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2010 election for Iowa Senate District 1
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Rick Bertrand (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Rick Mullin (D) by 1.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick BertrandRepublican · winner
50.7%7,581
Rick MullinDemocrat
49.2%7,359
14,958 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET