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2010 Iowa House of Representatives election

The 2010 Iowa House of Representatives election was held on November 2, 2010, to determine which party would control the Iowa House of Representatives for the following two years. All 100 seats were up for election and the primary was held on June 8, 2010. Prior to the election 57 seats were held by Democrats and 43 were held by Republicans. The general election saw the Republicans flip 17 seats, thereby regaining their majority that they had lost following the 2006 election.

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing	Tossup	November 1, 2010

Fourteen incumbents (8 Democrats and 6 Republicans) did not run for re-election in 2010. Those incumbents were:

District 1: Wes Whitead (D) retired.
District 2: Roger Wendt (D) retired.
District 6: Mike May (R) retired.
District 7: Marcella Frevert (D) retired.
District 8: Dolores Mertz (D) retired.
District 14: Mark Kuhn (D) retired.
District 26: Polly Bukta (D) retired.
District 51: Rod Roberts (R) retired.
District 54: Christopher Rants (R) retired.
District 65: Wayne Ford (D) retired.
District 73: Jodi Tymeson (R) retired.
District 74: Kent Sorenson (R) retired.
District 84: Elesha Gayman (D) retired.
District 99: Doug Struyk (R) retired.
District 21: Kerry Burt (D) lost renomination to Anesa Kajtazović.
District 9: McKinley Bailey (D) lost re-election to Stewart Iverson.
District 16: John W. Beard (D) lost re-election to Bob Hager.
District 20: Doris Kelley (D) lost re-election to Walt Rogers.
District 23: Gene Ficken (D) lost re-election to Dan Rasmussen.
District 25: Tom Schueller (D) lost re-election to Brian Moore.
District 31: Ray Zirkelbach (D) lost re-election to Lee Hein.
District 42: Geri Huser (D) lost re-election to Kim Pearson.
District 48: Donovan Olson (D) lost re-election to Chip Baltimore.
District 75: Eric Palmer (D) lost re-election to Guy Vander Linden.
District 80: Nathan Reichert (D) lost re-election to Mark Lofgren.
District 89: Larry Marek (D) lost re-election to Jarad Klein.
District 95: Mike Reasoner (D) lost re-election to Joel Fry.
District 100: Paul Shomshor (D) lost re-election to Mark Brandenburg.

