1982 Iowa Senate election

1982 Iowa Senate election
29 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate; 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority Leader before election; Calvin Hultman; Republican	Elected Majority Leader ; Lowell Junkins; Democratic

The 1982 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of 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 previous map with the map used for 1982 elections.

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.^[1] General election results can be obtained here.^[2]

Following the previous election in 1980,

Democrats

' 21 seats.

To take control of the chamber from

Democrats

needed to net 5 Senate seats.

Republicans

having 22 seats after the election (a net gain of 7 seats for the Democrats).

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.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Lucas DeKoster	Rep	Milo Colton	Democratic
2nd	Richard Vande Hoef	Rep	Donald V. Doyle*^[a]	Democratic
3rd	Arne F. Waldstein	Rep	Douglas J. Ritsema	Republican
5th	Ray Taylor	Rep	Arne F. Waldstein*^[b]	Republican
6th	Alvin V. Miller	Dem	Lee Warren Holt	Republican
7th	Arthur Gratias	Rep	C. Joseph Coleman*^[c]	Democratic
9th	Dale L. Tieden	Rep	Ray Taylor*^[d]	Republican
11th	Stephen W. Bisenius	Rep	John W. Jensen*^[e]	Republican
13th	Arthur R. Kudart	Rep	Thomas A. Lind	Republican
15th	Robert Rush	Dem	Arthur Gratias*^[f]	Republican
16th	James V. Gallagher	Dem	Dale L. Tieden*^[g]	Republican
17th	Richard L. Comito	Rep	Joseph J. Welsh	Democratic
19th	John W. Jensen	Rep	Norman J. Goodwin*^[h]	Republican
21st	John S. Murray	Rep	Patrick J. Deluhery*^[i]	Democratic
23rd	C. Joseph Coleman	Dem	Arthur A. Small*^[j]	Democratic
24th	Elvie C. Dreeszen	Rep	Hurley Hall	Democratic
25th	Clarence S. Carney	Rep	Wally Horn	Democratic
27th	Jack W. Hester	Rep	Joe Brown*^[k]	Democratic
29th	Norman Rodgers	Dem	Jack Rife	Republican
31st	Gary L. Baugher	Rep	Lowell Junkins*^[l]	Democratic
33rd	Julia Gentleman	Rep	Donald Gettings	Democratic
35th	Joe Brown	Dem	Bill Dieleman	Democratic
37th	Arthur A. Small	Dem	Charles Hughes Bruner	Democratic
39th	Norman J. Goodwin	Rep	William D. Palmer*^[m]	Democratic
41st	Patrick J. Deluhery	Dem	Julia Gentleman*^[n]	Republican
43rd	Lowell Junkins	Dem	Thomas Mann	Democratic
45th	Sue Yenger	Rep	Norman Rodgers*^[o]	Democratic
47th	Richard Ramsey	Rep	Calvin Hultman*^[p]	Republican
49th	Calvin Hultman	Rep	Jack W. Hester*^[q]	Republican

Source:^[3]

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 (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milo Colton	10,258	60.5
	Republican	Clarence S. Carney (incumbent)^[r]	6,687	39.5
Total votes			16,945	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald V. Doyle (incumbent)^[a]	9,606	51.8
	Republican	Elvie Dreeszen (incumbent)^[s]	8,938	48.2
Total votes			18,544	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 3

Iowa Senate, District 3
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas Ritsema	12,046	97.0
	Independent	Garry De Young	367	3.0
Total votes			12,413	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arne Waldstein (incumbent)^[b]	10,270	51.9
	Democratic	Tom Grau	9,524	48.1
Total votes			19,794	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6
Democratic Primary Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Kibbie	1,678	67.9
	Democratic	Robert A. Krause	792	32.1
Total votes			2,470	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 6
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Holt	10,444	51.7
	Democratic	Dick Kibbie	9,768	48.3
Total votes			20,212	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent)^[c]	10,946	56.2
	Republican	Dave Jones	8,534	43.8
Total votes			19,480	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9
Democratic Primary Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darlene Riggs	1,785	55.9
	Democratic	John Clemons	1,407	44.1
Total votes			3,192	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 9
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Taylor (incumbent)^[d]	10,965	55.2
	Democratic	Darlene Riggs	8,905	44.8
Total votes			19,870	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Iowa Senate, District 11
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John W. Jensen (incumbent)^[e]	14,846	100.0
Total votes			14,846	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas A. Lind	12,263	53.4
	Democratic	Frank Alexander	10,693	46.6
Total votes			22,956	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Gratias (incumbent)^[f]	12,327	57.5
	Democratic	Gary Bernau	9,103	42.5
Total votes			21,430	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale L. Tieden (incumbent)^[g]	13,045	100.0
Total votes			13,045	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe J. Welsh	11,027	100.0
Total votes			11,027	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 19

Iowa Senate, District 19
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman J. Goodwin (incumbent)^[h]	11,044	58.2
	Democratic	Patrick Leo Mullen	7,938	41.8
Total votes			18,982	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Deluhery (incumbent)^[i]	10,827	63.0
	Republican	Gloria Grilk	6,358	37.0
Total votes			17,185	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 23

