2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Iowa Senate District 42
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Shawn Hamerlinck (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Frank B. Wood (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Shawn HamerlinckRepublican · winner
50.6%16,447
Frank B. WoodDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%16,063
32,510 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET