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2010 Senate elections · Iowa history

Iowa U.S. Senate election 2010

Chuck Grassley REP +31.1 · Class III seat · held 11/2/10

Votes counted
1,116,063
Margin
31.1 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld

General election 11/2/10

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Chuck Grassley WonREP718,21564.35%
Roxanne ConlinDEM371,68633.30%
John HeiderscheitLIB25,2902.27%
Write-in—8720.08%
Total1,116,063

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Iowa Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIChuck Grassley12.0
2020Class IIJoni K. Ernst6.5
2016Class IIIChuck Grassley24.4
2014Class IIJoni K. Ernst8.3
2010Class IIIChuck Grassley31.1
2008Class IITom Harkin25.4
2004Class IIIChuck Grassley42.3
2002Class IITom Harkin10.4
1998Class IIIChuck Grassley37.9
1996Class IITom Harkin5.1
1992Class IIIChuck Grassley42.4
1990Class IITom Harkin9.1

Full Iowa Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2010 Iowa Senate race?

Chuck Grassley (REP) won with 64.4% of the vote, ahead of Roxanne Conlin (33.3%), a margin of 31.1 points.

Did the Iowa Senate seat change party in 2010?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2010 Iowa Senate race?

1,116,063 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.