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Date Type Results
Nov 03, 2026 General Election
  Democratic Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Kim Reynolds(I)
709,198
58.04% 		 Deidre DeJear
482,950
39.53% 		 Rick Stewart
28,998
2.37% 		  Write-In (W)
718
0.06%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Kim Reynolds(I)
667,275
50.26% 		 Fred Hubbell
630,986
47.53% 		 Jake Porter
21,426
1.61% 		 Gary Siegwarth
7,463
0.56% 		  Write-In (W)
488
0.04%
May 22, 2017 Appointment
 Kim Reynolds
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Terry Branstad(I)
666,032
58.99% 		 Jack G. Hatch
420,787
37.27% 		 Lee Hieb
20,321
1.80% 		 Jim Hennager
10,582
0.94% 		 Jonathan Narcisse
10,240
0.91% 		  Write-In (W)
1,095
0.10%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Terry Branstad
592,494
52.81% 		 Chet Culver(I)
484,798
43.21% 		 Jonathan Narcisse
20,859
1.86% 		 Eric Cooper
14,398
1.28% 		 Gregory James Hughes
3,884
0.35% 		  Write-In
2,823
0.25% 		 David Rosenfeld
2,757
0.25%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Chet Culver
569,021
54.02% 		 Jim Nussle
467,425
44.38% 		 Wendy Barth
7,850
0.75% 		 Kevin Litten
5,735
0.54% 		 Diana J. Newberry
1,974
0.19% 		  Write-In
1,250
0.12%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Tom Vilsack(I)
540,449
52.69% 		 Doug Gross
456,612
44.51% 		 Jay Robinson
14,628
1.43% 		 Clyde Cleveland
13,098
1.28% 		  Write-In (W)
1,015
0.10%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Tom Vilsack
500,231
52.30% 		 Jim Ross Lightfoot
444,787
46.51% 		 Jim Hennager
5,606
0.59% 		 Jim Schaefer
3,144
0.33% 		 Mark Kennis
2,006
0.21% 		  Write-In (W)
641
0.07%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Terry Branstad(I)
566,395
56.80% 		 Bonnie Campbell
414,453
41.56% 		 Richard O'Dell Hughes
5,505
0.55% 		 Veronica Wells Butler
3,737
0.37% 		  Write-In (W)
3,616
0.36% 		 Carl Eric Olsen
2,772
0.28% 		 Michael Galati
770
0.08%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Terry Branstad(I)
591,852
60.61% 		 Donald D. Avenson
379,372
38.85% 		 Nan Bailey
4,263
0.44% 		  Others
996
0.10%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Terry Branstad(I)
472,712
51.91% 		 Lowell Junkins
436,987
47.99% 		  Others
924
0.10%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Terry Branstad
548,313
52.81% 		 Roxanne Conlin
483,291
46.55% 		 Marcia Farrington
3,307
0.32% 		 Jim Bittner
2,767
0.27% 		  Others (W)
551
0.05%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Robert D. Ray(I)
491,713
58.32% 		 Jerome D. Fitzgerald
345,519
40.98% 		 John Ball
3,947
0.47% 		 Joseph Grant
1,935
0.23% 		  Scattering (W)
76
0.01%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Robert D. Ray(I)
534,518
58.07% 		 James F. Schaben
377,553
41.02% 		 Ralph Scott
8,323
0.90% 		  Scattering (W)
64
0.01%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Robert D. Ray(I)
707,177
58.43% 		 Paul Franzenburg
487,282
40.26% 		 Robert D. Dilley
15,715
1.30% 		  Scattering
48
0.00%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Robert D. Ray(I)
403,394
50.98% 		 Robert Fulton
368,911
46.62% 		 Robert D. Dilley
18,933
2.39% 		  Scattering
3
0.00%
Jan 01, 1969 Appointment
 Robert Fulton
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 Robert D. Ray
614,328
54.05% 		 Paul Franzenburg
521,216
45.86% 		 Harry Miller
938
0.08% 		  Scattering (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Harold E. Hughes(I)
