Iowa House of Representatives election, 2006

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There were two sets of 2006 Iowa House of Representatives elections. The first, the general election, was held on November 7. The second, a special election for District 52, was held on December 12. The representatives-elect from both sets of elections were inaugurated on January 3, 2007. The Iowa House, like the United States House of Representatives, is up for re-election in its entirety every two years. Prior to the elections, the Republicans were in the majority; following inauguration, 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 at the same time. [1]

Iowa House of Representatives lower chamber of the Iowa state legislature

The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464 as of the 2010 United States Census. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

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House composition

Iowa House: pre-electionSeats
 Republican-held51
 Democratic-held49
 Total
100
2006 General Elections
 Democratic held and uncontested22
 Contested60
 Republican held and uncontested18
 Total
100
2006 Special Election
 Contested1
 Total
1
Iowa House: post-electionsSeats
 Democratic-held54
 Republican-held46
 Total
100

General election results

Final results from the Iowa Secretary of State: [2]
* indicates incumbent [3]

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District 1

2006 House District 1 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Wesley Whitead*5,07963.0%
Republican Jamie Simmons2,98037.0%
Total votes8,062100.0%

District 2

2006 House District 2 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Roger F. Wendt*4,21298.9%
Total votes4,259100.0%

District 3

2006 House District 3 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Chuck Soderberg*7,80699.8%
Total votes7,825100.0%

District 4

2006 House District 4 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dwayne Alons*9,74399.7%
Total votes9,768100.0%

District 5

2006 House District 5 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Royd E. Chambers*7,73681.6%
Total votes9,484100.0%

District 6

2006 House District 6 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Mike May*8,28173.1%
Total votes11,331100.0%

District 7

2006 House District 7 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Marcella R. Frevert*7,33574.2%
Total votes9,880100.0%

District 8

2006 House District 8 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Dolores M. Mertz*8,14275.5%
Total votes10,783100.0%

District 9

2006 House District 9 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic McKinley Bailey 5,68554.7%
Republican George S. Eichhorn*4,61044.3%
Total votes10,396100.0%

District 10

2006 House District 10 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dave Deyoe 6,35852.5%
Democratic Susan R. Radke5,67846.9%
Total votes12,103100.0%

District 11

2006 House District 11 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Henry V. Rayhons*5,93355.1%
Democratic Ann Fairchild4,38840.8%
Total votes10,768100.0%

District 12

2006 House District 12 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Linda Upmeyer*8,01479.7%
Total votes10,051100.0%

District 13

2006 House District 13 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Bill Schickel*5,43351.0%
Democratic Alan Steckman4,61643.4%
Independent Gary van Horn5405.1%
Total votes10,644100.0%

District 14

2006 House District 14 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mark A. Kuhn*8,15475.3%
Independent Darwin J. Rieman1,33812.4%
Total votes10,829100.0%

District 15

2006 House District 15 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Brian J. Quirk*7,14767.7%
Republican David Kraft3,18430.2%
Total votes10,556100.0%

District 16

2006 House District 16 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Chuck Gipp*5,78259.3%
Democratic Thomas Hansen3,96040.6%
Total votes9,747100.0%

District 17

2006 House District 17 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Pat Grassley 6,55355.5%
Democratic Alek Wipperman5,03942.7%
Total votes11,798100.0%

District 18

2006 House District 18 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Andrew Wenthe 6,16056.0%
Republican David Lalk*4,78343.5%
Total votes11,004100.0%

District 19

2006 House District 19 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Bob Kressig*5,17450.5%
Republican Matt Reisetter5,06549.4%
Total votes10,243100.0%

District 20

2006 House District 20 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Doris J. Kelley 6,34451.5%
Republican David Wieland5,94748.3%
Total votes12,308100.0%

District 21

2006 House District 21 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Tami Wiencek 4,80251.5%
Democratic Don Shoultz*4,50448.3%
Total votes9,318100.0%

District 22

2006 House District 22 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Deborah L. Berry*5,98577.1%
Republican Michael Anthony1,75922.6%
Total votes7,767100.0%

District 23

2006 House District 23 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dan Rasmussen*5,71651.4%
Democratic Pete McRoberts5,21746.9%
Total votes11,131100.0%

District 24

2006 House District 24 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Roger Thomas*7,82099.5%
Total votes7,858100.0%

