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Iowa Senate District 38
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Dave Sires Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Dave Sires (Republican) won by 1.1 points, 2024
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History (16 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,116
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave SiresWon Republican 17,23250.5% DemocraticEric Giddens Democratic 16,84649.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 380.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,231
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDawn DriscollWon Republican 21,23863.9% DemocraticIvy Schuster Democratic 11,94836.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 450.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,928
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim KapucianWon(incumbent) Republican 18,56760.0% DemocraticDennis Mathahs Democratic 10,52434.0% LibertarianJohn George Libertarian 1,8105.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 270.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,283
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim KapucianWon(incumbent) Republican 17,12454.7% DemocraticShelley Parbs Democratic 14,13745.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 220.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,725
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas J. RiellyWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,33256.9% RepublicanMichael C. Hadley Republican 12,39343.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,470
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticThomas J. RiellyWon Democratic 14,67951.6% RepublicanNeal C. Schuerer(incumbent) Republican 13,79148.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,711
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. Gene MaddoxWon(incumbent) Republican 23,76264.7% DemocraticMichael J. Cataldo Democratic 12,94935.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,923
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. Gene MaddoxWon(incumbent) Republican 20,68264.8% DemocraticFrank Steinbach Democratic 11,24135.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,071
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanO. Gene MaddoxWon Republican 19,09259.5% DemocraticMarlene K. Kavan Democratic 12,97940.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,973
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEmil J. HusakWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,97860.9% RepublicanBurtwin L. Day Republican 8,99539.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,761
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEmil J. HusakWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,757100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,724
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard F. DrakeWon(incumbent) Republican 13,83760.9% DemocraticTom Tucker Democratic 8,88739.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,477
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard F. DrakeWon Republican 12,48155.5% DemocraticJim Paulding Democratic 9,99644.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,200
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanW. R. RabedeauxWon(incumbent) Republican 12,11160.0% DemocraticEleanor Anstey Democratic 8,08940.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,425
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1971)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEdward E. NicholsonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,424100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,310
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1969)
Iowa Senate District 38, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeslie C. KlinkWon Republican 8,01152.3% DemocraticAdolph W. Elvers(incumbent) Democratic 7,29947.7%
- 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
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Iowa Senate District 38, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ia/senate/38. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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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:38
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026