2006 Iowa Senate election

Iowa State Senate elections, 2006

November 7, 2006
25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jack Kibbie Jeff Lamberti Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 4th 35th (retired) Last election 25 25 Seats before 25 25 Seats after 30 20 Seat change 5 5
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President(s) of the Senate before election Jack Kibbie & Jeff Lamberti[1] Democratic & Republican, respectively Elected President(s) of the Senate Jack Kibbie Democratic

The 2006 Iowa Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. The Senate seats for the twenty-five odd-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms. Prior to the election, the Senate was evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Following the election, the Democrats were in the majority - this marked the first time in 42 years that the Democrats had controlled both branches of the Iowa General Assembly and the Governor's Office.^[2]

Senate composition

2006 Elections
	Democratic held and uncontested	15
	Contested	18
	Republican held and uncontested	17
Total		50

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[3]	Tossup	November 4, 2006

Results

Final results from the Iowa Secretary of State:^[4]
* indicates incumbent^[5]

District 1

2006 State Senate District 1 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Warnstadt*	9,340	66.9%
	Republican	Barbara Blanchard	4,607	33.0%
Total votes			13,956	100.0%
Majority
Turnout

District 3

2006 State Senate District 3 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Johnson*	12,328	57.3%
	Democratic	Mel Berryhill	8,534	39.7%
Total votes			21,520	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 5

2006 State Senate District 5 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rich Olive	11,224	49.7%
	Republican	Jim Kurtenbach	11,162	49.4%
Total votes			22,584	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 7

2006 State Senate District 7 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Amanda Ragan*	15,138	70.4%
	Republican	Kenneth D. Young	5847	27.2%
Total votes			21,484	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 9

2006 State Senate District 9 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Heckroth	11,902	52.4%
	Republican	Tom Hoogestraat	10,556	46.5%
Total votes			22,711	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 11

2006 State Senate District 11 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Dotzler*	11,782	70.0%
	Republican	Jim Buschkamp	5,033	29.9%
Total votes			16,841	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 13

2006 State Senate District 13 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roger Tabor Stewart*	12,886	64.8%
	Republican	Lametta K. Wynn	6,748	33.9%
Total votes			19,899	100.0%
Majority				100.0%
Turnout

District 15

2006 State Senate District 15 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert E. Dvorsky*	19,027	78.0%
Total votes			24,385	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 17

2006 State Senate District 17 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wally E. Horn*	15,332	99.3%
Total votes			15,441	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 19

2006 State Senate District 19 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert M. Hogg	14,112	59.2%
	Republican	Renee Schulte	9,721	40.8%
Total votes			23,847	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 21

2006 State Senate District 21 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dennis Black*	13,486	56.3%
	Republican	Tim Morgan	10,456	43.7%
Total votes			23,949	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 23

2006 State Senate District 23 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Herman C. Quirmbach*	11,782	57.4%
	Republican	Linda Livingston	8,735	42.5%
Total votes			20,537	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 25

2006 State Senate District 25 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Daryl Beall*	13,032	65.8%
	Republican	Tom Sooter	6,400	32.3%
Total votes			19,811	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 27

2006 State Senate District 27 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Wieck*	13,459	99.0%
Total votes			13,591	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 29

2006 State Senate District 29 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nancy Boettger*	14,474	78.1%
Total votes			18,543	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 31

2006 State Senate District 31 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Matt McCoy*	13,276	65.6%
	Republican	Nicholas G. Van Patten	6941	34.3%
Total votes			20,247	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 33

2006 State Senate District 33 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jack Hatch*	10,204	98.5%
Total votes			10,356	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 35

2006 State Senate District 35 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Larry L. Noble	16,694	52.0%
	Democratic	Merle O. Johnson	15,420	48.0%
Total votes			32,132	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 37

2006 State Senate District 37 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Staci Appel	12,827	50.3%
	Republican	Julian B. Garrett	12,055	48.44%
Total votes			24,882	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 39

2006 State Senate District 39 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Bolkcom*	14,816	68.9%
	Independent	Jay Christensen-Szalanski	4,095	19.1%
Total votes			21,492	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 41

2006 State Senate District 41 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	David Hartsuch	11,572	49.1%
	Democratic	Phyllis Thede	11,136	47.2%
Total votes			23,578	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 43

2006 State Senate District 43 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe M. Seng*	13,017	76.5%
Total votes			17,012	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 45

2006 State Senate District 45 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Becky Schmitz	10,362	49.8%
	Republican	David Miller*	10,178	49.0%
Total votes			20,791	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 47

2006 State Senate District 47 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Keith A. Kreiman*	11,790	63.6%
	Republican	Keith Caviness	6,183	33.3%
	Independent	Max Hulen	566	3.1%
Total votes			18,549	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

District 49

2006 State Senate District 49 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Hubert Houser*	14,373	81.7%
Total votes			17,591	100.0%
Majority				%
Turnout

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2006
• Iowa Senate
• Iowa House of Representatives
• Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006
• Iowa General Assembly
• Political party strength in U.S. states

References

1. "Presidents of the Senate" (PDF). Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 4, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "State of Iowa - Senate Journal - Monday, January 8, 2007". State of Iowa. January 7, 2007. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Jacobson, Louis (November 4, 2006). "State Legislature Ratings". www.insideelections.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
4. "Official Results Report - Statewide" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. November 21, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
5. "Members of the Iowa House: Eighty-First General Assembly". Iowa General Assembly. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2007.

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