1990 United States Senate election in Iowa
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The 1990 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a second term in office. Harkin was opposed by Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tauke, from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and both Harkin and Tauke won their primaries uncontested. Though Harkin performed slightly worse than he had six years earlier, he was successful in his re-election bid and defeated Tauke. He was the only Democrat re-elected to the Senate from the state since 1852.
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![]() County results Harkin: 50–60% 60–70% Tauke: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Tom Harkin, incumbent United States Senator
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 162,661 | 99.47 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 867 | 0.53 | |
Total votes | 163,528 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
editCandidates
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Tauke | 91,798 | 99.81% | |
Republican | Write-ins | 172 | 0.19% | |
Total votes | 91,970 | 100.00% |
General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 535,975 | 54.47% | −0.98% | |
Republican | Tom Tauke | 446,869 | 45.42% | +1.76% | |
Write-in | 1,089 | 0.11% | |||
Majority | 89,106 | 9.06% | −2.74% | ||
Turnout | 983,933 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).