494,259
55.34% 		 William G. Murray
394,518
44.17% 		 David B. Quiner
3,680
0.41% 		 Charles Sloca
715
0.08% 		  Scattering (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Harold E. Hughes(I)
794,610
68.05% 		 Evan Hultman
365,131
31.27% 		 Robert D. Dilley
7,985
0.68% 		  Scattering (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 Harold E. Hughes
430,899
52.56% 		 Norman A. Erbe(I)
388,955
47.44%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Norman A. Erbe
645,026
52.14% 		 Edward J. McManus
592,063
47.86%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Herschel C. Loveless(I)
465,024
54.13% 		 William G. Murray
394,071
45.87%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Herschel C. Loveless
616,852
51.22% 		 Leo A. Hoegh(I)
587,383
48.78%
Nov 21, 1954 Appointment
 Leo Elthon
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Leo A. Hoegh
435,944
51.37% 		 Clyde E. Herring
410,255
48.35% 		 Howard H. Tyler
2,393
0.28%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 William Beardsley(I)
638,388
51.90% 		 Herschel C. Loveless
587,671
47.78% 		 Z. Everett Kellum
2,775
0.23% 		 Ernest J. Seemann
1,202
0.10% 		  Scattering (W)
9
0.00%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 William Beardsley(I)
506,642
59.10% 		 Lester S. Gillette
347,176
40.50% 		 W. Raymond Picken
2,805
0.33% 		 Howard H. Tyler
590
0.07%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 William Beardsley
553,900
55.68% 		 Carroll O. Switzer
434,432
43.67% 		 C. E. Bierderman
3,570
0.36% 		 Marvin L. Galbreath
2,458
0.25% 		 William F. Leonard
471
0.05% 		  Scattering (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Robert D. Blue(I)
362,592
57.40% 		 Frank F. Miles
266,190
42.14% 		 E. P. Gabriel
2,899
0.46%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Robert D. Blue
561,827
56.01% 		 Richard F. Mitchell
437,684
43.63% 		 Glen Williamson
2,815
0.28% 		 Hugo Bockewitz
832
0.08%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Bourke B. Hickenlooper
438,556
62.75% 		 Nelson G. Kraschel
258,310
36.96% 		 Ward Hall
1,483
0.21% 		 F. M. Briggs
590
0.08%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 George Wilson(I)
620,480
52.72% 		 John K. Valentine
553,941
47.07% 		 M. M. Heptonstall
1,289
0.11% 		 Charles Speck
1,230
0.10%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 George Wilson
447,061
52.71% 		 Nelson G. Kraschel(I)
387,779
45.72% 		 Wallace M. Short
10,186
1.20% 		 John F. Wirds
2,097
0.25% 		 J. Alvin Mitchell
1,108
0.13%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Nelson G. Kraschel
524,178
48.56% 		 George Wilson
521,747
48.33% 		 Wallace M. Short
31,438
2.91% 		 Ted Fitch
1,159
0.11% 		 J. P. Russell
970
0.09%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Clyde L. Herring(I)
468,921
51.75% 		 Dan W. Turner
394,634
43.55% 		 Wallace M. Short
37,032
4.09% 		 L. J. U. Smay
2,193
0.24% 		 Arthur W. Saarman
1,866
0.21% 		 Ira R. Meade
1,521
0.17% 		 B. F. Shambaugh (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Clyde L. Herring
511,829
51.23% 		 Dan W. Turner(I)
461,399
46.18% 		 Latitia M. Conard
11,291
1.13% 		 Norman G. Baker
7,820
0.78% 		 James W. Long
4,806
0.48% 		 John B. Hammond
1,415
0.14% 		 William H. Patton
551
0.06%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Dan W. Turner
364,036
65.74% 		 Fred P. Hagemann
186,039
33.60% 		 John M. Smith
2,489
0.45% 		 William Patten
1,200
