2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2006 election for Iowa Senate District 5
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Rich Olive (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating James M. Kurtenbach (R) by 0.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rich OliveDemocrat · winner
50.1%11,224
James M. KurtenbachRepublican
49.9%11,162
22,386 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