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 48, 0.22% (gain)
District 7, 0.32%
District 18, 0.32%
District 94, 0.76%
District 42, 0.88% (gain)
District 24, 1.16%
District 25, 1.28% (gain)
District 23, 1.90% (gain)
District 81, 2.20%
District 16, 2.36% (gain)
District 41, 2.38%
District 43, 3.06%
District 28, 3.62%
District 49, 3.68%
District 26, 4.62%
District 19, 4.72%
District 29, 5.86%
District 100, 5.90% (gain)
District 75, 6.10% (gain)
District 9, 6.76% (gain)
District 74, 6.80%
District 31, 7.24% (gain)
District 1, 7.30% (gain)
District 20, 7.42% (gain)
District 37, 8.54%
District 15, 8.78%
District 2, 8.84%
District 90, 9.34%
District 86, 9.48%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	4,645	53.65%
	Democratic	4,013	46.35%
8,658	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	3,438	54.42%
	Republican	2,880	45.58%
6,318	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,052	100.0%
9,052	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	11,272	100.0%
11,272	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,769	100.0%
8,769	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,693	100.0%
8,693	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,140	50.16%
	Republican	5,108	49.84%
10,248	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,304	66.06%
	Democratic	3,753	33.94%
11,057	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,498	53.38%
	Democratic	4,801	46.62%
10,299	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,803	62.24%
	Democratic	4,734	37.76%
12,537	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,286	65.04%
	Democratic	3,916	34.96%
11,202	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,246	100.0%
9,246	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,235	60.85%
	Republican	4,011	39.15%
10,246	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,696	61.00%
	Democratic	4,281	39.00%
10,977	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,790	54.39%
	Republican	4,856	45.61%
10,646	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,608	51.18%
	Democratic	5,349	48.82%
10,957	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,066	100.0%
9,066	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,499	50.16%
	Republican	5,463	49.84%
10,962	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,577	52.36%
	Republican	5,075	47.64%
10,652	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,997	53.71%
	Democratic	6,031	46.29%
13,028	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,539	58.84%
	Republican	3,875	41.16%
9,414	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,776	100.0%
5,776	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,596	50.95%
	Democratic	5,388	49.05%
10,984	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,282	50.58%
	Republican	5,160	49.42%
10,442	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,484	50.64%
	Democratic	5,346	49.36%
10,830	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,800	52.31%
	Republican	4,376	47.69%
9,176	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,076	64.14%
	Republican	3,397	35.86%
9,473	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,188	51.81%
	Republican	4,825	48.19%
10,013	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	7,487	52.93%
	Republican	6,658	47.07%
14,145	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	9,924	79.49%
	Libertarian	2,560	20.51%
12,484	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,280	53.62%
	Democratic	5,431	46.38%
11,711	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,919	100.0%
9,919	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,364	63.62%
	Republican	3,067	36.38%
8,431	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,959	58.39%
	Republican	4,246	41.61%
10,205	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	10,652	100.0%
10,652	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	10,574	100.0%
10,574	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,836	54.26%
	Democratic	5,762	45.74%
12,598	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	7,136	83.50%
	Independent	1,410	16.50%
8,546	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,556	100.0%
8,556	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,004	100.0%
9,004	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,869	51.19%
	Republican	5,595	48.81%
11,464	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,975	48.62%
	Democratic	6,849	47.74%
	Independent	522	3.64%
14,346	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,089	51.53%
	Republican	4,786	48.47%
9,875	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,384	68.16%
	Democratic	3,449	31.84%
10,833	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,396	56.47%
	Republican	3,389	43.53%
7,785	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	8,002	56.34%
	Republican	5,850	41.20%
	Libertarian	350	2.46%
14,202	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	13,663	67.10%
	Democratic	6,699	32.90%
20,362	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,384	50.11%
	Democratic	5,361	49.89%
10,745	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,857	51.84%
	Republican	4,512	48.16%
9,369	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,293	100.0%
8,293	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,410	58.70%
	Republican	4,510	41.30%
10,920	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,076	73.64%
	Democratic	2,175	26.36%
8,251	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,902	100.0%
8,902	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,345	66.92%
	Democratic	3,136	33.08%
9,481	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,309	100.0%
7,309	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,854	100.0%
7,854	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,817	100.0%
7,817	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,747	78.82%
	Independent	2,082	21.18%
9,829	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,650	58.13%
	Democratic	5,510	41.87%
13,160	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,761	64.17%
	Democratic	4,333	35.83%
12,094	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	7,943	65.02%
	Republican	4,274	34.98%
12,217	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,661	100.0%
5,661	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,543	64.61%
	Democratic	5,227	35.39%
14,770	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,689	56.66%
	Republican	3,626	30.72%
	Independent	1,490	12.62%
11,805	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,887	67.45%
	Republican	2,358	32.55%
7,245	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,646	100.0%
4,646	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,226	59.87%
	Republican	4,173	40.13%
10,399	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,747	63.46%
	Republican	3,309	36.54%
9,056	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	14,681	100.0%
14,681	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	12,655	100.0%
12,655	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,285	69.48%
	Democratic	3,640	30.52%
11,925	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,264	67.31%
	Democratic	3,528	32.69%
10,792	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,826	64.53%
	Democratic	4,851	35.47%
13,677	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,472	53.40%
	Democratic	6,520	46.60%
13,992	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,015	53.05%
	Democratic	5,324	46.95%
11,339	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,218	65.98%
	Democratic	3,721	34.02%
10,939	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	8,211	100.0%
8,211	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	11,364	100.0%
11,364	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,582	72.52%
	Democratic	2,873	27.48%
10,455	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	5,458	57.62%
	Democratic	4,014	42.38%
9,472	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,397	51.10%
	Republican	5,164	48.90%
10,561	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,609	100.0%
9,609	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,224	100.0%
9,224	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,259	57.21%
	Democratic	4,682	42.79%
10,941	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,826	100.0%
6,826	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	3,342	54.74%
	Republican	2,763	45.26%
6,105	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,163	100.0%
7,163	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,702	58.64%
	Republican	4,022	41.36%
9,724	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,339	53.88%
	Democratic	5,121	43.53%
	Green	305	2.59%
11,765	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	6,183	54.67%
	Republican	5,126	45.33%
11,309	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,642	67.66%
	Democratic	3,175	32.34%
9,817	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	4,955	57.47%
	Republican	3,667	42.53%
8,622	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,350	57.51%
	Republican	3,952	42.49%
9,302	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	5,021	50.38%
	Republican	4,945	49.62%
9,966	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	6,191	56.67%
	Democratic	4,732	43.32%
10,923	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	8,627	100.0%
8,627	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	7,363	100.0%
7,363	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	9,498	100.0%
9,498	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	3,919	55.30%
	Democratic	3,168	44.70%
7,087	100.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	3,699	52.95%
	Democratic	3,287	47.05%
6,986	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

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