Iowa 2012 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Iowa held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 126 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Divided government held: Senate Democrats kept their majority at 26-24, and Democrats gained ground in the House, trimming the Republican majority to 53-47.
The Senate fight came down to a handful of seats on the new maps:
- Redistricting pitted two senators against each other in Senate District 26, where Mary Jo Wilhelm (D) beat Merlin Bartz (R) by about 130 votes.
- Chris Brase (D) defeated a Republican incumbent, Shawn Hamerlinck (R), by about 7 points in Senate District 46.
- Michael Breitbach (R) held on after a recount in the open Senate District 28, beating John Beard (D) by fewer than 20 votes.
In all, 8 legislators lost in November, all but one of them Republicans; besides the Senate races above:
- Chris Hall (D) beat fellow Rep. Jeremy Taylor (R) by about 7 points in House District 13.
- Art Staed (D) beat Renee Schulte (R) by about 10 points in House District 66.
- Frank Wood (D) beat Ross Paustian (R) by about 5 points in House District 92.
- Patti Ruff (D) beat Bob Hager (R) by about 300 votes in House District 56.
- Daniel Lundby (D) beat Nick Wagner (R) by about 120 votes in House District 68.
- The lone Democrat to lose, John Wittneben (D), fell to Tedd Gassman (R) by fewer than 50 votes in House District 7.
Democrats otherwise lost most of the closest races, including House District 43, where Chris Hagenow (R) held on by about 20 votes after Susan Judkins (D) halted a recount and conceded.
Voters retained Justice David Wiggins on the Iowa Supreme Court despite a campaign against him by The Family Leader; Wiggins had joined the 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.

Legislature

House (100 seats): 40 D, 60 R before the election, 47 D, 53 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (50 seats): 26 D, 24 R before the election, 26 D, 23 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Jeff Smith (R) 99.23%	Unopposed
House 2	Megan Jones (R) 56.48%	Steve Bomgaars (D) 43.43%
House 3	Daniel Huseman (R) 99.62%	Unopposed
House 4	Dwayne Alons (R) 99.6%	Unopposed
House 5	Chuck Soderberg (R) 99.35%	Unopposed
House 6	Ron Jorgensen (R) 97.81%	Unopposed
House 7	Tedd Gassman (R) 50.08%	John Wittneben (D) 49.8%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 8	Henry Vincent Rayhons (R) 98.86%	Unopposed
House 9	Helen Miller (D) 60.58%	Matt Alcazar (R) 39.31%
House 10	Tom W. Shaw (R) 98.59%	Unopposed
House 11	Gary Worthan (R) 98.75%	Unopposed
House 12	Dan Muhlbauer (D) 61.02%	Barney Bornhoft (R) 38.92%
House 13	Chris Hall (D) 53.24%	Jeremy Taylor (R) 46.64%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 14	David Alan Dawson (D) 59.43%	Greg Grupp (R) 40.36%
House 15	Mark A. Brandenburg (R) 52.01%	George Warren Yaple (D) 47.82%
House 16	Mary Ann Hanusa (R) 57.11%	Heidi Guggisberg-C oners (D) 42.68%
House 17	Matt Windschitl (R) 98.73%	Unopposed
House 18	Jason Schultz (R) 65.19%	Kasey Friedrichsen (D) 34.4%
House 19	Ralph Watts (R) 58.49%	Kenneth P. Herring (D) 41.38%
House 20	Clel Baudler (R) 57.84%	Greg Nepstad (D) 41.96%
