Deb Scharper

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Deb Scharper

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Democratic Party

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Deb Scharper (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 26. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 26

Incumbent Waylon Brown defeated Deb Scharper in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown (R)	65.5	20,655
	Submit photo	Deb Scharper (D)	34.4	10,858
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	23

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,536
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

Deb Scharper advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Deb Scharper (Write-in)	50.6	222
		Other/Write-in votes	49.4	217

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 439
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

Incumbent Waylon Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown	99.6	3,848
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	15

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,863
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2020

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Current members of the Iowa State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Amy Sinclair

Minority Leader:Janice Weiner

Senators

District 1

Catelin Drey (D)

District 2

Jeff Taylor (R)

District 3

Lynn Evans (R)

District 4

Tim Kraayenbrink (R)

District 5

Dave Rowley (R)

District 6

Jason Schultz (R)

District 7

Kevin Alons (R)

District 8

Mark Costello (R)

District 9

Tom Shipley (R)

District 10

Dan Dawson (R)

District 11

Julian Garrett (R)

District 12

Amy Sinclair (R)

District 13

Cherielynn Westrich (R)

District 14

Sarah Trone Garriott (D)

District 15

Tony Bisignano (D)

District 16

Vacant

District 17

Izaah Knox (D)

District 18

Janet Petersen (D)

District 19

Ken Rozenboom (R)

District 20

Mike Pike (R)

District 21

Mike Bousselot (R)

District 22

Matt Blake (D)

District 23

Jack Whitver (R)

District 24

Jesse Green (R)

District 25

Herman Quirmbach (D)

District 26

Kara Warme (R)

District 27

Annette Sweeney (R)

District 28

Dennis Guth (R)

District 29

Sandy Salmon (R)

District 30

Doug Campbell (R)

District 31

William Dotzler (D)

District 32

Michael Klimesh (R)

District 33

Carrie Koelker (R)

District 34

Dan Zumbach (R)

District 35

Mike Zimmer (D)

District 36

Thomas Townsend (D)

District 37

Molly Donahue (D)

District 38

Dave Sires (R)

District 39

Liz Bennett (D)

District 40

Art Staed (D)

District 41

Kerry Gruenhagen (R)

District 42

Charlie McClintock (R)

District 43

Zach Wahls (D)

District 44

Adrian Dickey (R)

District 45

Janice Weiner (D)

District 46

Dawn Driscoll (R)

District 47

Scott Webster (R)

District 48

Mark Lofgren (R)

District 49

Cindy Winckler (D)

District 50

Jeffrey Reichman (R)

Republican Party (33)

Democratic Party (16)

Vacancies (1)