Iowa State Senate District 26

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Kara Warme Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Kara Warme (Republican) won by 19.4 points, 2024

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History (16 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 30,136
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKara WarmeWon	Republican	17,96759.6%	59.6%
DemocraticMike Wolfe	Democratic	12,12140.2%	40.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	480.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,536
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWaylon BrownWon(incumbent)	Republican	20,65565.5%	65.5%
DemocraticDeb Scharper	Democratic	10,85834.4%	34.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	230.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,750
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWaylon BrownWon	Republican	19,16562.3%	62.3%
DemocraticMary Jo Wilhelm(incumbent)	Democratic	11,55737.6%	37.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	280.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,952
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMary Jo WilhelmWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,53050.2%	50.2%
RepublicanMerlin Bartz(incumbent)	Republican	15,40449.8%	49.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	180.1%	0.1%

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve KetteringWon(incumbent)	Republican	22,853100.0%	100.0%

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve KetteringWon	Republican	19,458100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,868
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMary A. LundbyWon(incumbent)	Republican	20,77365.2%	65.2%
DemocraticHarvey S. Ross	Democratic	11,09534.8%	34.8%

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMary A. LundbyWon	Republican	18,06863.6%	63.6%
DemocraticCharlie Brown	Democratic	10,33036.4%	36.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,697
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPaul D. PateWon(incumbent)	Republican	17,85460.1%	60.1%
DemocraticSylvia D. Kelley	Democratic	11,84339.9%	39.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,137
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard V. RunningWon	Democratic	15,30058.5%	58.5%
RepublicanEvan R. Hughes	Republican	10,82441.4%	41.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	130.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,936
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames D. WellsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,40060.9%	60.9%
RepublicanKenneth D. Feeney	Republican	10,52839.1%	39.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,383
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDonald V. DoyleWon	Democratic	10,80353.0%	53.0%
RepublicanLeonard C. Andersen	Republican	9,57547.0%	47.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	50.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,771
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames CalhoonWon	Democratic	10,39750.1%	50.1%
RepublicanLeonard C. Andersen(incumbent)	Republican	10,37449.9%	49.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,763
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLeonard C. AndersenWon	Republican	10,55650.8%	50.8%
DemocraticWilliam Gross	Democratic	10,20749.2%	49.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,240
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1970 to 1971)

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGene V. KennedyWon	Democratic	9,19256.6%	56.6%
RepublicanLeslie C. Klink(incumbent)	Republican	7,04843.4%	43.4%

Iowa Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn L. MowryWon	Republican	9,09158.0%	58.0%
DemocraticLavern Hoelscher	Democratic	6,58942.0%	42.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ia/sldu:26

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026