House 21	Jack Drake (R) 56.85%	John Rose (D) 43.02%
House 22	Greg Forristall (R) 98.34%	Unopposed
House 23	Mark Costello (R) 98.97%	Unopposed
House 24	Cecil Dolecheck (R) 99.23%	Unopposed
House 25	Julian Garrett (R) 54.76%	Katie Routh (D) 45.15%
House 26	Scott Ourth (D) 51.97%	Steve McCoy (R) 47.7%
House 27	Joel Fry (R) 67.34%	Ruth Eileen Smith (I) 32.54%
House 28	Greg T. Heartsill (R) 55.48%	Megan Suhr (D) 44.46%
House 29	Dan Kelley (D) 62.29%	Gabe Swersie (R) 37.55%
House 30	Joe Riding (D) 52.03%	Jim Carley (R) 47.76%
House 31	Rick Olson (D) 97.51%	Unopposed
House 32	Ruth Ann Gaines (D) 72.11%	Joe Corbin (R) 27.77%
House 33	Kevin McCarthy (D) 72.44%	Daniel G. LeRette (R) 27.28%
House 34	Bruce L. Hunter (D) 65.48%	Patti Branco (R) 34.24%
House 35	Ako Abdul-Samad (D) 73.17%	Terrance Williams (R) 26.58%
House 36	Marti Anderson (D) 67.74%	Jeff Ibbotson (R) 32.01%
House 37	John Landon (R) 74.84%	N. John Boehm (I) 24.39%
House 38	Kevin Koester (R) 52.41%	John Phoenix (D) 43.17%, Brett Nelson (I) 4.31%
House 39	Jake Highfill (R) 52.05%	Kelsey Clark (D) 47.8%
House 40	John Forbes (D) 53.07%	Mike Brown (R) 46.84%
House 41	Jo Oldson (D) 70.26%	Clarke Davidson (R) 29.46%
House 42	Peter Cownie (R) 56.56%	Mike McRae (D) 43.34%
House 43	Chris Hagenow (R) 50.02%	Susan Judkins (D) 49.89%
House 44	Rob Taylor (R) 58.19%	Eric Brenneman (D) 41.72%
House 45	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) 59.2%	Dane Nealson (R) 34.58%, Eric Cooper (L) 6.04%
House 46	Lisa Heddens (D) 62.77%	Stephen Quist (R) 37.03%
House 47	Chip Baltimore (R) 52.39%	Donovan Olson (D) 47.52%
House 48	Robert Bacon (R) 55.14%	Becky Perkovich (D) 44.77%
House 49	Dave Deyoe (R) 59.77%	Kevin Ericson (D) 40.13%
House 50	Pat Grassley (R) 97.68%	Unopposed
House 51	Josh Byrnes (R) 64.55%	Eric S. Hungerford (D) 35.38%
House 52	Brian J. Quirk (D) 71.33%	Craig A. Clark (I) 28.57%
House 53	Sharon Steckman (D) 97.91%	Unopposed
House 54	Linda Upmeyer (R) 98.78%	Unopposed
House 55	Roger Thomas (D) 50.6%	Mike Klimesh (R) 49.33%
House 56	Patti Ruff (D) 51.01%	Bob Hager (R) 48.88%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 57	Nancy A. Dunkel (D) 98.13%	Unopposed
House 58	Brian S. Moore (R) 51.28%	Tom Schueller (D) 48.61%
House 59	Bob Kressig (D) 56.9%	James R. Kenyon (R) 42.99%
House 60	Walt Rogers (R) 51.9%	Bob Greenwood (D) 48.03%
House 61	Anesa Kajtazovic (D) 70.19%	Lyn Tackett (R) 29.7%
House 62	Deborah L. Berry (D) 87.04%	Chad Folken (I) 12.77%
House 63	Sandy Salmon (R) 50.32%	Bill Heckroth (D) 49.62%
House 64	Bruce Bearinger (D) 65.39%	Jim Givant (R) 34.49%
House 65	Tyler Olson (D) 98.52%	Unopposed
House 66	Art Staed (D) 54.99%	Renee Schulte (R) 44.86%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 67	Kraig Paulsen (R) 52.78%	Mark J. Seidl (D) 47.14%
House 68	Daniel Lundby (D) 50.29%	Nick Wagner (R) 49.59%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 69	Kirsten Running-Marq uardt (D) 98.57%	Unopposed
House 70	Todd Taylor (D) 63.79%	Lance Lefebure (R) 36.07%
House 71	Mark Smith (D) 59.25%	Allen Burt (R) 40.68%
House 72	Dean Fisher (R) 50.65%	Nathan Wrage (D) 49.24%
House 73	Bobby Kaufmann (R) 56.27%	Dick Schwab (D) 43.54%
House 74	Dave Jacoby (D) 98.19%	Unopposed
