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2008Final results

2008 election for Iowa Senate District 46

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Eugene Fraise (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Doug P. Abolt (R) by 13.9 points.

Eugene FraiseDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%14,668
Doug P. AboltRepublican
43.1%11,088
25,756 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

EvenD+22.31996R+6.32000D+6.52004D+13.92008D+6.72012R+13.62016

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