2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Iowa Senate District 45
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Becky Schmitz (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating David P. Miller (R) by 0.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Becky SchmitzDemocrat · winner
50.4%10,362
David P. MillerRepublican · incumbent
49.6%10,178
20,540 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET