2008 Iowa Senate election
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25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Governor's Office.[1] They expanded this majority by two seats in the 2008 elections.
Senate composition
| Iowa Senate: pre-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-held | 30 | |
| Republican-held | 20 | |
| Total |
50 | |
| 2006 Elections | ||
| Democratic held and uncontested | 19 | |
| Contested | 20 | |
| Republican held and uncontested | 11 | |
| Total |
50 | |
| Iowa Senate: post-election | Seats | |
| Democratic-held | 32 | |
| Republican-held | 18 | |
| Total |
50 | |
Results
The election took place on November 4, 2008. Candidate listIowa Secretary of State.
General election
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| 2 | Republican | Dave Mulder[4] | Republican | Randy Feenstra | 24,595 | ||||
| 4 | Democratic | John P. Kibbie
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Won re-election. | Democratic | John P. Kibbie
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18,059 | |||
| Grassroots For Life | Ken Vaske | 7,258 | |||||||
| 6 | Republican | E. Thurman Gaskill | Republican | Merlin Bartz | 14,299 | ||||
| Democratic | Doug Thompson | 12,496 | |||||||
Independent
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Kenneth J. Abrams | 2,241 | |||||||
| 8 | Republican | Mark Zieman | Lost re-election. | Democratic | Mary Jo Wilhelm | 14,862 | |||
| Republican | Mark Zieman | 13,836 | |||||||
| 10 | Democratic | Jeff Danielson | Won Re-election. | Democratic | Jeff Danielson | 16,103 | |||
| Republican | Walt Rogers | 16,081 | |||||||
| 12 | Democratic | Brian Schoenjahn | Won re-election. | Democratic | Brian Schoenjahn | 17,402 | |||
| Republican | Rebecca Wearmouth | 9,641 | |||||||
| 14 | Democratic | Michael Connolly | Democratic | Pam Jochum | 19,443 | ||||
| Republican | John Hulsizer, Jr. | 8,428 | |||||||
| 16 | Democratic | Tom Hancock | Won re-election. | Democratic | Tom Hancock | 17,129 | |||
| Republican | Dave McLaughlin | 13,660 | |||||||
| 18 | Republican | Mary Lundby | Democratic | Swati A. Dandekar
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20,667 | ||||
| Republican | Joe Childers | 17,367 | |||||||
| 20 | Republican | John Putney | Republican | Tim L. Kapucian
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15,527 | ||||
| Democratic | Randy L. Braden | 13,916 | |||||||
| 22 | Republican | Larry McKibben | Democratic | Steve Sodders | 14,837 | ||||
| Republican | Jarret P. Heil | 11,846 | |||||||
| 24 | Republican | Jerry Behn | Won re-election. | Republican | Jerry Behn | 22,970 | |||
| Democratic | Albert Sorensen | 16,233 | |||||||
| 26 | Republican | Steve Kettering | Won re-election. | Republican | Steve Kettering | 22,853 | |||
| 28 | Republican | James A. Seymour
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Won re-election. | Republican | James A. Seymour
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17,188 | |||
| 30 | Republican | Pat Ward | Won re-election. | Republican | Pat Ward | 21,842 | |||
| 32 | Republican | Brad Zaun | Won re-election. | Republican | Brad Zaun | 23,190 | |||
| 34 | Democratic | Dick L. Dearden
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Won re-election. | Democratic | Dick L. Dearden
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17,705 | |||
| Republican | Scott Strosahl | 9,617 | |||||||
| 36 | Republican | Paul McKinley | Won re-election. | Republican | Paul McKinley | 18,236 | |||
| Democratic | Deb Ballalatak | 10,579 | |||||||
| 38 | Democratic | Thomas J. Rielly
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Won re-election. | Democratic | Thomas J. Rielly
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16,332 | |||
| Republican | Michael C. Hadley | 12,393 | |||||||
| 40 | Republican | James F. Hahn | Won re-election. | Republican | James F. Hahn | 14,134 | |||
| Democratic | Sharon Savage | 12,939 | |||||||
| 42 | Democratic | Frank B. Wood
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Lost re-election. | Republican | Shawn Hamerlinck | 16,447 | |||
| Democratic | Frank B. Wood
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16,063 | |||||||
| 44 | Democratic | Thomas G. Courtney | Won re-election. | Democratic | Thomas G. Courtney | 15,601 | |||
| Republican | David Kerr | 10,536 | |||||||
| 46 | Democratic | Eugene Fraise
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Won re-election. | Democratic | Eugene Fraise
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14,668 | |||
| Republican | Doug P. Abolt | 11,088 | |||||||
| 48 | Republican | Jeff Angelo | Republican | Kim Reynolds | 14,274 | ||||
| Democratic | Ruth Smith | 11,653 | |||||||
Independent
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Rodney Schmidt | 1,021 | |||||||
| 50 | Democratic | Michael E. Gronstal
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Won re-election. | Democratic | Michael E. Gronstal
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13,375 | |||
| Republican | Mark A. Brandenburg | 9,740 | |||||||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2008
- Iowa Senate
- Iowa House of Representatives
- Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008
- Iowa General Assembly
- Political party strength in U.S. states
References
- ^ "State of Iowa - Senate Journal - Monday, January 8, 2007". State of Iowa. January 7, 2007. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- Iowa Secretary of State. September 8, 2008. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 22, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
- Iowa Secretary of State. November 21, 2006. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 15, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
- ^ Incumbent listing from "Members of the Iowa Senate: Eighty-Second General Assembly". Iowa General Assembly. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2008.