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.
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Retirements 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.
Incumbents defeated In primary District 21: Kerry Burt (D) lost renomination to Anesa Kajtazović. In the general election 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.
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