2022 Iowa Senate election

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34 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jake Chapman (lost re-election) Zach Wahls Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 10th district 37th district Last election 32 18 Seats after 34 16 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 419,989 341,775 Percentage 54.05% 43.98%
Results of the elections:      Republican gain      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold      No election
President of the Senate before election Jake Chapman Republican Party (United States) Elected President of the Senate Amy Sinclair Republican Party (United States)

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The 2022 Iowa Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect members of the Iowa Senate from 25 odd-numbered districts. Senators serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. Primary elections were held on June 7.^[1]

1. District 27: Amanda Ragan retired.
2. District 33: Rob Hogg retired.
3. District 34: Liz Mathis retired to run for U. S. representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.
4. District 43: Joe Bolkcom retired.
5. District 45: Jim Lykam retired.

1. District 3: Jim Carlin retired to run for U.S. senator.
2. District 6: Craig Williams retired.
3. District 15: Zach Nunn retired to run for U. S. representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district.
4. District 32: Craig Johnson retired to run for state representative from District 67.
5. District 44: Tim Goodwin retired.
6. District 47: Roby Smith retired to run for treasurer of Iowa.

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2]	Likely R	May 19, 2022

• Note: Districts that did not hold elections in 2022 are not listed here.

State Senate district	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Jackie Smith		Dem	Rocky De Witt		Rep
3rd	Jim Carlin		Rep	K. Lynn Evans		Rep
4th	Tim Kraayenbrink		Rep	Tim Kraayenbrink		Rep
5th	Dave Rowley		Rep	Dave Rowley		Rep
6th	Jason Schultz		Rep	Jason Schultz		Rep
	Craig Williams
7th				Kevin Alons		Rep
9th	Tom Shipley		Rep	Tom Shipley		Rep
11th	Julian Garrett		Rep	Julian Garrett		Rep
13th				Cherielynn Westrich		Rep
14th	Jake Chapman		Rep	Sarah Trone Garriott		Dem
	Sarah Trone Garriott		Dem
15th	Zach Nunn		Rep	Tony Bisignano		Dem
	Tony Bisignano		Dem
16st	Claire Celsi		Dem	Claire Celsi		Dem
17th				Izaah Knox		Dem
19th	Ken Rozenboom		Rep	Ken Rozenboom		Rep
21st				Mike Bousselot		Rep
23rd	Jack Whitver		Rep	Jack Whitver		Rep
25th	Herman Quirmbach		Dem	Herman Quirmbach		Dem
27th	Amanda Ragan		Dem	Annette Sweeney		Rep
	Annette Sweeney		Rep
29th				Sandy Salmon		Rep
31st	William Dotzler		Dem	William Dotzler		Dem
33rd	Rob Hogg		Dem	Carrie Koelker		Rep
	Carrie Koelker		Rep
35th	Chris Cournoyer		Rep	Chris Cournoyer		Rep
37th	Liz Mathis		Dem	Molly Donahue		Dem
39th				Liz Bennett		Dem
40th	Todd Taylor		Dem	Todd Taylor		Dem
41st				Kerry Gruenhagen		Rep
42nd				Charlie McClintock		Rep
43rd	Zach Wahls		Dem	Zach Wahls		Dem
44th	Adrian Dickey		Rep	Adrian Dickey		Rep
	Tim Goodwin
45th	Jim Lykam		Dem	Janice Weiner		Dem
46th	Kevin Kinney		Dem	Dawn Driscoll		Rep
	Dawn Driscoll		Rep
47th	Roby Smith		Rep	Scott Webster		Rep
49th	Chris Cournoyer		Rep	Cindy Winckler		Dem

Source:^[3]

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. State Senate district 21, 1.92%
2. State Senate district 14, 2.98%
3. State Senate district 46, 8.0%
4. State Senate district 40, 9.32%

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49

• Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).^[4]

Iowa Senate, District 1 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jackie Smith (incumbent)[a]	1,554	100.00%
Total votes			1,554	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 1 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rocky De Witt	2,214	100.00%
Total votes			2,214	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 1 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rocky De Witt	7,700	55.06%
	Democratic	Jackie Smith (incumbent)[a]	6,256	44.73%
	Write-in		30	0.21%
Total votes			13,986	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 3 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Evans	3,540	64.82%
	Republican	Anthony LaBruna	1,921	35.18%
Total votes			5,461	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 3 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Evans	17,609	99.14%
	Write-in		152	0.86%
Total votes			17,761	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 4 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Kraayenbrink (incumbent)[b]	3,939	100.00%
Total votes			3,939	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 4 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Kraayenbrink (incumbent)[b]	18,408	97.75%
	Write-in		424	2.25%
Total votes			18,832	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 5 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Rowley (incumbent)[c]	3,405	67.60%
	Republican	David D. Dow	1,632	32.40%
Total votes			5,037	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 5 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Rowley (incumbent)[c]	22,597	98.54%
	Write-in		335	1.46%
Total votes			22,932	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 6 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Schultz (incumbent)[d]	3,811	100.00%
Total votes			3,811	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 6 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Schultz (incumbent)[d]	17,509	82.90%
	Libertarian	David Davis	3,549	16.80%
	Write-in		62	0.29%
Total votes			21,120	100.00%
	Republican hold

• Democratic senator Jackie Smith^[a] was redistricted from District 7 to 1. No Democratic candidate filed in District 7; therefore, the district was an automatic gain for Republicans.

Iowa Senate, District 7 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Alons	4,271	100.00%
Total votes			4,271	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 7 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Alons	18,470	97.99%
	Write-in		379	2.01%
Total votes			18,849	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 9 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Shipley (incumbent)[e]	6,537	100.00%
Total votes			6,537	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 9 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Shipley (incumbent)[e]	18,106	76.85%
	Democratic	Tripp Narup	5,436	23.07%
	Write-in		17	0.07%
Total votes			23,559	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 11 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julian B. Garrett (incumbent)[f]	3,943	100.00%
Total votes			3,943	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 11 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Fleishman	2,776	100.00%
Total votes			2,776	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 11 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julian B. Garrett (incumbent)[f]	16,941	61.59%
	Democratic	Lisa Fleishman	10,542	38.32%
	Write-in		25	0.09%
Total votes			27,508	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 13 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cherielynn Westrich	4,061	100.00%
Total votes			4,061	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Greiner	2,182	100.00%
Total votes			2,182	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 13 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cherielynn Westrich	13,336	64.89%
	Democratic	Matt Greiner	7,207	35.07%
	Write-in		10	0.05%
Total votes			20,553	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 14 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jake Chapman (incumbent)[g]	3,088	100.00%
Total votes			3,088	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 14 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Trone Garriott (incumbent)[h]	3,223	100.00%
Total votes			3,223	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 14 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Trone Garriott (incumbent)[h]	15,095	51.44%
	Republican	Jake Chapman (incumbent)[g]	14,222	48.46%
	Write-in		29	0.10%
Total votes			29,346	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

• Republican state senator Zach Nunn decided to run for the US House of Representatives in Iowa's 3rd congressional district instead of re-election in this district in the Iowa State Senate. No Republican candidate filed in District 15; therefore, the district was an automatic gain for Democrats.

