1992 United States Senate election in Iowa

The 1992 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 3, 1992. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley ran for re-election to a third term in the United States Senate, which he won easily against his Democratic opponent, State Senator Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones.

1992 United States Senate election in Iowa
November 3, 1992
 
Nominee Chuck Grassley Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 899,761 351,561
Percentage 69.6% 27.2%
County Results
Grassley:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      90-100%
U.S. senator before election

Chuck Grassley
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Grassley
Republican

Elections in Iowa

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones 60,615 60.80%
Democratic Rosanne Freeburg 38,774 38.89%
Democratic Write-ins 307 0.31%
Total votes 99,696 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results
Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 109,273 99.70%
Republican Write-ins 324 0.30%
Total votes 109,597 100.00%

General election

Results
United States Senate election in Iowa, 1992[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 899,761 69.61% +3.58%
Democratic Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones 351,561 27.20% -6.37%
Natural Law Stuart Zimmerman 16,403 1.27%
Independent Sue Atkinson 6,277 0.49%
Independent Mel Boring 5,508 0.43%
Independent Rosanne Freeburg 4,999 0.39%
Grassroots Carl Eric Olsen 3,404 0.26%
Independent Richard O'Dell Hughes 2,918 0.23%
Socialist Workers Cleve Andrew Pulley 1,370 0.11%
Write-ins 293 0.02%
Majority 548,200 42.41% +9.95%
Turnout 1,292,494
Republican hold Swing

See also
  • United States Senate elections, 1992 and 1993

References
  1. http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/90s/1992primcanv.pdf
  2. Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.