Tom Harkin - Electoral History

Electoral History

Tom Harkin electoral history

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1972

  • William J. Scherle (R) (inc.) - 108,596 (55.26%)
  • Tom Harkin (D) - 87,937 (44.74%)

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1974

  • Tom Harkin (D) - 81,146 (51.09%)
  • William J. Scherle (R) (inc.) - 77,683 (48.91%)

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1976

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 135,600 (64.86%)
  • Kenneth R. Fulk (R) - 71,377 (34.14%)
  • Verlyn Leroy Hayes (American Independent) - 2,075 (0.99%)

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1978

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 82,333 (58.93%)
  • Julian B. Garrett (R) - 57,377 (41.07%)

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1980

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 127,895 (60.22%)
  • Cal Hultman (R) - 84,472 (39.78%)

Iowa's 5th congressional district, 1982

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 93,333 (58.86%)
  • Arlyn E. Danker (R) - 65,200 (41.12%)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1984

  • Tom Harkin (D) - 716,883 (55.46%)
  • Roger Jepsen (R) (inc.) - 564,381 (43.66%)
  • Garry De Young (Independence) - 11,014 (0.85%)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1990

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 535,975 (54.47%)
  • Thomas J. Tauke (R) - 446,869 (45.42%)

Democratic Iowa caucuses, 1992

  • Tom Harkin - 764 (76.55%)
  • Uncommitted - 119 (11.92%)
  • Paul Tsongas - 41 (4.11%)
  • Bill Clinton - 28 (2.81%)
  • Bob Kerrey - 24 (2.41%)
  • Jerry Brown - 16 (1.60%)
  • Others - 6 (0.60%)

United States presidential election, 1992 (Democratic primaries)

  • Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%)
  • Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%)
  • Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%)
  • Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%)
  • Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%)
  • Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%)
  • Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%)
  • Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%)
  • Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%)
  • Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%)
  • Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%)
  • Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%)
  • Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%)
  • Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%)
  • J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%)
  • George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%)
  • Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%)
  • Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)
  • Stephen Bruke - 5,261 (0.03%)
  • Tom Laughin - 5,202 (0.03%)
  • Tom Shiekman - 4,965 (0.03%)
  • Jeffrey F. Marsh - 2,445 (0.01%)
  • George Ballard - 2,067 (0.01%)
  • Ray Rollinson - 1,206 (0.01%)
  • Leonora Fulani - 402 (0.00%)
  • Douglas Wilder - 240 (0.00%)

Iowa United States Senate election, 1996 (Democratic primary)

  • Tom Harkin (inc.) - 98,737 (99.19%)
  • Others - 810 (0.81%)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1996

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 634,166 (51.81%)
  • James Lightfoot (R) - 571,807 (46.71%)
  • Sue Atkinson (I) - 9,768 (0.80%)
  • Fred Gratzon (Natural Law) - 4,248 (0.35%)
  • Joe Sulentic (I) - 1,941 (0.16%)
  • Shirley E. Pena (Socialist Workers) - 1,844 (0.15%)

Iowa United States Senate election, 2002 (Democratic primary)

  • Tom Harkin (inc.) - 83,505 (99.34%)
  • Write-ins - 555 (0.66%)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2002

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 554,278 (54.18%)
  • Greg Ganske (R) - 447,892 (43.78%)
  • Tim Harthan (Green) - 11,340 (1.11%)
  • Richard J. Moore (Libertarian) - 8,864 (0.87%)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2008

  • Tom Harkin (D) (inc.) - 925,630 62.52%
  • Christopher Reed (R)- 553,995 37.42%

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