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2000Final results

2000 election for Iowa Senate District 16

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Mark Zieman (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Roger Thomas (D) by 12.3 points.

Mark ZiemanRepublican · winner
56.2%13,847
Roger ThomasDemocrat
43.8%10,807
24,654 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+22.11988R+13.41992R+15.21996R+12.32000R+2.32002D+0.42004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET