2010 Iowa Senate election

The 2010 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2010 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 odd-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.

Iowa State Senate elections, 2010

← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jack Kibbie Paul McKinley Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 4th 36th Last election 32 18 Seats before 32 18 Seats after 26 24 Seat change 6 6
Results of the elections:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President of the Senate before election Jack Kibbie Democratic Elected President of the Senate Jack Kibbie Democratic

The primary election on June 8, 2010, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 2010 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here.^[1]

Following the previous 2008 Iowa Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Iowa state Senate with 32 seats.

To reclaim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 8 Senate seats.

Democrats maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 2010 general election; however, their majority was significantly reduced from 32 to 26 seats. Republicans saw their numbers soar from 18 to 24 seats.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[2]	Lean D	November 1, 2010

Summary of Results

• NOTE: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2010, so even-numbered seats are not included here.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Steve Warnstadt		Dem	Rick Bertrand		Republican
3rd	David Johnson		Rep	David Johnson		Republican
5th	Rich Olive		Dem	Robert Bacon		Republican
7th	Amanda Ragan		Dem	Amanda Ragan		Democratic
9th	Bill Heckroth		Dem	Bill Dix		Republican
11th	William Dotzler		Dem	William Dotzler		Democratic
13th	Roger Stewart		Dem	Tod Bowman		Democratic
15th	Robert Dvorsky		Dem	Robert Dvorsky		Democratic
17th	Wally Horn		Dem	Wally Horn		Democratic
19th	Rob Hogg		Dem	Rob Hogg		Democratic
21st	Dennis Black		Dem	Dennis Black		Democratic
23rd	Herman Quirmbach		Dem	Herman Quirmbach		Democratic
25th	Daryl Beall		Dem	Daryl Beall		Democratic
27th	Ron Wieck		Rep	Bill Anderson		Republican
29th	Nancy Boettger		Rep	Nancy Boettger		Republican
31st	Matt McCoy		Dem	Matt McCoy		Democratic
33rd	Jack Hatch		Dem	Jack Hatch		Democratic
35th	Larry L. Noble		Rep	Larry L. Noble		Republican
37th	Staci Appel		Dem	Kent Sorenson		Republican
39th	Joe Bolkcom		Dem	Joe Bolkcom		Democratic
41st	David Hartsuch		Rep	Roby Smith		Republican
43rd	Joe M. Seng		Dem	Joe M. Seng		Democratic
45th	Becky Schmitz		Dem	Sandy Greiner		Republican
47th	Keith A. Kreiman		Dem	Mark Chelgren		Republican
49th	Hubert Houser		Rep	Hubert Houser		Republican

Source:^[3][4]

Detailed Results

• Reminder: Only odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2010, so even-numbered seats are not included here.

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47 • District 49

• 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 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Bertrand	7,581	50.7
	Democratic	Rick Mullin	7,359	49.3
Total votes			14,940	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Johnson (incumbent)	17,770	100.0
Total votes			17,770	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Bacon	12,368	54.1
	Democratic	Rich Olive (incumbent)	10,510	45.9
Total votes			22,878	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amanda Ragan (incumbent)	12,908	60.4
	Republican	James Mills	8,452	39.6
Total votes			21,360	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Dix	13,189	57.9
	Democratic	William M. Heckroth (incumbent)	9,605	42.1
Total votes			22,794	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Dotzler (incumbent)	10,459	63.1
	Republican	Ron Welper	6,126	36.9
Total votes			16,585	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tod R. Bowman	1,573	60.8
	Democratic	Brian S. Moore	729	28.2
	Democratic	Ed O'Neill	232	9.0
	Democratic	Paul J. Feller	54	2.1
Total votes			2,588	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tod R. Bowman	10,017	50.2
	Republican	Andrew Naeve	9,947	49.8
Total votes			19,964	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert E. Dvorsky (incumbent)	17,964	74.7
	Republican	Christopher Peters	6,092	25.3
Total votes			24,056	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wally E. Horn (incumbent)	13,842	100.0
Total votes			13,842	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert M. Hogg (incumbent)	15,481	100.0
Total votes			15,481	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 Republican Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pirillo	1,898	43.6
	Republican	Wes Enos	1,497	34.4
	Republican	Michael R. Adams, Jr.	960	22.0
Total votes			4,355	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis H. Black (incumbent)	13,517	52.3
	Republican	Joe Pirillo	12,321	47.7
Total votes			25,838	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herman C. Quirmbach (incumbent)	11,767	52.9
	Republican	Timothy L. Gartin	10,488	47.1
Total votes			22,255	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Iowa Senate, District 25 Republican Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris McGonegle	2,429	70.3
	Republican	Larry M. Aden	1,025	29.7
Total votes			3,454	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daryl Beall (incumbent)	10,504	54.2
	Republican	Chris McGonegle	8,861	45.8
Total votes			19,365	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Anderson	12,867	62.4
	Democratic	Marty Pottebaum	7,744	37.6
Total votes			20,611	100.0
	Republican hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Boettger (incumbent)	16,127	100.0
Total votes			16,127	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt McCoy (incumbent)	13,385	65.5
	Republican	Dave Leach	7,064	34.5
Total votes			20,449	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Hatch (incumbent)	10,565	100.0
Total votes			10,565	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Noble (incumbent)	27,563	100.0
Total votes			27,563	100.0
	Republican hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Sorenson	16,748	59.0
	Democratic	Staci Appel (incumbent)	11,646	41.0
Total votes			28,394	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Bolkcom (incumbent)	19,485	100.0
Total votes			19,485	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

Iowa Senate, District 41 Republican Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roby Smith	2,487	51.9
	Republican	David Hartsuch (incumbent)	2,307	48.1
Total votes			4,794	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 41 Democratic Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard A. Clewell	596	55.4
	Democratic	Dave Thede	479	44.6
Total votes			1,075	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roby Smith	13,865	59.5
	Democratic	Richard A. Clewell	9,432	40.5
Total votes			23,297	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43 Republican Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark J. Riley	840	57.0
	Republican	Mark N. Holloway	634	43.0
Total votes			1,474	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Seng (incumbent)	9,894	62.3
	Republican	Mark J. Riley	5,991	37.7
Total votes			15,885	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 Republican Primary, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra Greiner	3,811	66.3
	Republican	Randy J. Besick	1,261	22.0
	Republican	Rick Marlar	672	11.7
Total votes			5,744	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra Greiner	11,664	50.7
	Democratic	Becky Schmitz (incumbent)	10,196	44.4
	Independent	Douglas William Philips	1,131	4.9
Total votes			22,991	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 47

Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Chelgren	9,582	50.03
	Democratic	Keith A. Kreiman (incumbent)	9,572	49.97
Total votes			19,154	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 49

Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hubert Houser (incumbent)	15,017	74.0
	Democratic	Scott Schondelmeyer	5,281	26.0
Total votes			20,298	100.0
	Republican hold

Source:^[5][6]

See also

• United States elections, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2010
• Elections in Iowa