Iowa Senate, District 15 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Bisignano (incumbent)[i]	3,697	100.00%
Total votes			3,697	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 15 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Bisignano (incumbent)[i]	12,074	100.25%
	Write-in		598	4.72%
Total votes			12,672	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Iowa Senate, District 16 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claire Celsi (incumbent)[j]	5,307	100.00%
Total votes			5,307	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 16 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley D. Price	1,576	50.40%
	Republican	Shad Clayton	1,551	49.60%
Total votes			3,127	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 16 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claire Celsi (incumbent)[j]	16,263	58.22%
	Republican	Bradley D. Price	11,692	41.78%
	Write-in		28	0.10%
Total votes			27,983	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 17 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Izaah Knox	2,726	67.11%
	Democratic	Grace Van Cleave	1,336	32.89%
Total votes			4,062	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 17 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Izaah Knox	10,286	76.56%
	Libertarian	ToyA S. Johnson	1,690	12.58%
	Independent	Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz	1,297	9.65%
	Write-in		162	1.21%
Total votes			13,435	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 19 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Rozenboom (incumbent)[k]	5,429	100.00%
Total votes			5,429	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 19 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tyler Stewart	2,461	100.00%
Total votes			2,461	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 19 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Rozenboom (incumbent)[k]	18,118	68.58%
	Democratic	Tyler Stewart	8,283	31.35%
	Write-in		18	0.07%
Total votes			26,419	100.00%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 21 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Todd Brady	3,400	100.00%
Total votes			3,400	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bousselot	3,307	100.00%
Total votes			3,307	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 21 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bousselot	14,896	50.92%
	Democratic	Todd Brady	14,336	49.00%
	Write-in		24	0.08%
Total votes			29,256	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 23 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Pries	2,692	100.00%
Total votes			2,692	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 23 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Whitver (incumbent)[l]	3,629	100.00%
Total votes			3,629	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 23 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Whitver (incumbent)[l]	17,276	58.64%
	Democratic	Matt Pries	12,159	41.27%
	Write-in		26	0.08%
Total votes			29,461	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

• Republican senator Annette Sweeney^[m] was redistricted from District 25 to 27. No Republican candidate filed in District 25; therefore, the district was an automatic gain for Democrats.

