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The Republican candidate won Iowa's Senate seat R+12.2.

Iowa, 2022. Candidate results and statewide totals below.

Iowa — 2022 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
533,330
43.8%
Republican (R)
681,501
56.0%
All others
1,815
0.1%
Margin
R+12.2
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2022 Senate returns.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chuck GrassleyRRepublican681,50156.0%
Michael FrankenDDemocrat533,33043.8%
OtherOOther1,8150.1%
Iowa, 2022
RepublicanR+12.2
2022 presidential margin by county for Iowa — 2022 US Senate electionA map of the constituent counties of Iowa — 2022 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 2022 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.POLK, IA · D+12.7LINN, IA · D+9.0JOHNSON, IA · D+42.7SCOTT, IA · R+3.6BLACK HAWK, IA · D+1.9DALLAS, IA · R+5.7DUBUQUE, IA · R+7.1STORY, IA · D+14.0POTTAWATTAMIE, IA · R+22.8WOODBURY, IA · R+27.1WARREN, IA · R+18.7CERRO GORDO, IA · R+9.6CLINTON, IA · R+14.2JASPER, IA · R+24.3MARION, IA · R+38.6SIOUX, IA · R+76.0DES MOINES, IA · R+11.5MUSCATINE, IA · R+15.7MARSHALL, IA · R+18.2WEBSTER, IA · R+29.0LEE, IA · R+21.7BENTON, IA · R+32.5BOONE, IA · R+16.6BREMER, IA · R+20.9WAPELLO, IA · R+26.5PLYMOUTH, IA · R+57.7WINNESHIEK, IA · R+6.4WASHINGTON, IA · R+25.5DICKINSON, IA · R+40.6JONES, IA · R+25.5BUCHANAN, IA · R+24.7CARROLL, IA · R+42.5MAHASKA, IA · R+51.5CEDAR, IA · R+21.5DELAWARE, IA · R+42.1JACKSON, IA · R+26.2FAYETTE, IA · R+27.1POWESHIEK, IA · R+15.3MADISON, IA · R+35.6CLAYTON, IA · R+31.7IOWA, IA · R+30.8HENRY, IA · R+34.1KOSSUTH, IA · R+42.6TAMA, IA · R+28.2HARDIN, IA · R+37.9JEFFERSON, IA · R+0.8CLAY, IA · R+43.7BUTLER, IA · R+44.4ALLAMAKEE, IA · R+32.6FLOYD, IA · R+21.3HAMILTON, IA · R+31.8MILLS, IA · R+40.8HARRISON, IA · R+43.1GRUNDY, IA · R+45.6O'BRIEN, IA · R+63.5CASS, IA · R+42.2PAGE, IA · R+45.6BUENA VISTA, IA · R+39.9GUTHRIE, IA · R+38.0CHICKASAW, IA · R+32.6LYON, IA · R+73.2APPANOOSE, IA · R+42.7SHELBY, IA · R+47.4UNION, IA · R+34.9CHEROKEE, IA · R+48.5CRAWFORD, IA · R+49.8WINNEBAGO, IA · R+32.2HANCOCK, IA · R+45.0WRIGHT, IA · R+40.3MITCHELL, IA · R+30.2SAC, IA · R+53.3CALHOUN, IA · R+47.1HUMBOLDT, IA · R+51.3KEOKUK, IA · R+49.5FRANKLIN, IA · R+42.8PALO ALTO, IA · R+44.5GREENE, IA · R+31.5MONTGOMERY, IA · R+42.8LOUISA, IA · R+40.3LUCAS, IA · R+45.7HOWARD, IA · R+27.0CLARKE, IA · R+39.8EMMET, IA · R+43.8MONONA, IA · R+46.0WORTH, IA · R+26.4ADAIR, IA · R+44.0DAVIS, IA · R+48.6MONROE, IA · R+47.4POCAHONTAS, IA · R+53.3VAN BUREN, IA · R+51.5DECATUR, IA · R+42.0IDA, IA · R+56.7FREMONT, IA · R+43.4AUDUBON, IA · R+37.2WAYNE, IA · R+56.7OSCEOLA, IA · R+69.5TAYLOR, IA · R+56.7RINGGOLD, IA · R+45.5ADAMS, IA · R+42.8
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
RepublicanRepublican56.1%681,501
DemocraticDemocratic43.9%533,330
OtherAll other candidates0.0%0
D+60
R+60
99 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Iowa's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
Iowa's Senate marginsDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1978 to 2022. Most recent: −12.2% in 2022.flipped R · 2010−12.2%DR19782022
Iowa's Senate margins
YearMargin (D minus R)
1978−3.2%
1980−7.9%
1984+11.8%
1986−32.5%
1990+9.1%
1992−42.4%
1996+5.1%
1998−37.9%
2002+10.4%
2004−42.3%
2008+25.4%
2010−31.1%
2014−8.3%
2016−24.5%
2020−6.6%
2022−12.2%