2006 Iowa House of Representatives election

none July 2026 May 2024 2006 Iowa House of Representatives election Iowa legislative no 2004 Iowa House of Representatives election 2004 2008 Iowa House of Representatives election 2008 All 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives 51 November 7, 2006 x150px Pat Murphy Democratic January 4, 2003 28th district 49 5 54 x150px Christopher Rants Republican January 4, 2003 54th district 51 5 46 2006 Iowa House of Representatives Election.svg 400px #CA0120 Republican gain #0671B0 Democratic gain #F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold Speaker of the House Christopher Rants Republican Pat Murphy Democratic 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.State of Iowa – Senate Journal – Monday, January 8, 2007 http://www.legis.state.ia.us/pubs/startDownload.asp?File=E%3A%5Cwwwroot%5CLegislature%5CPubs%5Csjweb%5CPDF2%5C01%2D08%2D2007%2Epdf&Name=01%2D08%2D2007%2Epdf&Size=289985 2007-01-07 2007-07-05 State of Iowa 1August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 2 House composition 2006 General Elections  Democratic held and uncontested 22  Contested 60  Republican held and uncontested 18  Total 100 2006 Special Election  Contested 1  Total 1 Predictions SourceRankingAs of RothenbergJacobson Louis November 4, 2006 State Legislature Ratings https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/state-legislature-ratings 2024-08-19 www.insideelections.com en | Tossup November 4, 2006 General election results Final results from the Iowa Secretary of State:Official Results Report – Statewide http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf 2006-11-21 2007-07-04 Iowa Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf 2007-07-15 * indicates incumbentMembers of the Iowa House: Eighty-First General Assembly http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/legislators.do;jsessionid=3A086AF1A0DA81F57CE5C111BDB9C7C9?ch=h&1=d&ga=81 2007-07-12 Iowa General Assembly https://web.archive.org/web/20110720111550/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/legislators.do;jsessionid=3A086AF1A0DA81F57CE5C111BDB9C7C9?ch=h&1=d&ga=81 2011-07-20 dead District 1 2006 House District 1 election Democratic Party (United States) Wesley Whitead* 5,079 63.0% Republican Party (United States) Jamie Simmons 2,980 37.0% 8,062 100.0% District 2 2006 House District 2 election Democratic Party (United States) Roger F. Wendt* 4,212 98.9% 4,259 100.0% District 3 2006 House District 3 election Republican Party (United States) Chuck Soderberg* 7,806 99.8% 7,825 100.0% District 4 2006 House District 4 election Republican Party (United States) Dwayne Alons* 9,743 99.7% 9,768 100.0% District 5 2006 House District 5 election Republican Party (United States) Royd E. Chambers* 7,736 81.6% 9,484 100.0% District 6 2006 House District 6 election Republican Party (United States) Mike May* 8,281 73.1% 11,331 100.0% District 7 2006 House District 7 election Democratic Party (United States) Marcella R. Frevert* 7,335 74.2% 9,880 100.0% District 8 2006 House District 8 election Democratic Party (United States) Dolores M. Mertz* 8,142 75.5% 10,783 100.0% District 9 2006 House District 9 election Democratic Party (United States) McKinley Bailey 5,685 54.7% Republican Party (United States) George Eichhorn* 4,610 44.3% 10,396 100.0% District 10 2006 House District 10 election Republican Party (United States) Dave Deyoe 6,358 52.5% Democratic Party (United States) Susan R. Radke 5,678 46.9% 12,103 100.0% District 11 2006 House District 11 election Republican Party (United States) Henry V. Rayhons* 5,933 55.1% Democratic Party (United States) Ann Fairchild 4,388 40.8% 10,768 100.0% District 12 2006 House District 12 election Republican Party (United States) Linda Upmeyer* 8,014 79.7% 10,051 100.0% District 13 2006 House District 13 election Republican