2020 Iowa Senate election

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2020 Iowa Senate election
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25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Charles Schneider - Official Portrait - 85th GA.jpg Iowa State Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen.jpg
Leader Charles Schneider Janet Petersen
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 22nd district
(retiring)		 18th district
Last election3218
Seats after3218
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote442,907304,302
Percentage58.87%40.45%
2020 Iowa State Senate Election.svg
Results of the elections:
     Republican gain     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     No election
President of the Senate before election

Charles Schneider
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Jake Chapman
Republican

The 2020 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States state legislative elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts – the 25 even-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.

Contents

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 2020 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 2, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3 general election ballot. The filing deadline was March 13. [1] [2]

Following the previous election in 2018, Republicans retained control of the Iowa Senate with 32 seats to Democrats' 18 seats. To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net eight Senate seats.

Republicans retained control of the Iowa Senate following the 2020 general election, with the balance of power remaining unchanged.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Likely ROctober 21, 2020

Summary of results

State Senate District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
2nd Randy Feenstra Rep Jeff Taylor Rep
4th Dennis Guth Rep Dennis Guth Rep
6th Mark Segebart Rep Craig Steven Williams Rep
8th Dan Dawson Rep Dan Dawson Rep
10th Jake Chapman Rep Jake Chapman Rep
12th Mark Costello Rep Mark Costello Rep
14th Amy Sinclair Rep Amy Sinclair Rep
16th Nate Boulton Dem Nate Boulton Dem
18th Janet Petersen Dem Janet Petersen Dem
20th Brad Zaun Rep Brad Zaun Rep
22nd Charles Schneider Rep Sarah Trone Garriott Dem
24th Jerry Behn Rep Jesse Green Rep
26th Waylon Brown Rep Waylon Brown Rep
28th Michael Breitbach Rep Mike Klimesh Rep
30th Eric Giddens Dem Eric Giddens Dem
32nd Craig Johnson Rep Craig Johnson Rep
34th Liz Mathis Dem Liz Mathis Dem
36th Jeff Edler Rep Jeff Edler Rep
38th Tim Kapucian Rep Dawn Driscoll Rep
40th Ken Rozenboom Rep Ken Rozenboom Rep
42nd Rich Taylor Dem Jeff Reichman Rep
44th Thomas Greene Rep Tim Goodwin Rep
46th Mark Lofgren Rep Mark Lofgren Rep
48th Dan Zumbach Rep Dan Zumbach Rep
50th Pam Jochum Dem Pam Jochum Dem

Source: [4] [5]

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 22, 0.36% gain
  2. State Senate district 20, 2.28%
  3. State Senate district 30, 3.02%
  4. State Senate district 8, 4.42%

Detailed results

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46 • District 48 • District 50

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Taylor 26,395 100.0
Total votes26,395 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Guth (incumbent) 25,450 100.0
Total votes25,450 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Williams 3,132 60.9
Republican Heath Hansen2,00739.1
Total votes5,139 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Steven Williams 18,919 69.2
Democratic C.J. Petersen8,41830.8
Total votes27,337 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Dawson (incumbent) 12,391 52.2
Democratic Steve Gorman11,34447.8
Total votes23,735 100.0
Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jake Chapman (incumbent) 24,538 62.5
Democratic Warren Andrew Varley14,70437.5
Total votes39,242 100.0
Republican hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Costello (incumbent) 5,749 59.4
Republican Richard Crouch3,92340.6
Total votes9,672 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Costello (incumbent) 20,165 69.1
Democratic Joseph "Joey" Norris8,99930.9
Total votes29,164 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Amy Sinclair (incumbent) 24,623 100.0
Total votes24,623 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nate Boulton (incumbent) 16,868 76.8
Libertarian ToyA S. Johnson5,09723.2
Total votes21,965 100.0
Democratic hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Petersen (incumbent) 20,696 100.0
Total votes20,696 100.0
Democratic hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Zaun (incumbent) 21,943 51.1
Democratic Rhonda Martin20,96848.9
Total votes42,911 100.0
Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Cirksena 3,683 79.3
Republican Porsha Hart96420.7
Total votes4,647 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah Trone Garriott 4,300 47.9
Democratic Tricia Gavin3,48038.7
Democratic Michael Libbie1,20613.4
Total votes8,986 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah Trone Garriott 23,110 50.2
Republican Scott Cirksena22,94649.8
Total votes46,056 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jesse Green 2,350 40.8
Republican Chad Behn1,83731.9
Republican Todd Rasmussen1,12719.6
Republican Joshua D. Dyer4427.7
Total votes5,756 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Oppedal Paschen 3,172 67.2
Democratic Keith D. Puntenney1,54832.8
Total votes4,720 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jesse Green 21,732 65.7
Democratic Cynthia Oppedal Paschen11,32734.3
Total votes33,059 100.0
Republican hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Waylon Brown (incumbent) 20,655 65.5
Democratic Deb Scharper10,85834.5
Total votes31,513 100.0
Republican hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Klimesh 19,630 62.5
Democratic Matt Tapscott11,78537.5
Total votes31,415 100.0
Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eric Giddens (incumbent) 17,543 51.5
Republican Harold Youngblut16,51648.5
Total votes34,059 100.0
Democratic hold

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Johnson (incumbent) 19,990 61.2
Democratic Pam Egli12,70038.8
Total votes32,690 100.0
Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Liz Mathis (incumbent) 29,342 100.0
Total votes29,342 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Edler (incumbent) 16,841 60.6
Democratic David Degner10,95739.4
Total votes27,798 100.0
Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dawn Driscoll 2,402 45.0
Republican Garrett Dozark1,91235.8
Republican Bruce Adams1,02519.2
Total votes5,339 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 38 Democratic Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ivy Schuster 3,642 81.7
Democratic Alvin Aragon81518.3
Total votes4,457 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dawn Driscoll 21,238 64.0
Democratic Ivy Schuster11,94836.0
Total votes33,186 100.0
Republican hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Rozenboom (incumbent) 22,022 71.5
Democratic Lance Roorda8,76028.5
Total votes30,782 100.0
Republican hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Reichman 3,338 73.8
Republican Nancy Amos1,18726.2
Total votes4,525 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Reichman 16,766 59.9
Democratic Rich Taylor (incumbent)11,22840.1
Total votes27,994 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Goodwin 3,217 71.6
Republican Matthew Rinker1,27728.4
Total votes4,494 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 44 Democratic Primary Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Courtney 3,623 72.4
Democratic Kevin K. Warth79015.8
Democratic Rex Troute59211.8
Total votes5,005 100.0
Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Goodwin 16,447 56.8
Democratic Tom Courtney 12,49343.2
Total votes28,940 100.0
Republican hold

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark S. Lofgren (incumbent) 18,479 59.4
Democratic Chris Brase 12,65340.6
Total votes31,132 100.0
Republican hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Zumbach (incumbent) 22,544 65.2
Democratic Eric Green12,05034.8
Total votes34,594 100.0
Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pam Jochum (incumbent) 18,044 58.7
Republican Jennifer Smith12,67741.3
Total votes30,721 100.0
Democratic hold

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    References

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    2. ↑ "Candidate List June 2, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 14, 2020.
    3. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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    5. ↑ "General Election 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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