2006 Iowa Senate election

Iowa State Senate elections, 2006

← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →

25 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jack Kibbie Jeff Lamberti
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 4th 35th
(retired)
Last election 25 25
Seats before 25 25
Seats after 30 20
Seat change Increase5 Decrease5

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

President(s) of the Senate before election

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

Elected President(s) of the Senate

Jack Kibbie
Democratic

The 2006 Iowa Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. The Senate seats for the twenty-five odd-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered such that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms. Prior to the election, the Senate was evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Following the election, the Democrats were in the majority - this marked the first time in 42 years that the Democrats had controlled both branches of the Iowa General Assembly and the Governor's Office.[2]

  1. ^ "Presidents of the Senate" (PDF). Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 4, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "State of Iowa - Senate Journal - Monday, January 8, 2007". State of Iowa. January 7, 2007. p. 1. Retrieved July 5, 2007.[permanent dead link]