2010 Iowa House of Representatives election

2010 Iowa House of Representatives election
November 2, 2010
All 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kraig Paulsen Pat Murphy
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 4, 2003
Leader's seat 35th district 28th district
Last election 43 57
Seats after 60 40
Seat change 17 17
Speaker of the House before election

Pat Murphy
Democratic

Elected Speaker of the House

Kraig Paulsen
Republican

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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