0.22%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 John Hammill(I)
592,388
62.54% 		 L. W. Housel
350,736
37.03% 		 Howard N. Rand
1,968
0.21% 		 Howard Rose
1,767
0.19% 		 William H. Patton
349
0.04%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 John Hammill(I)
377,443
71.31% 		 Alex R. Miller
150,415
28.42% 		 Thomas J. Kelley
1,411
0.27%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 John Hammill
604,765
72.68% 		 James C. Murtagh
227,333
27.32% 		 Luther Bubon (W)
2
0.00% 		  Write-In (W)
2
0.00% 		 William J. Burbank (W)
1
0.00% 		 P. Murtagh (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Nathan E. Kendall(I)
419,648
70.54% 		 J. Ray Files
175,252
29.46% 		 Perry Engle (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Nathan E. Kendall
513,118
58.65% 		 Clyde L. Herring
338,108
38.65% 		 George J. Peck
13,671
1.56% 		 Mathis Faber
9,153
1.05% 		 J. Jay Hisel
760
0.09%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 William L. Harding(I)
192,662
50.55% 		 Claude R. Porter
178,815
46.92% 		 Andrew Engle
8,005
2.10% 		 M. L. Christian
1,625
0.43%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 William L. Harding
313,586
61.03% 		 Edwin T. Meredith
186,832
36.36% 		 John W. Bennett
8,200
1.60% 		 Oren D. Ellett
2,880
0.56% 		 Stephen H. Bashor
2,035
0.40% 		 Arthur S. Dowler
315
0.06%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 George W. Clarke(I)
207,881
49.31% 		 John T. Hamilton
181,036
42.94% 		 George C. White
16,796
3.98% 		 Oliver C. Wilson
9,029
2.14% 		 Malcolm Smith
6,837
1.62%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 George W. Clarke
184,150
39.93% 		 Edward G. Dunn
182,449
39.56% 		 John L. Stevens
71,879
15.58% 		 I. S. McCrillis
14,986
3.25% 		 C. Durant Jones
7,746
1.68%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Beryl F. Carroll(I)
205,678
49.81% 		 Claude R. Porter
187,353
45.37% 		 Aken Mac Eachron
10,248
2.48% 		 John M. Work
9,685
2.35%
Nov 24, 1908 Appointment
 Warren Garst
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Beryl F. Carroll
256,980
54.60% 		 Fred E. White
196,929
41.84% 		 Kendrick W. Brown
9,118
1.94% 		 I. S. McCrillis
7,140
1.52% 		 Luman H. Weller
258
0.05% 		 D. C. Cowles
228
0.05%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 Albert B. Cummins(I)
216,995
50.18% 		 Claude R. Porter
196,123
45.36% 		 Lorenzo S. Coffin
9,872
2.28% 		 John E. Shank
8,728
2.02% 		 J. R. Norman
347
0.08% 		 Andrew Townsend Hisey
340
0.08%
Nov 03, 1903 General Election
 Albert B. Cummins(I)
238,804
57.14% 		 J. B. Sullivan
159,725
38.22% 		 John F. Hanson
12,375
2.96% 		 John M. Work
6,421
1.54% 		 Luman H. Weller
594
0.14%
Nov 05, 1901 General Election
 Albert B. Cummins
226,902
58.09% 		 T. J. Phillips
143,783
36.81% 		 A. U. Coates
15,659
4.01% 		 James Baxter
3,463
0.89% 		 Luman H. Weller
782
0.20% 		 Edwin H. Conger (W)
1
0.00% 		  Write-In (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 1899 General Election
 Leslie M. Shaw(I)
239,464
55.26% 		 Fred E. White
183,301
42.30% 		 Marshall W. Atwood
7,639
1.76% 		 Charles Lloyd
1,698
0.39% 		 M. J. Kremer
757
0.17% 		 C. C. Heacock
484
0.11% 		  Others (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 02, 1897 General Election
 Leslie M. Shaw
224,729
51.27% 		 Fred E. White
194,853
44.46% 		 S. P. Leland
8,243
1.88% 		 Charles Lloyd
5,295
1.21% 		 John Cliggett
4,286
0.98% 		 M. J. Kremer
876
0.20%
Nov 05, 1895 General Election
 Francis M. Drake
208,708
