2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Iowa Senate District 37
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Kent Sorenson (R) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Staci Appel (D) by 17.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kent SorensonRepublican · winner
58.8%16,748
Staci AppelDemocrat · incumbent
40.9%11,646
28,459 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