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2006Final results

2006 election for Iowa House District 40

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Lance Horbach (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Sharon Owens (D) by 11.2 points.

Lance HorbachRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.6%6,249
Sharon OwensDemocrat
44.4%4,994
11,243 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+10.31996R+6.72000R+33.32004R+11.22006R+21.32008D+6.22012

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