Special elections to the Iowa Senate are called by the Governor of Iowa when a vacancy arises within the State Senate . If there is a vacancy in the Iowa General Assembly (i.e., the Iowa state legislature), the vacant seat must be filled by special election . If the vacancy occurs while the General Assembly is in session, the Governor must call within five days of the occurrence of the vacancy for an election as expeditiously as feasible, with a minimum 18-day notice. If the vacancy happens while the General Assembly is out of session, the special election must follow a 45-day notice, as long as the election does not coincide with a school election. All special elections must be held on a Tuesday.[1]
List of special elections [ edit ] District Election Date Predecessor Special Election Winner 39th February 17, 1913 Charles Gates (R ) F. P. Hagemann (D ) 37th March 31, 1923 Daniel Cady Chase (R ) William Schmedika (D ) 4th February 1, 1933 John Henry Judd (D ) Joseph E. Doze (D ) 29th March 24, 1933 Oliver Perry Myers (D ) D. Myron Tripp (D ) 35th August 22, 1933 Matt D. Cooney (D ) Howard C. Baldwin (D ) 45th October 3, 1933 Harry Cook White (D ) Richard V. Leo (R ) 2nd January 17, 1944 Sanford Zeigler (R ) Charles W. Wade (R ) 5th January 17, 1944 Stephen Ray Emerson (R ) T. M. Thompson (R ) 28th January 26, 1945 Benjamin Chase Whitehill (R ) Robert A. Rockhill (R ) 37th January 6, 1947 George Raymond Hill (R ) Rex R. Bateson (R ) 15th January 10, 1963 L. C. Shivvers (R ) Vera H. Shivvers (R ) 18th June 20, 1969 Kenneth Benda (R ) Joann Yessler Orr (D ) 1st September 9, 1969 Seeley G. Lodwick (R ) Wilson L. Davis (R ) 45th October 28, 1969 Walter B. Hammer (R ) S. J. Brownlee (R ) 14th November 15, 1969 David M. Stanley (R ) W. R. Rabedeaux (R ) 6th November 18, 1969 Charles Vernon Lisle (R ) Earl Bass (R ) 12th December 16, 1969 Joseph Flatt (R ) Glen E. Bortell (R ) 22nd December 1970 J. Donald Weimer (D )[a] Cloyd E. Robinson (D ) 47th December 1972 James B. Turner (R )[b] Richard R. Ramsey (R ) 10th November 5, 1974 Mike Blouin (D ) Robert M. "Bob" Carr (D ) 15th November 2, 1976 Steve Sovern (D ) Bob Rush (D ) 11th December 28, 1976 Richard John Norpel (D ) Steve Bisenius (R ) 41st December 28, 1976 Bill Gluba (D ) Forrest F. Ashcraft (R ) 36th November 8, 1983 Michael R. Lura (R ) John Soorholtz (R ) 45th September 10, 1985 Norman Rodgers (D ) James R. Riordan (D ) 34th December 17, 1985 John A. Neighbour (D ) John A. Peterson (D ) 31st January 7, 1986 Lowell Junkins (D ) Gene Fraise (D ) 13th January 28, 1986 Thomas A. Lind (R ) Jim Lind (R ) 18th September 26, 1989 Robert M. Carr (D ) Mike Connolly (D ) 12th December 18, 1990 Joy Corning (R ) Harry G. Slife (R ) 44th December 17, 1991 Jack Nystrom (R ) Albert Sorensen (D ) 12th August 31, 1993 Harry G. Slife (R ) Donald Redfern (R ) 5th February 22, 1994 Linn Fuhrman (R ) Mary Lou Freeman (R ) 25th February 22, 1994 Richard J. Varn (D ) Robert Dvorsky (D ) 26th December 20, 1994 Paul Pate (R ) Mary Lundby (R ) 13th April 1997[c] Jim Lind (R ) Patricia M. "Pat" Harper (D ) 8th February 3, 1998 James E. Black (R ) E. Thurman Gaskill (R ) 46th January 12, 1999 Patty Judge (D ) John Judge (D ) 43rd June 12, 2001 Derryl McLaren (R ) Hubert Houser (R ) 39th February 19, 2002 Jo Ann M. Johnson (R ) David G. Lord (R ) 10th March 12, 2002 Merlin Bartz (R ) Amanda Ragan (D ) 26th January 14, 2003 Steve King (R )[d] Steve Kettering (R ) 30th February 3, 2004 Mary Kramer (R ) Pat Ward (R ) 48th January 4, 2011 Kim Reynolds (R ) Joni Ernst (R ) 35th January 18, 2011 Larry Noble (R ) Jack Whitver (R ) 18th November 8, 2011 Swati Dandekar (D ) Liz Mathis (D ) 22nd December 11, 2012 Pat Ward (R )[e] Charles Schneider (R ) 13th November 19, 2013 Kent Sorenson (R ) Julian Garrett (R ) 12th December 30, 2014 Joni Ernst (R ) Mark Costello (R ) 45th December 27, 2016 Joe Seng (D ) Jim Lykam (D ) 3rd December 12, 2017 Bill Anderson (R ) Jim Carlin (R ) 25th April 10, 2018 Bill Dix (R ) Annette Sweeney (R ) 30th March 19, 2019 Jeff Danielson (D ) Eric Giddens (D ) 41st January 26, 2021 Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R ) Adrian Dickey (R )
Results [ edit ] ^ J. Donald Weimer won the general election in district 22 in 1970; however, Weimer did not take office. Robinson won a special election to the seat. ^ James Turner won the general election in district 47 in 1972; however, Turner was deceased and this necessitated a special election. ^ Senator Jim Lind (R) resigned in March 1997. In a special election in April 1997, Patricia "Pat" Harper (D) won a special election in Iowa Senate, District 13 . The Iowa General Assembly 's website notes Lind's resignation & Harper's elevation to the position, but the Iowa Secretary of State 's website does not list election data for this seat as of April 11, 2020. I can only find an article in the Waterloo, IA local newspaper documenting the special election victory for Harper.