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2016 Iowa House of Representatives election
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All 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Linda Upmeyer Mark Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 14, 2016 August 10, 2013
Leader's seat 54th district 71st district
Last election 57 43
Seats won 59 41
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Speaker of the House before election

Linda Upmeyer
Republican

Elected Speaker of the House

Linda Upmeyer
Republican

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The 2016 Iowa House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2016. The members of the Iowa House are up for election in every two years, and the winners of the 2016 elections will serve in the 87th General Assembly. Republican Party retained its majority in the House.[1]

General result

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Party composition[2]
Party Seats Change
Republican 59 Increase2
Democrat 41 Decrease2
Total 100

General election

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The election results for each of the districts were organized in the following table:[3]

District Party Incumbent Status Party Candidate Votes %
1 Republican John Wills Re-elected Republican John Wills 14,627 82.74
2 Republican Megan Hess Re-elected Republican Megan Hess 12,756 80.09
3 Republican Dan Huseman Re-elected Republican Dan Huseman 12,096 76.10
Democratic Mason McCoy 2,848 17.92
4 Republican Dwayne Alons Deceased Republican Skyler Wheeler 9,815 58.85
Independent Jeff VanDerWerff 5,838 35.01
5 Republican Chuck Soderberg Did not run Republican Chuck Holz 11,774 73.02
Democratic Patrick Ritz 3,445 21.36
6 Republican Ron Jorgensen Did not run Republican Jim Carlin 9,655 61.66
Democratic Perla Alarcon-Flory 5,086 32.48
7 Republican Tedd Gassman Re-elected Republican Tedd Gassman 9,665 60.96
Democratic Dave Grussing 5,608 35.37
8 Republican Terry Baxter Re-elected Republican Terry Baxter 10,078 64.66
Democratic Nancy Huisinga 4,701 30.16
9 Democratic Helen Miller Re-elected Democratic Helen Miller 7,461 54.87
Republican Gary Waechter 5,562 40.90
10 Republican Mike Sexton Re-elected Republican Mike Sexton 13,063 81.07
11 Republican Gary Worthan Re-elected Republican Gary Worthan 8,279 60.71
Democratic Sara Huddleston 4,475 32.81
12 Republican Brian Best Re-elected Republican Brian Best 10,349 64.70
Democratic Ken Myers 4,369 27.31
13 Democratic Chris Hall Re-elected Democratic Chris Hall 7,027 59.24
Republican Shaun Broyhill 4,365 36.80
14 Democratic David Dawson Did not run Democratic Tim Kacena 5,365 48.28
Republican Robert Henderson 5,126 46.13
15 Democratic Charlie McConkey Re-elected Democratic Charlie McConkey 5,424 48.43
Republican Bill Riley 5,056 45.15
16 Republican Mary Ann Hanusa Re-elected Republican Mary Ann Hanusa 6,847 54.02
Democratic Steve Gorman 5,120 40.40
17 Republican Matt Windschitl Re-elected Republican Matt Windschitl 10,712 69.20
Democratic Jan Creasman 3,866 24.94
18 Republican Steven Holt Re-elected Republican Steven Holt 10,603 74.53
19 Republican Ralph Watts Re-elected Republican Ralph Watts 10,393 56.72
Democratic Bryce Smith 6,597 36.00
20 Republican Clel Baudler Re-elected Republican Clel Baudler 7,204 50.50
Democratic Scott Heldt 4,006 28.08
Libertarian Bob Boyle 1,498 10,50
Independent Ryan Ketelsen 985 6.90
21 Republican Jack Drake Deceased Republican Tom Moore 11,716 76.95
22 Republican Greg Forristall Re-elected Republican Greg Forristall 14,015 18,182
23 Republican Mark Costello Ran for Iowa Senate Republican David Sieck 10,068 66.74
Democratic Craig Florian 4,061 26.92
24 Republican Cecil Dolecheck Re-elected Republican Cecil Dolecheck 11,702 81.49
25 Republican Stan Gustafson Re-elected Republican Stan Gustafson 11,280 61.74
Democratic Justin Knight 5,850 32.02
26 Democratic Scott Ourth Re-elected Democratic Scott Ourth 9,122 51.95
Republican Rebel Snodgrass 7,769 44.25
27 Republican Joel Fry Re-elected Republican Joel Fry 9,478 66.87
Democratic Rich Higdon 3,885 27.41
28 Republican Greg Heartsill Re-elected Republican Greg Heartsill 9,593 62.30