Party (United States) Bill Schickel* 5,433 51.0% Democratic Party (United States) Alan Steckman 4,616 43.4% Independent Gary van Horn 540 5.1% 10,644 100.0% District 14 2006 House District 14 election Democratic Party (United States) Mark A. Kuhn* 8,154 75.3% Independent Darwin J. Rieman 1,338 12.4% 10,829 100.0% District 15 2006 House District 15 election Democratic Party (United States) Brian J. Quirk* 7,147 67.7% Republican Party (United States) David Kraft 3,184 30.2% 10,556 100.0% District 16 2006 House District 16 election Republican Party (United States) Chuck Gipp* 5,782 59.3% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Hansen 3,960 40.6% 9,747 100.0% District 17 2006 House District 17 election Republican Party (United States) Pat Grassley 6,553 55.5% Democratic Party (United States) Alek Wipperman 5,039 42.7% 11,798 100.0% District 18 2006 House District 18 election Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Wenthe 6,160 56.0% Republican Party (United States) David Lalk* 4,783 43.5% 11,004 100.0% District 19 2006 House District 19 election Democratic Party (United States) Bob Kressig* 5,174 50.5% Republican Party (United States) Matt Reisetter 5,065 49.4% 10,243 100.0% District 20 2006 House District 20 election Democratic Party (United States) Doris J. Kelley 6,344 51.5% Republican Party (United States) David Wieland 5,947 48.3% 12,308 100.0% District 21 2006 House District 21 election Republican Party (United States) Tami Wiencek 4,802 51.5% Democratic Party (United States) Don Shoultz* 4,504 48.3% 9,318 100.0% District 22 2006 House District 22 election Democratic Party (United States) Deborah L. Berry* 5,985 77.1% Republican Party (United States) Michael Anthony 1,759 22.6% 7,767 100.0% District 23 2006 House District 23 election Republican Party (United States) Dan Rasmussen* 5,716 51.4% Democratic Party (United States) Pete McRoberts 5,217 46.9% 11,131 100.0% District 24 2006 House District 24 election Democratic Party (United States) Roger Thomas* 7,820 99.5% 7,858 100.0% District 25 2006 House District 25 election Democratic Party (United States) Thomas J. Schueller* 6,355 59.9% Republican Party (United States) David Bevan Kendell 3,971 37.7% 10,606 100.0% District 26 2006 House District 26 election Democratic Party (United States) Polly Bukta* 5,536 59.6% Republican Party (United States) Lester A. Shields 3,595 38.7% 9,281 100.0% District 27 2006 House District 27 election Democratic Party (United States) Pam Jochum* 7,405 70.7% Republican Party (United States) John Hulsizer, Jr. 2,739 26.1% 10,477 100.0% District 28 2006 House District 28 election Democratic Party (United States) Pat Murphy* 7,417 72.5% 10,231 100.0% District 29 2006 House District 29 election Democratic Party (United States) Ro Foege* 8,055 59.9% Republican Party (United States) Emma Nemecek 5,145 38.3% 13,442 100.0% District 30 2006 House District 30 election Democratic Party (United States) Dave Jacoby* 9,639 74.3% 12,981 100.0% District 31 2006 House District 31 election Democratic Party (United States) Raymond Zirkelbach* 8,447 74.4% 11,352 100.0% District 32 2006 House District 32 election Republican Party (United States) Steven F. Lukan* 8,183 66.5% Democratic Party (United States) Tom Avenarius 3,913 31.8% 12,313 100.0% District 33 2006 House District 33 election Democratic Party (United States) Dick Taylor* 6,760 99.5% 6,796 100.0% District 34 2006 House District 34 election Democratic Party (United States) Todd Taylor* 7,312 66.9% Republican Party (United States) David Gochenouer 3,608 33.0% 10,929 100.0% District 35 2006 House District 35 election Republican Party (United States) Kraig Paulsen* 7,083 53.8% Democratic Party (United States) Jan Kvach 6,085 46.2% 13,174 100.0% District 36 2006 House District 36 election Democratic Party (United States) Swati A. Dandekar* 6,987 52.6% Republican Party (United States) Nick Wagner 6,302 47.4% 13,293 100.0% District 37 2006 House District 37 election Democratic Party (United States) Art Staed 6,462 51.4% Republican Party (United States) Andy Anderson 6,097 48.5% 12,569 100.0% District 38 2006 House District 38 election Democratic Party (United States) Tyler Olson 7,148 64.7% Republican Party (United States) Don Palmer 3,894 35.3% 11,045 100.0% District 39 2006 House District 39 election Democratic Party (United States) Dawn Pettengill* 6,365 56.3% Republican Party (United States) Connie Jacobsen 4,759 42.1% 11,296 100.0% District 40 2006 House District 40 election Republican Party (United States) Lance J. Horbach* 6,249 54.8% Democratic Party (United States) Sharon Owens 4,994 43.8% 11,404 100.0% District 41 2006 House District 41 election Democratic Party (United States) Paul Bell* 7,303 63.4% Republican Party (United States) Adam Vandall 4,215 36.6% 11,524 100.0% District 42 2006 House District 42 election Democratic Party (United States) Geri Huser* 8,493 98.0% 8,663 100.0% District 43 2006 House District 43 election Democratic Party (United States) Mark Smith* 7,097 73.4% 9,664 100.0% District 44 2006 House District 44 election Republican Party (United States) Polly Granzow* 5,559 50.4% Democratic Party (United States) Tim Hoy 5,298 48.0% 11,027 100.0% District 45 2006 House District 45 election Democratic Party (United States) Beth Wessel-Kroeschell* 5,473 98.7% 5,544 100.0% District 46 2006 House District 46 election Democratic Party (United States) Lisa Heddens* 8,371 63.3% Republican Party (United States) John E. Griswold 4,508 34.1% Libertarian Party (United States) Eric Cooper 345 2.6% 13,227 100.0% District 47 2006 House District 47 election Republican Party (United States) Ralph Watts* 8,313 51.7% Democratic Party (United States) Russ Wiesley 7,242 45.0% 16,093 100.0% District 48 2006 House District 48 election Democratic Party (United States) Donovan Olson* 6,145 61.2% Republican Party (United States) Charles Braun 3,856 38.4% 10,046 100.0% District 49 2006 House District 49 election Democratic Party (United States) Helen Miller* 7,709 79.2% 9,732 100.0% District 50 2006 House District 50 election Republican Party (United States) David A. Tjepkes* 5,493 54.5% Democratic Party (United States) Lynne R. Gentry 4,351 43.2% 10,073 100.0% District 51 2006 House District 51 election Republican Party (United States) Rod Roberts* 6,564 91.6% 7,167 100.0% District 52 2006 House District 52 election Republican Party (United States) Mary Lou Freeman* 0 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 http://www.ourcampaigns.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=30119 2006-09-06 2007-07-09 www.ourcampaigns.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120433/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=30119 2007-09-29 dead Republicans Hold Onto Iowa House Seat http://www.kcci.com/politics/10534608/detail.html 2006-12-14 2007-07-09 KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200824/http://www.kcci.com/politics/10534608/detail.html 2007-09-27 100.0% 0 100.0% District 53 2006 House District 53 election Republican Party (United States) Dan Huseman* 7,465 99.6% 7,494 100.0% District 54 2006 House District 54 election Republican Party (United States) Christopher Rants* 5,959 97.2% 6,129 100.0% District 55 2006 House District 55 election Republican Party (United States) Clarence C. Hoffman* 6,297 77.0% 8,177 100.0% District 56 2006 House District 56 election Republican Party (United States) Matt W. Windschitl 4,993 50.3% Democratic Party (United States) Nancy Bleth 4,436 45.3% 9,803 100.0% District 57 2006 House District 57 election Republican Party (United States) Jack Drake* 7,255 73.5% 9,870 100.0% District 58 2006 House District 58 election Republican Party (United States) Clel Baudler* 7,428 86.3% 8,611 100.0% District 