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1992 Senate elections · Iowa history

Iowa U.S. Senate election 1992

Chuck Grassley REP +42.4 · Class III seat · held 11/3/92

Votes counted
1,292,201
Margin
42.4 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld
President in IA
D+6.0same year

General election 11/3/92

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Chuck Grassley WonREP899,76169.63%
Jean Lloyd-JonesDEM351,56127.21%
Stuart ZimmermanNLP16,4031.27%
Sue A. AtkinsonIND6,2770.49%
Mel BoringIND5,5080.43%
Rosanne FreeburgIND4,9990.39%
Carl Eric OlsenGRT3,4040.26%
Richard O'Dell HughesIND2,9180.23%
Andrew PulleySWP1,3700.11%
Total1,292,201

Official source: data

Other Iowa Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIChuck Grassley12.0
2020Class IIJoni K. Ernst6.5
2016Class IIIChuck Grassley24.4
2014Class IIJoni K. Ernst8.3
2010Class IIIChuck Grassley31.1
2008Class IITom Harkin25.4
2004Class IIIChuck Grassley42.3
2002Class IITom Harkin10.4
1998Class IIIChuck Grassley37.9
1996Class IITom Harkin5.1
1992Class IIIChuck Grassley42.4
1990Class IITom Harkin9.1

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1992 Iowa Senate race?

Chuck Grassley (REP) won with 69.6% of the vote, ahead of Jean Lloyd-Jones (27.2%), a margin of 42.4 points.

Did the Iowa Senate seat change party in 1992?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1992 Iowa Senate race?

1,292,201 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.