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2010Final results

2010 election for Iowa Senate District 27

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Bill Anderson (R) won with 62.4% of the vote, defeating Marty Pottebaum (D) by 24.8 points.

Bill AndersonRepublican · winner
62.4%12,867
37.5%7,744
20,624 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

EvenD+15.11986D+23.91990R+4.42002R+24.82010D+12.62014D+2.02018

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