2004 Iowa Senate election

2004 Iowa Senate election

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25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jeff Lamberti Michael Gronstal
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 35th 50th
Seats before 29 21
Seats after 25 25
Seat change Decrease4 Increase4

Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

President of the Senate before election

Jeff Lamberti
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Jack Kibbie & Jeff Lamberti[1]
Democratic & Republican, respectively

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.[2] General election results can be obtained here.[3]

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.

  1. ^ "Presidents of the Senate" (PDF). Iowa State Senate. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Primary Election 2004 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "General Election 2004 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.