Elections / 1990 · Senate · IA
The Democratic candidate won Iowa's Senate seat D+9.1.
Iowa, 1990. Party-level statewide totals below — candidate names join when the raw MEDSL store is re-fetched with name columns.
Iowa — 1990 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
535,975
54.5%
Republican (R)
446,869
45.4%
All others
1,089
0.1%
Margin
D+9.1
Iowa's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1978 | −3.2% |
| 1980 | −7.9% |
| 1984 | +11.8% |
| 1986 | −32.5% |
| 1990 | +9.1% |
| 1992 | −42.4% |
| 1996 | +5.1% |
| 1998 | −37.9% |
| 2002 | +10.4% |
| 2004 | −42.3% |
| 2008 | +25.4% |
| 2010 | −31.1% |
| 2014 | −8.3% |
| 2016 | −24.5% |
| 2020 | −6.6% |
| 2022 | −12.2% |