Senate District 33
Registration: D 17006, R 11831, N 14886, total 43789, D +5175
Incumbent: Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids; holdover seat
Hogg picked up a newly configured House seat in 2002, overcoming a serious GOP effort by former city official Don Palmer by about 600 votes. Hogg moved over to the Senate in 2006, defeating one Schulte, Renee, 59%-41% for a Democratic gain in what had been Chuck Larson's seat. He was re-elected unopposed in 2010 and holds over till 2014.
The old Senate seat had a good Democratic edge (3751 in April 2011) but as seen in 2002 was winnable for Republican Larson. The new lines improve things significantly for Hogg. He loses the Bowman Woods area in northeast Cedar Rapids and the core of downtown, and adds the Czech Village area.
Campaign finance reports: Citizens for Rob Hogg
House District 65
Registration: D 9385, R 5163, N 7085, total 21670, D +4222
Incumbent: Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids
When Hogg went to the Senate in 2006, Don Palmer tried again, but Olson won easily with 65%. A 2008 Republican opponent quit, and Olson beat an independent in 2010. No Republican yet in this race.
The district remains centered in southeast Cedar Rapids. On the north, Olson gives two precincts, 37 and 39, to Schulte. He gains the core of downtown and, jumping the river, Czech Village, both from Kirsten Running-Marquardt. The shifts make his solid Democratic district about 800 Democrats more solid.
Campaign finance reports: Committee to Elect Tyler Olson
House District 66
Registration: D 7621, R 6668, N 7801, total 22119, D +953
Incumbent: Renee Schulte, R-Cedar Rapids; comeback attempt and rematch of 2008 race
Two years after her Senate loss to Hogg, Schulte came back for a landslide 13 vote House win over one-term Dem Art Staed. Democrats put her on top of the target list for 2010, but wound up playing defense instead of offense, and highly touted attorney Mark Seidl lost by an underwhelming 1100 votes.
This year, Staed is making a comeback attempt and the lines are better for him. The old district was closely divided, with a Democratic edge of 369, and Staed had won in 2006 by just 365. But as Schulte picks up two precincts to the south, she picks up 900 more Democrats. She was unhappy enough that she was one of the handful of no votes on The Map.
Schulte's lines on the north remain the north city limits of Cedar Rapids, though that line itself has moved north and gives the district a strange pair of horns wrapping around Hiawatha.
Concerned Taxpayers for Schulte had $35,181 cash on hand on the January 19 campaign finance report, to Committee to Elect Art Staed's $13,818.
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