District 25

2006 House District 25 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Thomas J. Schueller*6,35559.9%
Republican David Bevan Kendell3,97137.7%
Total votes10,606100.0%

District 26

2006 House District 26 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Polly Bukta*5,53659.6%
Republican Lester A. Shields3,59538.7%
Total votes9,281100.0%

District 27

2006 House District 27 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Pam Jochum*7,40570.7%
Republican John Hulsizer, Jr.2,73926.1%
Total votes10,477100.0%

District 28

2006 House District 28 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Pat Murphy*7,41772.5%
Total votes10,231100.0%

District 29

2006 House District 29 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Ro Foege*8,05559.9%
Republican Emma Nemecek5,14538.3%
Total votes13,442100.0%

District 30

2006 House District 30 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Dave Jacoby*9,63974.3%
Total votes12,981100.0%

District 31

2006 House District 31 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Raymond Zirkelbach*8,44774.4%
Total votes11,352100.0%

District 32

2006 House District 32 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Steven F. Lukan*8,18366.5%
Democratic Tom Avenarius3,91331.8%
Total votes12,313100.0%

District 33

2006 House District 33 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Dick Taylor*6,76099.5%
Total votes6,796100.0%

District 34

2006 House District 34 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Todd Taylor*7,31266.9%
Republican David Gochenouer3,60833.0%
Total votes10,929100.0%

District 35

2006 House District 35 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Kraig Paulsen*7,08353.8%
Democratic Jan Kvach6,08546.2%
Total votes13,174100.0%

District 36

2006 House District 36 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Swati A. Dandekar*6,98752.6%
Republican Nick Wagner6,30247.4%
Total votes13,293100.0%

District 37

2006 House District 37 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Art Staed 6,46251.4%
Republican Andy Anderson6,09748.5%
Total votes12,569100.0%

District 38

2006 House District 38 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Tyler Olson 7,14864.7%
Republican Don Palmer3,89435.3%
Total votes11,045100.0%

District 39

2006 House District 39 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Dawn Pettengill*6,36556.3%
Republican Connie Jacobsen4,75942.1%
Total votes11,296100.0%

District 40

2006 House District 40 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Lance J. Horbach*6,24954.8%
Democratic Sharon Owens4,99443.8%
Total votes11,404100.0%

District 41

2006 House District 41 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Paul Bell*7,30363.4%
Republican Adam Vandall4,21536.6%
Total votes11,524100.0%

District 42

2006 House District 42 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Geri Huser*8,49398.0%
Total votes8,663100.0%

District 43

2006 House District 43 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mark Smith*7,09773.4%
Total votes9,664100.0%

District 44

2006 House District 44 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Polly Granzow*5,55950.4%
Democratic Tim Hoy5,29848.0%
Total votes11,027100.0%

District 45

2006 House District 45 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Beth Wessel-Kroeschell*5,47398.7%
Total votes5,544100.0%

District 46

2006 House District 46 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Lisa Heddens*8,37163.3%
Republican John E. Griswold4,50834.1%
Libertarian Eric Cooper3452.6%
Total votes13,227100.0%

District 47

2006 House District 47 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Ralph Watts*8,31351.7%
Democratic Russ Wiesley7,24245.0%
Total votes16,093100.0%

District 48

2006 House District 48 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Donovan Olson*6,14561.2%
Republican Charles Braun3,85638.4%
Total votes10,046100.0%

District 49

2006 House District 49 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Helen Miller*7,70979.2%
Total votes9,732100.0%

District 50

2006 House District 50 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican David A. Tjepkes*5,49354.5%
Democratic Lynne R. Gentry4,35143.2%
Total votes10,073100.0%

District 51

2006 House District 51 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Rod Roberts*6,56491.6%
Total votes7,167100.0%

District 52

2006 House District 52 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Mary Lou Freeman*0 [4] 100.0%
Total votes0 [4] 100.0%

District 53

2006 House District 53 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dan Huseman*7,46599.6%
Total votes7,494100.0%

District 54

2006 House District 54 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Christopher Rants*5,95997.2%
Total votes6,129100.0%

District 55

2006 House District 55 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Clarence C. Hoffman*6,29777.0%
Total votes8,177100.0%

District 56

2006 House District 56 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Matt W. Windschitl 4,99350.3%
Democratic Nancy Bleth4,43645.3%
Total votes9,803100.0%

