The 2004 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2004 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts—the 25 even-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle.
The primary election on June 8, 2004, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 2004 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.
On election day in November 2004, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats. To take control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats. The result of the 2004 election was an evenly divided Iowa state Senate, with Democrats netting 4 flips and the resulting balance being 25 seats held both by Democrats and Republicans. As a result, Jeff Lamberti, and Jack Kibbie were deemed co-Senate Presidents for the Republican & Democratic halves, respectively.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Rothenberg | October 1, 2004
Summary of Results NOTE: Only even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for regularly scheduled election in 2004. State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party2nd Kenneth Veenstra Rep Dave Mulder Republican4th Jack Kibbie Dem Jack Kibbie Democratic6th E. Thurman Gaskill Rep E. Thurman Gaskill Republican8th Mark Zieman Rep Mark Zieman Republican10th Donald Redfern Rep Jeff Danielson Democratic12th Kitty Rehberg Rep Brian Schoenjahn Democratic14th Mike Connolly Dem Mike Connolly Democratic16th Julie Hosch Rep Tom Hancock Democratic18th Mary Lundby Rep Mary Lundby Republican20th John Putney Rep John Putney Republican22nd Larry McKibben Rep Larry McKibben Republican24th Jerry Behn Rep Jerry Behn Republican26th Steve Kettering Rep Steve Kettering Republican28th James A. Seymour Rep James A. Seymour Republican30th Pat Ward Rep Pat Ward Republican32nd Jack Holveck Dem Brad Zaun Republican34th Dick Dearden Dem Dick Dearden Democratic36th Paul McKinley Rep Paul McKinley Republican38th Neal Schuerer Rep Tom Rielly Democratic40th Richard F. Drake Rep James F. Hahn Republican42nd Bryan Sievers Rep Frank Wood Democratic44th Thomas G. Courtney Dem Thomas G. Courtney Democratic46th Gene Fraise Dem Gene Fraise Democratic48th Jeff Angelo Rep Jeff Angelo Republican50th Michael Gronstal Dem Michael Gronstal Democratic
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Detailed Results District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46 • District 48 • District 50__NOTOC__ Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).
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District 8
District 10
District 12
District 14
District 16
District 18
District 20
District 22
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 30
District 32
District 34
District 36
District 38
District 40
District 42
District 44
District 46
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2004 Elections in Iowa
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