Iowa Senate, District 23
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur A. Small (incumbent)^[j]	14,694	64.2
	Republican	Phillip E. Jacks	8,196	35.8
Total votes			22,890	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hurley W. Hall	11,451	56.4
	Republican	Harvey W. Fascher	8,838	43.6
Total votes			20,289	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 25

Iowa Senate, District 25
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally E. Horn	11,502	56.4
	Republican	Robert M.L. Johnson	8,889	43.6
Total votes			20,391	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

Iowa Senate, District 27
Republican Primary Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald L. Kirkpatrick	1,112	49.0
	Republican	Eugene Long	676	29.8
	Republican	Benita Dilley	480	21.2
Total votes			2,268	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 27
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Brown (incumbent)^[k]	11,179	52.7
	Republican	Donald L. Kirkpatrick	10,023	47.3
Total votes			21,202	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29
Republican Primary Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Rife	1,194	60.2
	Republican	James Bryson Clements	791	39.8
Total votes			1,985	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 29
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Rife	8,841	54.1
	Democratic	Michael E. Brown	7,152	43.7
	Independent	Otto Nealson	356	2.2
Total votes			16,349	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Iowa Senate, District 31
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lowell Junkins (incumbent)^[l]	11,597	100.0
Total votes			11,597	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 33

Iowa Senate, District 33
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don E. Gettings	11,478	55.1
	Republican	Sue Yenger (incumbent)^[t]	9,354	44.9
Total votes			20,832	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dieleman	11,757	58.9
	Republican	Norman Roorda	8,216	41.1
Total votes			19,973	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Bruner	14,218	63.5
	Republican	Marvin J. Walter	8,159	36.5
Total votes			22,377	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William D. Palmer (incumbent)^[m]	12,049	56.8
	Republican	Gary L. Baugher (incumbent)^[u]	9,175	43.2
Total votes			21,224	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 41

Iowa Senate, District 41
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julia Gentleman (incumbent)^[n]	13,292	57.1
	Democratic	Michael B. Heller	9,969	42.9
Total votes			23,261	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43
Democratic Primary Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Mann, Jr.	2,785	41.7
	Democratic	Bobby Baker	1,889	28.3
	Democratic	George Wennerberg	1,079	16.1
	Democratic	Carlie Brien	926	13.9
Total votes			6,679	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 43
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Mann, Jr.	11,516	57.0
	Republican	JoAnn Trucano	8,704	43.0
Total votes			20,220	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman Rodgers (incumbent)^[o]	12,375	57.2
	Republican	Robert M. Phillips, Sr.	9,252	42.8
Total votes			21,627	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 47

Iowa Senate, District 47
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin Hultman (incumbent)^[p]	10,197	60.5
	Democratic	John M. Kuster	6,654	39.5
Total votes			16,851	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Iowa Senate, District 49
General Election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack W. Hester (incumbent)^[q]	10,090	54.7
	Democratic	Donald J. Sonntag	8,354	45.3
Total votes			18,444	100.0
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 26 to 2.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 3 to 5.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 23 to 7.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 5 to 9.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 19 to 11.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 7 to 15.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 9 to 16.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 39 to 19.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 41 to 21.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 37 to 23.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 35 to 27.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 43 to 31.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 32 to 39.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 33 to 41.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 29 to 45.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 49 to 47.
^ ^a ^b Redistricted from district 27 to 49.
^ Redistricted from district 25 to 1.
^ Redistricted from district 24 to 2.
^ Redistricted from district 45 to 33.
^ Redistricted from district 31 to 39.

References

Iowa Secretary of State
. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

Iowa Secretary of State
. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

Iowa State Senate
. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

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[Doyle-3] Redistricted from district 26 to 2.

[Waldstein-4] Redistricted from district 3 to 5.

[Coleman-5] Redistricted from district 23 to 7.

[Taylor-6] Redistricted from district 5 to 9.

[Jensen-7] Redistricted from district 19 to 11.

[Gratias-8] Redistricted from district 7 to 15.

[Tieden-9] Redistricted from district 9 to 16.

[Goodwin-10] Redistricted from district 39 to 19.

[Deluhery-11] Redistricted from district 41 to 21.

[Small-12] Redistricted from district 37 to 23.

[Brown-13] Redistricted from district 35 to 27.

[Junkins-14] Redistricted from district 43 to 31.

[Palmer-15] Redistricted from district 32 to 39.

[Gentleman-16] Redistricted from district 33 to 41.

[Rodgers-17] Redistricted from district 29 to 45.

[Hultman-18] Redistricted from district 49 to 47.

[Hester-19] Redistricted from district 27 to 49.

[Carney-21] Redistricted from district 25 to 1.

[Dreeszen-22] Redistricted from district 24 to 2.

[Yenger-23] Redistricted from district 45 to 33.

[Baugher-24] Redistricted from district 31 to 39.

[1] Iowa Secretary of State
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[2] Iowa Secretary of State
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