District 57

2006 House District 57 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Jack Drake*7,25573.5%
Total votes9,870100.0%

District 58

2006 House District 58 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Clel Baudler*7,42886.3%
Total votes8,611100.0%

District 59

2006 House District 59 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dan Clute 7,25057.8%
Democratic Jim Sammler5,29342.2%
Total votes12,554100.0%

District 60

2006 House District 60 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Libby Jacobs*7,84998.2%
Total votes7,990100.0%

District 61

2006 House District 61 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Jo Oldson*7,89366.6%
Republican David Payer3,94533.3%
Total votes11,852100.0%

District 62

2006 House District 62 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Bruce Hunter*6,04098.8%
Total votes6,112100.0%

District 63

2006 House District 63 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Scott Raecker*9,60798.5%
Total votes9,755100.0%

District 64

2006 House District 64 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Janet Petersen*8,56198.5%
Total votes8,690100.0%

District 65

2006 House District 65 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Wayne W. Ford*5,40598.0%
Total votes5,514100.0%

District 66

2006 House District 66 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Ako Abdul-Samad 3,45961.0%
Republican Jack Whitver1,56627.6%
Independent Jeff Johannsen3987.0%
Libertarian Brett Blanchfield2254.0%
Total votes5,672100.0%

District 67

2006 House District 67 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Kevin McCarthy*5,65660.6%
Republican Steven Inman3,19134.2%
Independent Brian McLain4875.2%
Total votes9,339100.0%

District 68

2006 House District 68 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Rick L. Olson*6,47298.4%
Total votes6,577100.0%

District 69

2006 House District 69 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Walt Tomenga*8,75855.2%
Democratic John Calhoun7,10844.8%
Total votes15,876100.0%

District 70

2006 House District 70 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Carmine Boal*10,94598.1%
Total votes11,156100.0%

District 71

2006 House District election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Jim Van Engelenhoven*6,58757.3%
Democratic Catherine Haustein4,27137.2%
Independent Steve Woody Fisher3242.8%
Total votes11,490100.0%

District 72

2006 House District 72 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Richard D. Arnold*6,11759.9%
Democratic Buzz Malone3,83337.6%
Total votes10,206100.0%

District 73

2006 House District 73 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Jodi Tymeson*7,52358.3%
Democratic Maxine R. Bussanmas5,08439.4%
Total votes12,899100.0%

District 74

2006 House District 74 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mark Davitt*6,43951.4%
Republican Doug Shull5,80246.3%
Total votes12,531100.0%

District 75

2006 House District 75 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Eric J. Palmer 5,72852.7%
Republican Danny C. Carroll*5,03746.3%
Total votes10,869100.0%

District 76

2006 House District 76 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Betty R. De Boef*5,81953.5%
Democratic Christopher L. Montross4,59842.3%
Total votes10,871100.0%

District 77

2006 House District 77 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mary Mascher*6,23679.7%
Total votes7,823100.0%

District 78

2006 House District 78 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Vicki Lensing*11,00080.5%
Total votes13,669100.0%

District 79

2006 House District 79 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Jeff Kaufmann*6,31162.5%
Democratic Clara Oleson3,74537.1%
Total votes10,101100.0%

District 80

2006 House District 80 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Nathan K. Reichert*5,24559.9%
Republican R. Greg Orr3,42139.0%
Total votes8,761100.0%

District 81

2006 House District 81 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Jamie Van Fossen*5,50151.1%
Democratic Lauren M. Phelps4,93445.9%
Total votes10,760100.0%

District 82

2006 House District 82 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Linda J. Miller 6,93154.1%
Independent Joe Hutter* [5] 3,30725.8%
Total votes12,818100.0%

District 83

2006 House District 83 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Steven Olson*6,48856.5%
Democratic Reg. Kauffman4,62140.3%
Total votes11,477100.0%

District 84

2006 House District 84 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Elesha Gayman 5,42950.1%
Republican Jim Van Fossen*5,15647.6%
Total votes10,839100.0%

District 85

2006 House District 85 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Jim Lykam*5,62354.3%
Republican Roby Smith4,51543.6%
Total votes10,355100.0%

District 86

2006 House District 86 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Cindy L. Winckler*4,59869.1%
Republican Susie Bell1,79226.9%
Total votes6,657100.0%

