United States Senate election in Iowa, 1992

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1992

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

Senator before election Chuck Grassley Republican Elected Senator Chuck Grassley Republican

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones, Iowa State Senator
• Rosanne Freeburg

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

• Chuck Grassley, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Republican primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley (inc.)	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 (inc.)	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

References

1. http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/results/90s/1992primcanv.pdf
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf