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Publication Date: September 1999
Publisher: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)
Author(s): Mark Dixon
Research Area: Politics
Type: News release
Abstract:
Overall, Republicans won 53% of the legislative races in the1998 election cycle in Iowa. In House races, Republicans ended the 1998 elections with a majority, winning 55 of 100 seats. Of the 26 Senate seats up for election, Republicans won 14, giving the party a majority in Iowas 78th General Assembly. Republicans how fill 30 of the 50 Senate seats.