2004 Iowa Senate election

The 2004 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2004 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 even-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.

2004 Iowa Senate election

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jeff Lamberti Michael Gronstal Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 35th 50th Seats before 29 21 Seats after 25 25 Seat change 4 4
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President of the Senate before election Jeff Lamberti Republican Elected President of the Senate Jack Kibbie & Jeff Lamberti[1] Democratic & Republican, respectively

The primary election on June 8, 2004, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 2004 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[2] General election results can be obtained here.^[3]

On election day in November 2004, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats. To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats. The result of the 2004 election was an evenly divided Iowa state Senate, with Democrats netting 4 flips and the resulting balance being 25 seats held both by Democrats and Republicans. As a result, Jeff Lamberti, and Jack Kibbie were deemed co-Senate Presidents for the Republican & Democratic halves, respectively.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[4]	Lean R	October 1, 2004

Summary of Results

• NOTE: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for regularly scheduled election in 2004.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd[5]	Kenneth Veenstra		Rep	Dave Mulder		Republican
4th[6]	Jack Kibbie		Dem	Jack Kibbie		Democratic
6th[7]	E. Thurman Gaskill		Rep	E. Thurman Gaskill		Republican
8th[8]	Mark Zieman		Rep	Mark Zieman		Republican
10th[9]	Donald Redfern		Rep	Jeff Danielson		Democratic
12th[10]	Kitty Rehberg		Rep	Brian Schoenjahn		Democratic
14th[11]	Mike Connolly		Dem	Mike Connolly		Democratic
16th[12]	Julie Hosch		Rep	Tom Hancock		Democratic
18th[13]	Mary Lundby		Rep	Mary Lundby		Republican
20th[14]	John Putney		Rep	John Putney		Republican
22nd[15]	Larry McKibben		Rep	Larry McKibben		Republican
24th[16]	Jerry Behn		Rep	Jerry Behn		Republican
26th[17]	Steve Kettering		Rep	Steve Kettering		Republican
28th[18]	James A. Seymour		Rep	James A. Seymour		Republican
30th[19]	Pat Ward		Rep	Pat Ward		Republican
32nd[20]	Jack Holveck		Dem	Brad Zaun		Republican
34th[21]	Dick Dearden		Dem	Dick Dearden		Democratic
36th[22]	Paul McKinley		Rep	Paul McKinley		Republican
38th[23]	Neal Schuerer		Rep	Tom Rielly		Democratic
40th[24]	Richard F. Drake		Rep	James F. Hahn		Republican
42nd[25]	Bryan Sievers		Rep	Frank Wood		Democratic
44th[26]	Thomas G. Courtney		Dem	Thomas G. Courtney		Democratic
46th[27]	Gene Fraise		Dem	Gene Fraise		Democratic
48th[28]	Jeff Angelo		Rep	Jeff Angelo		Republican
50th[29]	Michael Gronstal		Dem	Michael Gronstal		Democratic

Source:^[30][31]

Detailed Results

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46 • District 48 • District 50

• 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).

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2 Republican Primary, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Mulder	6,141	54.5
	Republican	Kenneth Veenstra (incumbent)	5,128	45.5
Total votes			11,269	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Mulder	24,433	100.0
Total votes			24,433	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Kibbie (incumbent)	17,642	60.0
	Republican	Harley Kohlhaas	11,764	40.0
Total votes			29,406	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Thurman Gaskill (incumbent)	17,192	58.5
	Democratic	John Drury	12,213	41.5
Total votes			29,405	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Zieman (incumbent)	15,682	55.5
	Democratic	John Beard	12,593	44.5
Total votes			28,275	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Danielson	967	80.2
	Democratic	Bob Krause	239	19.8
Total votes			1,206	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Danielson	16,712	53.9
	Republican	Frank Dowie	14,281	46.1
Total votes			30,993	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 Republican Primary, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Longmuir	1,365	63.0
	Republican	Steve Huff	803	37.0
Total votes			2,168	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 12 Democratic Primary, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Schoenjahn	1,101	60.3
	Democratic	Peg Erdman	725	39.7
Total votes			1,826	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Schoenjahn	14,677	52.8
	Republican	Ron Longmuir	13,123	47.2
Total votes			27,800	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Connolly (incumbent)	21,685	100.0
Total votes			21,685	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Hancock	15,324	50.2
	Republican	Julie Hosch (incumbent)	15,202	49.8
Total votes			30,526	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Lundby (incumbent)	20,686	59.8
	Democratic	Lorna M. Richards	13,923	40.2
Total votes			34,609	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Putney (incumbent)	21,784	100.0
Total votes			21,784	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry McKibben (incumbent)	14,185	51.4
	Democratic	Wayne Sawtelle	13,398	48.6
Total votes			27,583	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Behn (incumbent)	19,409	57.4
	Democratic	Russell D. Wiesley	14,412	42.6
Total votes			33,821	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Kettering (incumbent)	19,458	100.0
Total votes			19,458	100.0
	Republican hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Seymour (incumbent)	24,918	100.0
Total votes			24,918	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Ward (incumbent)	19,798	61.8
	Democratic	Satro Narayan	11,486	35.9
	Libertarian	Sean Edward Martin	727	2.3
Total votes			32,011	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Zaun	20,088	57.9
	Democratic	Laura Sands	14,595	42.1
Total votes			34,683	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Dearden (incumbent)	19,346	100.0
Total votes			19,346	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul McKinley (incumbent)	17,029	60.3
	Democratic	Dave Sextro	11,198	39.7
Total votes			28,227	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Rielly	14,679	51.6
	Republican	Neal Schuerer (incumbent)	13,791	48.4
Total votes			28,470	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James F. Hahn	14,485	53.6
	Democratic	Thomas L. Fiegen	12,564	46.4
Total votes			27,049	100.0
	Republican hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Wood	649	69.6
	Democratic	Dennis G. Starling	283	30.4
Total votes			932	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Wood	15,500	50.8
	Republican	Bryan Sievers (incumbent)	15,020	49.2
Total votes			30,520	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas G. Courtney (incumbent)	19,777	100.0
Total votes			19,777	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Fraise (incumbent)	14,272	53.3
	Republican	Doug P. Abolt	12,532	46.7
Total votes			26,804	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Angelo (incumbent)	14,981	54.0
	Democratic	Steve Waterman	12,776	46.0
Total votes			27,757	100.0
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gronstal (incumbent)	12,480	54.5
	Republican	Loren Knauss	10,413	45.5
Total votes			22,893	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States elections, 2004
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2004
• Elections in Iowa