59 2006 House District 59 election Republican Party (United States) Dan Clute 7,250 57.8% Democratic Party (United States) Jim Sammler 5,293 42.2% 12,554 100.0% District 60 2006 House District 60 election Republican Party (United States) Libby Jacobs* 7,849 98.2% 7,990 100.0% District 61 2006 House District 61 election Democratic Party (United States) Jo Oldson* 7,893 66.6% Republican Party (United States) David Payer 3,945 33.3% 11,852 100.0% District 62 2006 House District 62 election Democratic Party (United States) Bruce Hunter* 6,040 98.8% 6,112 100.0% District 63 2006 House District 63 election Republican Party (United States) Scott Raecker* 9,607 98.5% 9,755 100.0% District 64 2006 House District 64 election Democratic Party (United States) Janet Petersen* 8,561 98.5% 8,690 100.0% District 65 2006 House District 65 election Democratic Party (United States) Wayne W. Ford* 5,405 98.0% 5,514 100.0% District 66 2006 House District 66 election Democratic Party (United States) Ako Abdul-Samad 3,459 61.0% Republican Party (United States) Jack Whitver 1,566 27.6% Independent Jeff Johannsen 398 7.0% Libertarian Party (United States) Brett Blanchfield 225 4.0% 5,672 100.0% District 67 2006 House District 67 election Democratic Party (United States) Kevin McCarthy* 5,656 60.6% Republican Party (United States) Steven Inman 3,191 34.2% Independent Brian McLain 487 5.2% 9,339 100.0% District 68 2006 House District 68 election Democratic Party (United States) Rick L. Olson* 6,472 98.4% 6,577 100.0% District 69 2006 House District 69 election Republican Party (United States) Walt Tomenga* 8,758 55.2% Democratic Party (United States) John Calhoun 7,108 44.8% 15,876 100.0% District 70 2006 House District 70 election Republican Party (United States) Carmine Boal* 10,945 98.1% 11,156 100.0% District 71 2006 House District election Republican Party (United States) Jim Van Engelenhoven* 6,587 57.3% Democratic Party (United States) Catherine Haustein 4,271 37.2% Independent Steve Woody Fisher 324 2.8% 11,490 100.0% District 72 2006 House District 72 election Republican Party (United States) Richard D. Arnold* 6,117 59.9% Democratic Party (United States) Buzz Malone 3,833 37.6% 10,206 100.0% District 73 2006 House District 73 election Republican Party (United States) Jodi Tymeson* 7,523 58.3% Democratic Party (United States) Maxine R. Bussanmas 5,084 39.4% 12,899 100.0% District 74 2006 House District 74 election Democratic Party (United States) Mark Davitt* 6,439 51.4% Republican Party (United States) Doug Shull 5,802 46.3% 12,531 100.0% District 75 2006 House District 75 election Democratic Party (United States) Eric J. Palmer 5,728 52.7% Republican Party (United States) Danny Carroll* 5,037 46.3% 10,869 100.0% District 76 2006 House District 76 election Republican Party (United States) Betty R. De Boef* 5,819 53.5% Democratic Party (United States) Christopher L. Montross 4,598 42.3% 10,871 100.0% District 77 2006 House District 77 election Democratic Party (United States) Mary Mascher* 6,236 79.7% 7,823 100.0% District 78 2006 House District 78 election Democratic Party (United States) Vicki Lensing* 11,000 80.5% 13,669 100.0% District 79 2006 House District 79 election Republican Party (United States) Jeff Kaufmann* 6,311 62.5% Democratic Party (United States) Clara Oleson 3,745 37.1% 10,101 100.0% District 80 2006 House District 80 election Democratic Party (United States) Nathan K. Reichert* 5,245 59.9% Republican Party (United States) R. Greg Orr 3,421 39.0% 8,761 100.0% District 81 2006 House District 81 election Republican Party (United States) Jamie Van Fossen* 5,501 51.1% Democratic Party (United States) Lauren M. Phelps 4,934 45.9% 10,760 100.0% District 82 2006 House District 82 election Republican Party (United States) Linda J. Miller 6,931 54.1% Independent Joe Hutter*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 