Andrew G. Frommelt Democratic David M. Stanley Republican The 1968 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1968 United States elections.
At this time, the Iowa Senate still had several multi-member districts.
A statewide map of the 61 state Senate districts in the year 1968 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.
Republicans flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1968 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 45 seats and Democrats having 16 seats (a net gain of 16 seats for Republicans).