1954 Iowa Senate election

1954 Iowa Senate election

← 1952 November 2, 1954 1956 →

21 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ralph Zastrow George E. O'Malley
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 44th
(retired)
30th
Last election 46 4
Seats after 44 6
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2

Majority Leader before election

Ralph Zastrow
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Duane E. Dewel
Republican

The 1954 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1954 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1954 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 7, 1954 determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1954 general election ballot.[1][2]

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 46 seats to Democrats' 4 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 22 Senate seats.[a]

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1954 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 44 seats and Democrats having 6 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).

  1. ^ "Primary Election 1954 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "General Election 1954 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 6, 2020.


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