2020 Iowa Senate election

2020 Iowa Senate election

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25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Charles Schneider Janet Petersen
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 22nd district
(retiring)
18th district
Last election 32 18
Seats after 32 18
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 442,907 304,302
Percentage 58.87% 40.45%

Results of the elections:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     No election

President of the Senate before election

Charles Schneider
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Jake Chapman
Republican

The 2020 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States state legislative 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 Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 2020 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 2, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3 general election ballot. The filing deadline was March 13.[1][2]

Following the previous election in 2018, Republicans retained control of the Iowa Senate with 32 seats to Democrats' 18 seats. To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net eight Senate seats.

Republicans retained control of the Iowa Senate following the 2020 general election, with the balance of power remaining unchanged.

  1. ^ "Primary Election 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Candidate List June 2, 2020 Primary Election" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 14, 2020.