Iowa Senate, District 25 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herman C. Quirmbach (incumbent)[n]	3,727	100.00%
Total votes			3,727	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 25 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herman C. Quirmbach (incumbent)[n]	14,258	75.69%
	Libertarian	Jordan Taylor	4,451	23.63%
	Write-in		129	0.68%
Total votes			18,838	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Iowa Senate, District 27 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Cox	2,411	100.00%
Total votes			2,411	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 27 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Annette Sweeney (incumbent)[m]	4,842	100.00%
Total votes			4,842	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 27 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Annette Sweeney (incumbent)[m]	16,896	66.63%
	Democratic	Sam Cox	8,429	33.24%
	Write-in		34	0.13%
Total votes			25,359	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 29 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandy Salmon	4,191	100.00%
Total votes			4,191	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 29 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandy Salmon	17,235	65.40%
	Democratic	Jenn Wolff	9,101	34.53%
	Write-in		17	0.06%
Total votes			26,353	100.0%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 30 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Whitney Mixdorf	2,360	100.00%
Total votes			2,360	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Waylon Brown (incumbent)[o]	4,333	100.00%
Total votes			4,333	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 30 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Waylon Brown (incumbent)[o]	15,288	60.23%
	Democratic	Whitney Mixdorf	10,082	39.72%
	Write-in		12	60.23%
Total votes			25,382	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 31 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William "Bill" Dotzler (incumbent)	2,831	100.00%
Total votes			2,831	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 31 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William "Bill" Dotzler (incumbent)	13,282	96.93%
	Write-in		420	3.07%
Total votes			13,702	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 33 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Robinson	2,442	100.00%
Total votes			2,442	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 33 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carrie Koelker (incumbent)[p]	3,806	100.00%
Total votes			3,806	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 33 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carrie Koelker (incumbent)[p]	17,764	65.82%
	Democratic	Matt Robinson	9,213	34.14%
	Write-in		10	0.04%
Total votes			26,987	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 35 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Brown	2,021	100.00%
Total votes			2,021	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cournoyer (incumbent)[q]	3,210	100.00%
Total votes			3,210	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 35 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cournoyer (incumbent)[q]	14,252	59.76%
	Democratic	Joe Brown	9,292	38.96%
	Write-in		6	0.03%
Total votes			23,850	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa Senate, District 37 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Molly Donahue	2,351	51.57%
	Democratic	Austin Frerick	2,208	48.43%
Total votes			4,559	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 37 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Molly Donahue	15,038	55.99%
	Republican	Kurt Alan Bendixen	11,797	43.93%
	Write-in		22	0.08%
Total votes			26,857	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 39 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Bennett	3,214	73.05%
	Democratic	Joseph Zahorik	1,186	26.95%
Total votes			4,400	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 39 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward Bernie Hayes	1,430	100.00%
Total votes			1,430	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 39 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Bennett	13,257	64.79%
	Republican	Edward Bernie Hayes	7,190	35.14%
	Write-in		15	0.07%
Total votes			20,462	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 40 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kris G. Gulick	2,359	100.00%
Total votes			2,359	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 40 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Todd Taylor (incumbent)[r]	3,957	100.00%
Total votes			3,957	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 40 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Todd Taylor (incumbent)[r]	14,078	54.61%
	Republican	Kris G. Gulick	11,674	45.29%
	Write-in		25	0.10%
Total votes			25,777	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Iowa Senate, District 41 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kerry Gruenhagen	2,068	59.00%
	Republican	Alan Weets	1,437	41.00%
Total votes			3,505	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 41 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb VanderGaast	1,739	74.16%
	Democratic	Nikole Tutton	606	25.84%
Total votes			2,345	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 41 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kerry Gruenhagen	13,179	58.12%
	Democratic	Deb VanderGaast	9,480	41.77%
	Write-in		15	0.11%
Total votes			22,674	100.0%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie McClintock	1,518	40.66%
	Republican	Colman Silbernagel	1,516	40.61%
	Republican	Justin Wasson	699	18.72%
Total votes			3,733	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jessica Wiskus	2,823	100.00%
Total votes			2,823	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 42 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie McClintock	17,420	58.84%
	Democratic	Jessica Wiskus	11,222	37.90%
	Independent	Bruce Gardner	954	3.22%
	Write-in		12	0.04%
Total votes			29,608	100.0%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 43 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Wahls (incumbent)[s]	5,409	100.00%
Total votes			5,409	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 43 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Wahls (incumbent)[s]	21,146	97.46%
	Write-in		552	2.54%
Total votes			21,698	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 44 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Dickey (incumbent)[t]	5,362	100.00%
Total votes			5,362	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 44 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adrian Dickey (incumbent)[t]	15,318	66.49%
	Democratic	Rich Taylor	7,699	33.42%
	Write-in		22	0.10%
Total votes			23,039	100.0%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 45 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Weiner	6,297	86.11%
	Democratic	John Raley	1,016	13.89%
Total votes			7,313	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 45 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janice Weiner	20,273	81.98%
	Republican	Harold Weilbrenner	4,428	17.91%
	Write-in		27	0.11%
Total votes			24,728	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Iowa Senate, District 46 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Driscoll (incumbent)[u]	4,620	100.00%
Total votes			4,620	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 46 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Kinney (incumbent)[v]	2,911	100.00%
Total votes			2,911	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 46 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Driscoll (incumbent)[u]	14,800	53.79%
	Democratic	Kevin Kinney (incumbent)[v]	12,695	46.14%
	Write-in		18	0.07%
Total votes			27,513	100.0%
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 47 Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Webster	2,580	71.99%
	Republican	Barry A. Long	1,004	28.01%
Total votes			3,584	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 47 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Kathleen Figaro	2,765	100.00%
Total votes			2,765	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 47 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Webster	15,568	56.12%
	Democratic	Mary Kathleen Figaro	12,151	43.80%
	Write-in		23	0.08%
Total votes			27,742	100.0%
	Republican hold

• Republican senator Chris Cournoyer^[q] was redistricted from District 49 to 35. No Republican candidate filed in District 49; therefore, the district was an automatic gain for Democrats.

Iowa Senate, District 49 Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Winckler	2,473	100.00%
Total votes			2,473	100.00%

Iowa Senate, District 49 general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Winckler	12,062	93.30%
	Write-in		866	6.70%
Total votes			12,928	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican