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2006Final results

2006 election for Iowa Senate District 11

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Bill Dotzler (D) won with 70.1% of the vote, defeating Jim Buschkamp (R) by 40.1 points.

Bill DotzlerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.1%11,782
Jim BuschkampRepublican
29.9%5,033
16,815 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+8.71978R+19.41990D+32.72002D+40.12006D+26.12010R+34.52018

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