[2] ^ Following the 2000 Census and 2002 redistricting, King would have been redistricted from state senate district 6 to district 26; however, he was elected to the US Congress in 2002, thus necessitating a special election in the Iowa Senate. ^ Senator Ward had been redistricted from district 30 to 22 following the 2010 Census and 2011 redistricting process. She was running for re-election to in the newly-numbered district 22 when she died less than a month before the 2012 general election. She 'won' the 2012 general election for district 22 posthumously. Thus necessitating this special election. This explains why the election of Senator Schneider is considered a hold for Republicans, even though the immediately preceding senator from district 22 was technically a Democrat. Given the intricacies of renumbering after the redistricting process, he technically succeeded the posthumously re-elected Senator Ward. ^ Democratic Senator J. Donald Weimer was redistricted from district 24 to 22 and Weimer won the 22nd district general election in November 1970. However, he did not take office. In a special election in December, Democrat Cloyd E. Robinson won and kept the seat for the Democratic Party. References [ edit ] ^ "Iowa Code § 69.14: "Special election to fill vacancies." (PDF) . Iowa General Assembly . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "The ins and outs of the Iowa legislature: Harper's back, and she likes it" .^ "Special Election held February 17, 1913" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 14, 2021 .^ "Special Election held March 31, 1923" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 8, 2021 .^ "Special Election held February 1, 1933" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held March 24, 1933" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held August 22, 1933" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held October 3, 1933" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held January 17, 1944" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held January 17, 1944" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held January 26, 1945" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved June 19, 2020 .^ "Special Election held January 6, 1947" (PDF) . Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .^ "Special Election held January 10, 1963" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved May 19, 2020 .^ "General Election 1970 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved May 2, 2020 .^ "General Election 1972 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 28, 2020 .^ "General Election 1974 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .^ "General Election 1976 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .^ "General Election 1976 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .^ "General Election 1976 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .^ "General Election 1984 Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 19, 2020 .^ "September 10, 1985 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 17, 1985 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 7, 1986 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 28, 1986 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "September 26, 1989 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 18, 1990 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 17, 1991 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "August 31, 1993 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "February 22, 1994 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "February 22, 1994 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 20, 1994 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "February 3, 1998 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 12, 1999 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "June 12, 2001 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "February 19, 2002 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "March 12, 2002 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 14, 2003 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "February 3, 2004 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 4, 2011 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 18, 2011 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "November 8, 2011 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 11, 2012 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "November 19, 2013 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 30, 2014 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 27, 2016 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "December 12, 2017 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "April 10, 2018 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "March 19, 2019 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .^ "January 26, 2021 Election Canvass Summary" (PDF) . Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved June 8, 2021 . 
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