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June 2

Primary results

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March 13

Total Number: 2

To Watch:
Constitutional Amendment 1: Basic Rights
Would reword state Constitution to read that men "and women" have an equality of rights under the law.

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PARTY CONTROL

Governor: Republican
U.S. Senate: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican
U.S. House of Representatives: 1 Democrat, 4 Republicans
State Senate: 22 Democrats, 28 Republicans
State House of Representatives: 46 Democrats, 54 Republicans

Senate: 25 seats up
House: All 100 seats up

State Projected Voting Age Population: 2,138,000 (1996)
Registered Voters: 1,850,366 (8/98)

Democrats:          594,776     32%

Republicans:        613,795     33%

Reform Party:           709   0.03%

Unaffiliated:       641,086     35%

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Clinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Dukakis in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Ford in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Nixon in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Nixon in 1960.

LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

Clinton 50%
Dole 40%
Perot 9%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

Clinton 43%
Bush 37%
Perot 19%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

Dukakis 55%
Bush 45%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

Reagan 53%
Mondale 46%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

Reagan 51%
Carter 39%
Anderson 9%

1992:

• President
• Senate
• Other Issues

1994:

• Governor

1996:

• President
• Senate

Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960

Population: 2,852,000 (1996)
(% of voting age population)

White: 97.1%
African American: 1.5%
Asian: 0.8%
Native American: 0.2%
Other/Undeclared: 0.4%

Persons of Hispanic origin account for 1% of voting population (from 1990 Census)

State Capital: Des Moines
State Nickname: Hawkeye State

After its 1980s slump, Iowa lost one of its congressional seats; the five it now claims are the state's smallest delegation since the 1850s. A politically conservative state, it is perhaps no coincidence that John Wayne was born in Iowa and Ronald Reagan once broadcast from there. The Hawkeye State holds the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. Iowan Sen. Tom Harkin ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992. Iowa has only had two governors for more than 30 years: Bob Ray and Terry Branstad, both Republicans. In 1986, Grassley became the first Iowa senator to win re-election in 20 years.

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