District 87

2006 House District 87 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Thomas R. Sands*5,11855.0%
Democratic Andrew Hoth4,14844.5%
Total votes9,312100.0%

District 88

2006 House District 88 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Dennis M. Cohoon*7,20199.3%
Total votes7,251100.0%

District 89

2006 House District 89 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Sandra H. Greiner*5,75654.9%
Democratic Mark Nolte4,60643.9%
Total votes10,488100.0%

District 90

2006 House District 90 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic John Whitaker*7,82778.9%
Total votes9,919100.0%

District 91

2006 House District 91 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Dave Heaton*6,72671.9%
Total votes9,355100.0%

District 92

2006 House District 92 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Philip Wise*6,53274.7%
Total votes8,746100.0%

District 93

2006 House District 93 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mary Gaskill*7,21099.1%
Total votes7,273100.0%

District 94

2006 House District 94 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Kurt Swaim*6,05264.1%
Republican Kevin Wiskus3,37735.8%
Total votes9,436100.0%

District 95

2006 House District 95 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Michael J. Reasoner*6,31663.6%
Republican George Barber3,49935.2%
Total votes9,934100.0%

District 96

2006 House District 96 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Cecil Dolecheck*7,31299.2%
Total votes7,374100.0%

District 97

2006 House District 97 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Richard Anderson*6,46494.7%
Total votes6,825100.0%

District 98

2006 House District 98 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Greg Forristall 6,57060.7%
Democratic Sally Vitamvas3,85835.7%
Total votes10,817100.0%

District 99

2006 House District 99 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Doug L. Struyk*3,46653.0%
Democratic Will Reger2,92644.7%
Total votes6,539100.0%

District 100

2006 House District 100 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Paul Shomshor*3,56851.8%
Republican Scott A. Bell3,21146.6%
Total votes6,890100.0%

Special election results

Final results from KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines: [6]

KCCI CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

KCCI is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and VHF channel 8 from a transmitter located in Alleman, Iowa. Owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of Hearst Communications, KCCI maintains studio facilities on Ninth Street in downtown Des Moines. On cable, the station is available on Mediacom channel 8 in standard definition and on digital channel 808 in high definition.

District 52

2006 House District 52 special election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Gary Worthan 2,003
Democratic Kate Logan791
Total votes

See also

Iowa Senate upper chamber of the Iowa state legislature

The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly, United States. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state of Iowa with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, as of the 2010 United States Census. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts. The Senate meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Iowa General Assembly legislature of the US state of Iowa

The Iowa General Assembly (IGA) is the legislative branch of the state government of Iowa. Like the federal United States Congress, the General Assembly is a bicameral body, composed of the upper house Iowa Senate and the lower Iowa House of Representatives respectively. The Senate consists of four year terms and the House consists of two year terms. The General Assembly convenes within the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Political party strength in U.S. states refers to the level of representation of the various political parties of the U.S. in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives at the state and national level.

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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Iowa, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 7.

Bobby Kaufmann

Bobby Kaufmann is the Iowa State Representative from the 73rd District. A Republican, he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2013.

2016 Iowa elections

The Iowa general elections, 2016 will be held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 8, 2016. One of Iowa's U.S. Senate seats and all four seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election, as well as half of the Iowa Senate seats and all of the Iowa House of Representatives seats. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2016.

References

  1. "State of Iowa – Senate Journal – Monday, January 8, 2007". State of Iowa. 2007-01-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  2. "Official Results Report – Statewide" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2006-11-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  3. "Members of the Iowa House: Eighty-First General Assembly". Iowa General Assembly . Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  4. 1 2 3 Incumbent Representative Mary Lou Freeman died on September 5, 2006, before the general election. Gary Worthan, a Republican, won a special election for her seat in the House. "Our Campaigns – Candidate – Mary Lou Freeman". www.ourcampaigns.com. 2006-09-06. Retrieved 2007-07-09. "Republicans Hold Onto Iowa House Seat". KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  5. Hutter, the incumbent, was serving in the House as a Republican. He ran as an independent following a primary defeat by Miller. "Scott County voters get ready to head to the polls on Tuesday". The North Scott Press. 2006-01-11. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  6. "Republicans Hold Onto Iowa House Seat". KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines. 2006-12-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-09.