Democratic Martin Duffy 5,230 33.97
29 Democratic Dan Kelley Lost in primary Democratic Wes Breckenridge 7,903 49.51
Republican Patrick Payton 5,831 36.53
Other Dan Kelley 1,758 11.01
30 Republican Zach Nunn Re-elected Republican Zach Nunn 11,442 59.82
Democratic Joe Riding 6,999 36.59
31 Democratic Rick Olson Re-elected Democratic Rick Olson 7,160 51.63
Republican Matt Christoffersen 5,027 36.25
Libertarian Joe Gleason 794 5.72
32 Democratic Ruth Ann Gaines Re-elected Democratic Ruth Ann Gaines 7,142 63.90
Republican Bill Charlier 2,920 26.13
Libertarian Seth Bartmess 466 4.17
33 Democratic Brian Meyer Re-elected Democratic Brian Meyer 7,785 62.13
Libertarian Jeremy Tomlinson 2,373 18.94
34 Democratic Bruce Hunter Re-elected Democratic Bruce Hunter 9,677 70.58
35 Democratic Ako Abdul-Samad Re-elected Democratic Ako Abdul-Samad 6,458 64.72
Libertarian Jocelyn Fry 2,057 20.61
36 Democratic Marti Anderson Re-elected Democratic Marti Anderson 10,348 59.66
Republican Scott Miller 5,853 33.74
37 Republican John Landon Re-elected Republican John Landon 12,059 53.73
Democratic Andrea Phillips 8,954 39.89
38 Republican Kevin Koester Re-elected Republican Kevin Koester 8,793 49.74
Democratic Heather Matson 7,264 41.09
Libertarian Jeffrey Meyers 610 3.45
Independent Brett Nelson 183 1.04
39 Republican Jake Highfill Re-elected Republican Jake Highfill 11,492 53.49
Democratic Maridith Morris 8,549 39.79
40 Democratic John Forbes Re-elected Democratic John Forbes 9,660 53.91
Republican Scott Reed 7,332 40.92
41 Democratic Jo Oldson Re-elected Democratic Jo Oldson 13,363 74.85
42 Republican Peter Cownie Re-elected Republican Peter Cownie 9,065 51.16
Democratic Claire Celsi 7,948 44.85
43 Republican Chris Hagenow Re-elected Republican Chris Hagenow 8,809 49.41
Democratic Jennifer Konfrst 8,273 46.41
44 Republican Rob Taylor Re-elected Republican Rob Taylor 13,818 69.91
45 Democratic Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Re-elected Democratic Beth Wessel-Kroeschell 9,036 52.57
Republican Sondra Childs-Smith 5,730 33.34
Libertarian Eric Cooper 1,277 7.43
46 Democratic Lisa Heddens Re-elected Democratic Lisa Heddens 11,927 69.23
47 Republican Ralph Watts Re-elected Republican Chip Baltimore 9,165 57.15
Democratic Deb Duncan 5,983 37.31
48 Republican Robert Bacon Re-elected Republican Robert Bacon 9,829 59.36
Democratic Sherrie Taha 5,397 32.59
49 Republican Dave Deyoe Re-elected Republican Dave Deyoe 9,315 56.21
Democratic Mickie Franklin 4,382 26.44
Libertarian John Evans 1,126 6.79
Independent Mike Knox 741 4.47
50 Republican Pat Grassley Re-elected Republican Pat Grassley 11,493 72.22
Democratic Doris Fritz 3,901 24.51
51 Republican Josh Byrnes Did not run Republican Jane Bloomingdale 9,408 59.69
Democratic Tim Hejhal 5,647 35.83
52 Democratic Todd Prichard Re-elected Democratic Todd Prichard 8,160 51.85
Republican Stacie Stokes 6,847 43.50
53 Democratic Sharon Steckman Re-elected Democratic Sharon Steckman 8,977 58.94
Republican Barbara Hovland 5,869 38.53
54 Republican Linda Upmeyer Re-elected Republican Linda Upmeyer 12,675 80.93
55 Republican Darrel Branhagen Did not run Republican Michael Bergan 8,943 54.78
Democratic Patt Ritter 6,697 41.03
56 Democratic Patti Ruff Lost re-election Republican Kristi Hager 7,910 53.04
Democratic Patti Ruff 6,605 44.29
57 Democratic Nancy Dunkel Did not run Republican Shannon Lundgren 9,023 49.67
Democratic Tom Stecher 8,249 45.41
58 Republican Brian Moore Did not run Republican Andy McKean 9,048 55.70
Democratic Jessica Kean 6,296 38.76
59 Democratic Bob Kressig Re-elected Democratic Bob Kressig 8,567 51.64
Republican Drew Speer 4,891 29.48
Independent Nick Taiber 2,319 13.98
60 Republican Walt Rogers Re-elected Republican Walt Rogers 10,115 56.24
Democratic Gary Kroeger 7,267 40.40
61 Democratic Timi Brown-Powers Re-elected Democratic Timi Brown-Powers 9,206 69.94
62 Democratic Deborah Berry Did not run Democratic Ras Smith 7,113 59.02
Republican Todd Obadal 3,354 27.83
Independent John Patterson 797 6.61
63 Republican Sandy Salmon Re-elected Republican Sandy Salmon 9,927 57.13
Democratic Teresa Meyer 6,644 38.45
64 Democratic Bruce Bearinger Re-elected Democratic Bruce Bearinger 8,288 56.10
Republican Zach Schulz 5,912 40.02
65 Democratic Liz Bennett Re-elected Democratic Liz Bennett 9,724 62.19
Republican Harry Foster 4,881 31.21
66 Democratic Art Staed Re-elected Democratic Art Staed 11,669 69.09
67 Republican Kraig Paulsen Did not run Republican Ashley Hinson 11,248 60.63
Democratic Mark Seidl 6,749 36.38
68 Republican Ken Rizer Re-elected Republican Ken Rizer 9,317 51.65
Democratic Molly Donahue 7,921 43.91
69 Democratic Kirsten Running-Marquardt Re-elected Democratic Kirsten Running-Marquardt 10,730 69.45
70 Democratic Todd Taylor Re-elected Democratic Todd Taylor 8,877 52.82
Republican Steven Van Fleet 5,698 33.90
Libertarian Dave Cork 1,050 6.25
71 Democratic Mark Smith Re-elected Democratic Mark Smith 8,668 67.73
72 Republican Dean Fisher Re-elected Republican Dean Fisher 9,397 59.20
Democratic Nathan Wrage 5,841 36.80
73 Republican Bobby Kaufmann Re-elected Republican Bobby Kaufmann 10,498 73.35
74 Democratic David Jacoby Re-elected Democratic David Jacoby 12,839 76.51
75 Republican Dawn Pettengill Re-elected Republican Dawn Pettengill 10,448 64.11
Democratic Paula Denison 4,924 30.21
76 Republican David Maxwell Re-elected Republican David Maxwell 9,754 58.79
Democratic Jacob Turnholm 5,907 35.60
77 Democratic Sally Stutsman Did not run Democratic Amy Nielsen 10,217 54.04
Republican Royce Phillips 7,461 39.47
78 Republican Jarad Klein Re-elected Republican Jarad Klein 10,138 67.17
Democratic Joshua Miller 2,790 18.49
79 Republican Guy Vander Linden Re-elected Republican Guy Vander Linden 12,615 79.73
80 Republican Larry Sheets Re-elected Republican Larry Sheets 8,557 57.20
Democratic Levi Grenko 5,009 33.48
Libertarian Garrett Byrd 497 3.32
81 Democratic Mary Gaskill Re-elected Democratic Mary Gaskill 8,356 65.93
82 Democratic Curt Hanson Re-elected Democratic Curt Hanson 10,488 70.45
83 Democratic Jerry Kearns Re-elected Democratic Jerry Kearns 9,617 71.55
84 Republican Dave Heaton Re-elected Republican Dave Heaton 9,636 67.03
Democratic Carrie Duncan 4,225 29.39
85 Democratic Vicki Lensing Re-elected Democratic Vicki Lensing 15,213 77.86
86 Democratic Mary Mascher Re-elected Democratic Mary Mascher 12,689 77.18
87 Democratic Dennis Cohoon Re-elected Democratic Dennis Cohoon 9,333 67.84
88 Republican David Kerr Re-elected Republican David Kerr 8,619 58.55
Democratic Ryan Drew 5,469 37.15
89 Democratic Jim Lykam Re-elected Democratic Jim Lykam 10,549 70.46
90 Democratic Cindy Winckler Re-elected Democratic Cindy Winckler 8,442 73.42
91 Republican Gary Carlson Re-elected Republican Gary Carlson 7,293 51.93
Democratic Phil Wiese 6,229 44.35
92 Republican Ross Paustian Re-elected Republican Ross Paustian 8,676 53.77
Democratic Ken Krumwiede 6,782 42.03
93 Democratic Phyllis Thede Re-elected Democratic Phyllis Thede 8,470 49.81
Republican Kurt Whalen 7,865 46.26
94 Republican Linda Miller Did not run Republican Gary Mohr 14,696 72.74
95 Republican Quentin Stanerson Did not run Republican Louie Zumbach 9,868 55.83
Democratic Richard Whitehead 7,085 40.08
96 Republican Lee Hein Re-elected Republican Lee Hein 9,276 60.98
Democratic Matt Hanlon 4,950 32.54
97 Republican Norlin Mommsen Re-elected Republican Norlin Mommsen 9,345 53.31
Democratic Jeff Wolf 6,202 35.38
Libertarian David Melchert Jr. 1,247 7.11
98 Democratic Mary Wolfe Re-elected Democratic Mary Wolfe 8,547 64.32
Republican Jeannine Eldrenkamp 4,306 32.40
99 Democratic Abby Finkenauer Re-elected Democratic Abby Finkenauer 10,780 63.74
100 Democratic Charles Isenhart Re-elected Democratic Charles Isenhart 9,213 66.93

References

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  1. ^ Lai, K. K. Rebecca; Lee, Jasmine C.; Russell, Karl (November 11, 2016). "In a Further Blow to Democrats, Republicans Increase Their Hold on State Governments". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Iowa Election Results 2016". The New York Times. August 1, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. ^ 2016 General Election Canvass Summary (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. pp. 65–164.
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