Democratic staff in the Iowa House and Senate have analyzed the redistricting maps. Their conclusions: 14 senators will be forced to run against another senator in 2012 and 27 representatives will be forced to run in a district where one (if not two) representatives are also situated.
Here are the Senate pairings:
Kibbie (D-Emmetsburg) versus Johnson (R-Ocheyedan)
Boettger (R-Harlan) versus Seymour (R-Woodbine)
Ward (R-West Des Moines) versus McCoy (D-Des Moines)
Bacon (R-Maxwell) versus Dix (D-Waterloo)
Bartz (R-Grafton) versus Wilhelm (D-Cresco)
Hancock (D-Epworth) versus Bowan (D-Maquoketa)
Hamerlinck (R-Dixon) versus Hahn (R-Muscatine)
I’ll be back in a minute with pairings in the Iowa House.
Here are the House pairings.
Huseman (R-Aurelia) versus Chambers (R-Sheldon)
Iverson (R-Clarion) versus Upmeyer (R-Garner) versus Rayhons (R-Garner)
Shaw (R-Laurens) versus Tjepkes (R-Gowrie)
Jeremy Taylor (R-Sioux City) versus Hall (D-Sioux City)
Brandenburg (R-Council Bluffs) versus Hanusa (R-Council Bluffs)
Anderson (R-Clarinda) versus Dolecheck (R-Mount Ayr)
Sweeney (R-Alden) versus Pat Grassley(R-New Hartford)
Wenthe (D-Hawkeye) versus Thomas (D-Elkader)
Hein (R-Monticell) versus Moore (R-Zwingle)
Mascher (D-Iowa City) versus Jacoby (D-Coralville)
DeBoef (R-What Cheer) versus Klein (R-Keota)
Van Englenhoven (R-Pella) versus Vander Linden (R-Oskaloosa)
Swain (D-Bloomfield) versus Hanson (D-Fairfield)
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
Impressive staff work by Sue Dvorsky’s team: The full list of districts, pairs and open seats was out TWELVE MINUTES after the map hit. That’s hours of geeky programming and testing ahead of time, and a good sign that Democrats head into this better prepared than the GOP.