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2006 election for Iowa Senate District 9
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Bill Heckroth (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Tom Hoogestraat (R) by 6.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bill HeckrothDemocrat · winner
53.0%11,902
Tom HoogestraatRepublican
47.0%10,556
22,458 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