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The 1996 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1996 United States 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 State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1996 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 4, 1996 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1996 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[1] General election results can be obtained here.^[2]

Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 27 seats to Republicans' 23 seats.

To take control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 3 Senate seats.

Republicans claimed control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1996 general election by netting 6 seats, resulting in Republicans holding 29 seats and Democrats having 21 seats.

Summary of Results

• NOTE: The 25 odd-numbered districts did not have elections in 1996 so they are not listed here.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd	Bradly C. Banks		Rep	John Redwine		Republican
4th	Jack Kibbie		Dem	Jack Kibbie		Democratic
6th	Wayne D. Bennett		Rep	Steve King		Republican
8th	Berl Priebe		Dem	James E. Black		Republican
10th	Merlin Bartz		Rep	Merlin Bartz		Republican
12th	Donald Redfern		Rep	Donald Redfern		Republican
14th	Larry Murphy		Dem	Kitty Rehberg		Republican
16th	Lyle Zieman		Rep	Lyle Zieman		Republican
18th	Mike Connolly		Dem	Mike Connolly		Democratic
20th	Jack Rife		Rep	Jack Rife		Republican
22nd	Patrick J. Deluhery		Dem	Patrick J. Deluhery		Democratic
24th	Richard F. Drake		Rep	Richard F. Drake		Republican
26th	Mary Lundby		Rep	Mary Lundby		Republican
28th	Andy McKean		Rep	Andy McKean		Republican
30th	Emil J. Husak		Dem	Neal Schuerer		Republican
32nd	Randal Giannetto		Dem	Larry McKibben		Republican
34th	Tony Bisignano		Dem	Matt McCoy		Democratic
36th	Elaine Szymoniak		Dem	Elaine Szymoniak		Democratic
38th	Gene Maddox		Rep	Gene Maddox		Republican
40th	Albert Sorensen		Dem	Jerry Behn		Republican
42nd	Michael Gronstal		Dem	Michael Gronstal		Democratic
44th	Leonard Boswell		Dem	Jeff Angelo		Republican
46th	Patty Judge		Dem	Patty Judge		Democratic
48th	H. Kay Hedge		Rep	H. Kay Hedge		Republican
50th	Gene Fraise		Dem	Gene Fraise		Democratic

Source:^[3]

Detailed Results

• Reminder: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1996; therefore, odd-numbered seats did not have elections in 1996 & are not shown.

• Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2 Democratic Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra K. Atkinson	378	56.7
	Democratic	Fred J. Sparr	289	43.3
Total votes			667	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Redwine	14,437	63.5
	Democratic	Sandra K. Atkinson	6,915	30.4
	Independent	Fred Sparr	1,397	6.1
Total votes			22,749	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Kibbie (incumbent)	13,810	57.8
	Republican	Dan Payne	10,074	42.2
Total votes			23,884	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve King	3,570	68.4
	Republican	Wayne D. Bennett (incumbent)	1,651	31.6
Total votes			5,221	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve King	14,440	64.5
	Democratic	Eileen Heiden	7,936	35.5
Total votes			22,376	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 Democratic Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	1,641	63.3
	Democratic	Doug Thompson	951	36.7
Total votes			2,592	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Edward Black	13,150	53.3
	Democratic	Berl Priebe (incumbent)	11,536	46.7
Total votes			24,686	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Merlin Bartz (incumbent)	16,031	63.2
	Democratic	Robert Perry	9,340	36.8
Total votes			25,371	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Redfern (incumbent)	13,692	57.1
	Democratic	Michael James Carroll	10,286	42.9
Total votes			23,978	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kitty Rehberg	12,064	51.2
	Democratic	Larry Murphy (incumbent)	11,478	48.8
Total votes			23,542	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lyle Zieman (incumbent)	13,092	57.6
	Democratic	Arthur Walter Moellering	9,632	42.4
Total votes			22,724	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Connolly (incumbent)	14,501	63.0
	Republican	Greg Yoko	8,522	37.0
Total votes			23,023	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Rife (incumbent)	12,813	59.9
	Democratic	Jill Cirivello	8,589	40.1
Total votes			21,402	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Deluhery (incumbent)	10,669	50.5
	Republican	Neil P. Harrison	10,445	49.5
Total votes			21,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard F. Drake (incumbent)	15,269	100.0
Total votes			15,269	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Lundby (incumbent)	18,068	63.6
	Democratic	Charlie Brown	10,330	36.4
Total votes			28,398	100.0
	Republican hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy McKean (incumbent)	19,632	100.0
Total votes			19,632	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Schuerer	1,403	50.4
	Republican	Wayne T. Newton	1,378	49.6
Total votes			2,781	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Schuerer	13,060	52.0
	Democratic	Emil J. Husak (incumbent)	12,053	48.0
Total votes			25,113	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry McKibben	13,706	53.6
	Democratic	Randy Giannetto (incumbent)	11,393	44.5
	Reform	Ronn Young	480	1.9
Total votes			25,579	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Austin	819	60.4
	Republican	Rose Scarpino	536	39.6
Total votes			1,355	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt McCoy	13,262	68.5
	Republican	Chuck Austin	6,102	31.5
Total votes			19,364	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald N. Langston	1,857	67.5
	Republican	Pat Anderson	896	32.5
Total votes			2,753	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Szymoniak (incumbent)	12,541	53.0
	Republican	Ronald N. Langston	11,116	47.0
Total votes			23,657	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gene Maddox (incumbent)	20,682	64.8
	Democratic	Frank Steinbach	11,241	35.2
Total votes			31,923	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Behn	12,561	52.3
	Democratic	Albert Sorensen (incumbent)	11,455	47.7
Total votes			24,016	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gronstal (incumbent)	9,911	50.4
	Republican	Carl L. Heinrich	9,761	49.6
Total votes			19,672	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Angelo	4,109	55.9
	Republican	Pete Wenstrand	3,241	44.1
Total votes			7,350	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 44 Democratic Primary Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Kelly Tobin	1,743	52.8
	Democratic	Kevin L. Wynn	1,557	47.2
Total votes			3,300	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Angelo	14,517	60.6
	Democratic	J. Kelly Tobin	9,437	39.4
Total votes			23,954	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Judge (incumbent)	14,181	61.1
	Republican	Claude R. Neill	9,012	38.9
Total votes			23,193	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. Kay Hedge (incumbent)	15,325	69.9
	Democratic	John A. Peterson	6,606	30.1
Total votes			21,931	100.0
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Fraise (incumbent)	12,721	56.4
	Republican	Mike Fesler	9,817	43.6
Total votes			22,538	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States elections, 1996
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1996
• Elections in Iowa

References