52.00% 		 Washington I. Babb
149,428
37.23% 		 Sylvester B. Crane
32,189
8.02% 		 Francis "Frank" Bacon
11,014
2.74%
Nov 07, 1893 General Election
 Frank D. Jackson
206,821
49.74% 		 Horace Boies(I)
174,660
42.00% 		 J. M. Joseph
23,980
5.77% 		 Bennett Mitchell
10,349
2.49%
Nov 03, 1891 General Election
 Horace Boies(I)
207,594
49.40% 		 Herman C. Wheeler
199,381
47.45% 		 A. J. Westfall
12,303
2.93% 		 Isaac T. Gibson
915
0.22% 		  Others (W)
19
0.00%
Nov 05, 1889 General Election
 Horace Boies
180,106
49.90% 		 Joseph Hutchinson
173,450
48.05% 		 S. B. Downing
5,773
1.60% 		 Malcolm Smith
1,362
0.38% 		  Others (W)
215
0.06% 		 Elias Doty
54
0.01%
Nov 08, 1887 General Election
 William Larrabee(I)
169,596
50.17% 		 T. J. Anderson
153,706
45.47% 		 M. J. Cain
14,283
4.23% 		 V. G. Farnham
334
0.10% 		  Others (W)
93
0.03%
Nov 03, 1885 General Election
 William Larrabee
175,605
50.76% 		 Charles E. Whiting
168,584
48.73% 		 James Michelwait
1,412
0.41% 		 Elias Doty
314
0.09% 		  Others (W)
42
0.01%
Oct 09, 1883 General Election
 Buren R. Sherman(I)
164,095
50.15% 		 La Vega G. Kinne
140,012
42.79% 		 James B. Weaver
23,089
7.06% 		  Others
17
0.01%
Oct 11, 1881 General Election
 Buren R. Sherman
133,328
56.72% 		 La Vega G. Kinne
73,344
31.20% 		 D. M. Clark
28,112
11.96% 		  Others (W)
268
0.11%
Oct 14, 1879 General Election
 John Henry Gear(I)
157,408
53.94% 		 Henry H. Trimble
85,364
29.25% 		 Daniel Campbell
45,674
15.65% 		 David R. Dungan
3,291
1.13% 		  Others (W)
76
0.03%
Oct 09, 1877 General Election
 John Henry Gear
121,316
49.39% 		 John P. Irish
79,304
32.29% 		 Daniel P. Stubbs
34,316
13.97% 		 Elias Jessup
10,565
4.30% 		  Others (W)
124
0.05%
Feb 01, 1877 Appointment
 Joshua G. Newbold
1
100.00%
Oct 12, 1875 General Election
 Samuel J. Kirkwood
124,855
57.03% 		 Shepherd Leffler
93,270
42.61% 		 J. H. Lozier
737
0.34% 		  Others (W)
51
0.02%
Oct 14, 1873 General Election
 Cyrus Clay Carpenter(I)
105,132
55.54% 		 Jacob G. Vale
82,556
43.61% 		  Others
1,601
0.85%
Oct 10, 1871 General Election
 Cyrus Clay Carpenter
109,328
61.46% 		 J. C. Knapp
68,199
38.34% 		  Others
351
0.20%
Oct 12, 1869 General Election
 Samuel Merrill(I)
97,243
62.93% 		 George Gillespie
57,287
37.07% 		  Others
4
0.00%
Oct 08, 1867 General Election
 Samuel Merrill
90,204
58.88% 		 Charles Mason
62,966
41.10% 		  Others
37
0.02%
Oct 10, 1865 General Election
 William M. Stone(I)
70,461
56.41% 		 Thomas H. Benton
54,090
43.31% 		  Others
353
0.28%
Oct 13, 1863 General Election
 William M. Stone
86,118
60.51% 		 James M. Tuttle
56,169
39.47% 		  Others
27
0.02%
Oct 08, 1861 General Election
 Samuel J. Kirkwood(I)
60,303
55.48% 		 William H. Merritt
43,245
39.78% 		 Ben M. Samuels
4,495
4.14% 		 Henry Clay Dean
440
0.40% 		 Charles Mason
142
0.13% 		 Lincoln Clark
50
0.05% 		  Others (W)
25
0.02%
Oct 11, 1859 General Election
 Samuel J. Kirkwood
56,532
51.46% 		 Augustus C. Dodge
53,332
48.54%
Oct 13, 1857 General Election
 Ralph P. Lowe
38,498
50.93% 		 Ben M. Samuels
36,088
47.74% 		 W. T. Henry
1,004
1.33%
Aug 07, 1854 General Election
 James Wilson Grimes
23,312
52.38% 		 Curtis Bates
21,192
47.62%
Aug 05, 1850 General Election
 Stephen Hempstead
13,486
52.84% 		 James L. Thompson
11,452
44.87% 		 William P. Clark
575
2.25% 		 Unidentified Scattering (W)
11
0.04%
Oct 26, 1846 General Election
 Ansel Briggs
7,626
50.82% 		 Thomas McKnight
7,379
49.18%

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