House 75	Dawn Pettengill (R) 58.54%	Sandra K. Cronbaugh (D) 41.38%
House 76	David Maxwell (R) 52.59%	Rachel Bly (D) 47.33%
House 77	Sally Stutsman (D) 59.83%	Steve Sherman (R) 40.11%
House 78	Jarad Klein (R) 98.28%	Unopposed
House 79	Guy Vander Linden (R) 71.98%	Chris Wilson (D) 27.83%
House 80	Larry Sheets (R) 50.32%	Joseph Judge (D) 49.56%
House 81	Mary Gaskill (D) 59.8%	Blake Smith (R) 40.03%
House 82	Curt Hanson (D) 58.94%	James F. Johnson (R) 40.95%
House 83	Jerry Kearns (D) 63.62%	James Steffen (R) 36.18%
House 84	Dave Heaton (R) 98.51%	Unopposed
House 85	Vicki Lensing (D) 98.38%	Unopposed
House 86	Mary Mascher (D) 98.29%	Unopposed
House 87	Dennis Cohoon (D) 47.16%	Dan Cahill (I) 35.78%, Andrew Wilson (R) 17.02%
House 88	Tom Sands (R) 53.44%	Sara Sedlacek (D) 46.38%
House 89	Jim Lykam (D) 67.38%	Bill Edmond (R) 32.48%
House 90	Cindy Winckler (D) 73.19%	Ryan Roberson (R) 21.92%, Mark J. Riley (I) 4.78%
House 91	Mark Lofgren (R) 53.2%	John Dabeet (D) 46.65%
House 92	Frank B. Wood (D) 52.34%	Ross Paustian (R) 47.56%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 93	Phyllis Thede (D) 56.52%	Mark Nelson (R) 43.38%
House 94	Linda J. Miller (R) 55.36%	Maria Bribriesco (D) 44.56%
House 95	Quentin Stanerson (R) 50.57%	Kristin Keast (D) 49.37%
House 96	Lee Hein (R) 98.27%	Unopposed
House 97	Steven N. Olson (R) 60.52%	Ted Whisler (D) 39.42%
House 98	Mary Wolfe (D) 76.16%	Carolyn Grimes (I) 23.71%
House 99	Pat Murphy (D) 59.64%	Paul Kern (R) 40.29%
House 100	Charles Isenhart (D) 98.05%	Unopposed
Senate 2	Randy Feenstra (R) 99.63%	Unopposed
Senate 4	Dennis Guth (R) 52.81%	Bob Jennings (D) 47.1%
Senate 6	Mark Segebart (R) 57.02%	Mary C. Bruner (D) 42.91%
Senate 8	Michael E. Gronstal (D) 55.25%	Al Ringgenberg (R) 44.6%
Senate 10	Jake Chapman (R) 97.92%	Unopposed
Senate 12	Joni K. Ernst (R) 99.06%	Unopposed
Senate 14	Amy Sinclair (R) 60.83%	Dick Schrad (D) 39.08%
Senate 16	Dick L. Dearden (D) 65.37%	David Scott Edwards (R) 34.46%
Senate 18	Janet Petersen (D) 69.01%	Vicki Stogdill (R) 30.78%
Senate 20	Brad Zaun (R) 96.06%	Unopposed
Senate 22	Pat Ward (R) 56.35%	Desmund Adams (D) 43.23%
Senate 24	Jerry Behn (R) 54.75%	Shelly Stotts (D) 45.15%
Senate 26	Mary Jo Wilhelm (D) 50.17%	Merlin Bartz (R) 49.77%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 28	Michael Breitbach (R) 49.99%	John W. Beard (D) 49.94%
Senate 30	Jeff Danielson (D) 50.99%	Matt Reisetter (R) 48.94%
Senate 32	Brian Schoenjahn (D) 53.2%	Elliott Henderson (R) 46.71%
Senate 34	Liz Mathis (D) 61.2%	Ryan Flood (R) 38.73%
Senate 36	Steven Sodders (D) 54.02%	Jane A. Jech (R) 45.87%
Senate 38	Tim Kapucian (R) 54.74%	Shelley Parbs (D) 45.19%
Senate 40	Ken Rozenboom (R) 60.12%	Tim Tripp (D) 39.8%
Senate 42	Rich Taylor (D) 50.59%	Larry W. Kruse (R) 44.62%, Michael Garmoe (I) 4.69%
Senate 44	Thomas Courtney (D) 56.9%	Brad Bourn (R) 42.94%
Senate 46	Chris Brase (D) 53.3%	Shawn Hamerlinck (R) 46.58%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 48	Dan Zumbach (R) 50.84%	Nate Willems (D) 49.11%
Senate 49	Rita Hart (D) 54.56%	Andrew Naeve (R) 45.39%
Senate 50	Pam Jochum (D) 67.94%	William Johnson (R) 31.97%

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