Calvin Hultman Republican Calvin Hultman Republican The 1980 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1980 United States elections.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1980 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

In 1979, Democratic Senator Earl Willits resigned and Republican Gary Baugher won a special election to fill the seat, thereby increasing Republicans' seats to 29.

[a] To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1980 general election with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Republicans holding 29 seats and Democrats having 21 seats after the election.