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2014Final results

2014 election for Iowa Senate District 7

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Rick Bertrand (R) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Jim France (D) by 19.7 points.

Rick BertrandRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.1%8,766
Jim FranceDemocrat
37.4%5,738
Maria RundquistIndependent
5.4%832
15,352 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+3.01998D+25.12002D+44.32006D+20.82010R+19.72014D+2.52018

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