http://www.northscottpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&subsectionID=66&articleID=1312 2006-01-11 2007-07-12 The North Scott Press https://web.archive.org/web/20110714195604/http://www.northscottpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&subsectionID=66&articleID=1312 2011-07-14 dead 3,307 25.8% 12,818 100.0% District 83 2006 House District 83 election Republican Party (United States) Steven Olson* 6,488 56.5% Democratic Party (United States) Reg. Kauffman 4,621 40.3% 11,477 100.0% District 84 2006 House District 84 election Democratic Party (United States) Elesha Gayman 5,429 50.1% Republican Party (United States) Jim Van Fossen* 5,156 47.6% 10,839 100.0% District 85 2006 House District 85 election Democratic Party (United States) Jim Lykam* 5,623 54.3% Republican Party (United States) Roby Smith 4,515 43.6% 10,355 100.0% District 86 2006 House District 86 election Democratic Party (United States) Cindy L. Winckler* 4,598 69.1% Republican Party (United States) Susie Bell 1,792 26.9% 6,657 100.0% District 87 2006 House District 87 election Republican Party (United States) Thomas R. Sands* 5,118 55.0% Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Hoth 4,148 44.5% 9,312 100.0% District 88 2006 House District 88 election Democratic Party (United States) Dennis M. Cohoon* 7,201 99.3% 7,251 100.0% District 89 2006 House District 89 election Republican Party (United States) Sandra H. Greiner* 5,756 54.9% Democratic Party (United States) Mark Nolte 4,606 43.9% 10,488 100.0% District 90 2006 House District 90 election Democratic Party (United States) John Whitaker* 7,827 78.9% 9,919 100.0% District 91 2006 House District 91 election Republican Party (United States) Dave Heaton* 6,726 71.9% 9,355 100.0% District 92 2006 House District 92 election Democratic Party (United States) Philip Wise* 6,532 74.7% 8,746 100.0% District 93 2006 House District 93 election Democratic Party (United States) Mary Gaskill* 7,210 99.1% 7,273 100.0% District 94 2006 House District 94 election Democratic Party (United States) Kurt Swaim* 6,052 64.1% Republican Party (United States) Kevin Wiskus 3,377 35.8% 9,436 100.0% District 95 2006 House District 95 election Democratic Party (United States) Michael J. Reasoner* 6,316 63.6% Republican Party (United States) George Barber 3,499 35.2% 9,934 100.0% District 96 2006 House District 96 election Republican Party (United States) Cecil Dolecheck* 7,312 99.2% 7,374 100.0% District 97 2006 House District 97 election Republican Party (United States) Rich Anderson* 6,464 94.7% 6,825 100.0% District 98 2006 House District 98 election Republican Party (United States) Greg Forristall 6,570 60.7% Democratic Party (United States) Sally Vitamvas 3,858 35.7% 10,817 100.0% District 99 2006 House District 99 election Republican Party (United States) Doug L. Struyk* 3,466 53.0% Democratic Party (United States) Will Reger 2,926 44.7% 6,539 100.0% District 100 2006 House District 100 election Democratic Party (United States) Paul Shomshor* 3,568 51.8% Republican Party (United States) Scott A. Bell 3,211 46.6% 6,890 100.0% Special election results Final results from KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines:Republicans Hold Onto Iowa House Seat http://www.kcci.com/politics/10534608/detail.html 2006-12-14 2007-07-09 KCCI Channel 8 – Des Moines dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200824/http://www.kcci.com/politics/10534608/detail.html 2007-09-27 District 52 2006 House District 52 special election Republican Party (United States) Gary Worthan 2,003 Democratic Party (United States) Kate Logan 791 See also Iowa Senate Iowa House of Representatives Iowa Senate elections, 2006 Iowa General Assembly Political party strength in U.S. states References Category:2006 Iowa elections Category:Iowa House of Representatives elections Iowa