosanne Freeburg38,77438.89%
Democratic Write-ins3070.31%
Total votes99,696 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 109,273 99.70%
Republican Write-ins3240.30%
Total votes109,597 100.00%

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1992 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 899,761 69.61% +3.58%
Democratic Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones 351,56127.20%-6.37%
Natural Law Stuart Zimmerman16,4031.27%
Independent Sue Atkinson6,2770.49%
Independent Mel Boring5,5080.43%
Independent Rosanne Freeburg4,9990.39%
Grassroots Carl Eric Olsen3,4040.26%
Independent Richard O'Dell Hughes2,9180.23%
Socialist Workers Cleve Andrew Pulley1,3700.11%
Write-ins2930.02%
Majority548,20042.41%+9.95%
Turnout 1,292,494
Republican hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Primary Election, June 2, 1992, Official Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.
  2. Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.