The 1938 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1938 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 22 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
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A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1938 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 6, 1938 determined which candidates appeared on the November 8, 1938 general election ballot.[2][3]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Democrats' 22 seats. Following a special election in 1937 in district 1, Republicans flipped the first district to their party. Therefore, on election day in November 1938, Republicans held 29 seats to Democrats' 21.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 5 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1938 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 38 seats and Democrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 9 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results edit
- Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
Source:[4]
Detailed Results edit
- NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1938 are not listed here.
District 1 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50 |
- Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).[5]
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Stanley L. Hart (incumbent)[a] | 7,819 | 58.9 | |
Democratic | J. O. Boyd | 5,455 | 41.1 | |
Total votes | 13,274 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carl O. Sjulin | 8,891 | 64.7 | |
Democratic | Harold J. Teachout | 4,841 | 35.3 | |
Total votes | 13,732 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fred Cromwell | 6,830 | 63.5 | |
Democratic | James M. Bell (incumbent) | 3,919 | 36.5 | |
Total votes | 10,749 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | A. Claire Dewey (incumbent) | 7,930 | 66.4 | |
Democratic | William Griffin | 4,008 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 11,938 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | E. I. Mason (incumbent) | 1,058 | 61.3 | |
Democratic | Adkins | 668 | 38.7 | |
Total votes | 1,726 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John E. Talbott | 7,616 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | E. I. Mason (incumbent) | 5,439 | 41.6 | |
Farmer–Labor | Arthur VanZanty | 43 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 13,098 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. K. Bekman | 6,700 | 51.1 | |
Democratic | Chester L. Johns | 6,354 | 48.5 | |
Farmer–Labor | D. W. Matheny | 49 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 13,103 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Pelzer (incumbent) | 2,679 | 64.4 | |
Republican | Hulsehus | 1,482 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 4,161 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Pelzer (incumbent) | 7,466 | 52.5 | |
Democratic | Walter Gregersen | 6,747 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 14,213 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. P. Corwin (incumbent) | 3,337 | 70.9 | |
Republican | Hudler | 1,367 | 29.1 | |
Total votes | 4,704 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. P. Corwin (incumbent) | 8,222 | 65.0 | |
Democratic | Henry Wildasin | 4,420 | 35.0 | |
Total votes | 12,642 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank D. Martin | 11,795 | 51.1 | |
Democratic | Nic LeGrand | 11,293 | 48.9 | |
Total votes | 23,088 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | O. H. Henningsen | 2,862 | 57.6 | |
Republican | Long | 2,104 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 4,966 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | O. H. Henningsen | 9,526 | 53.9 | |
Democratic | H. L. Irwin (incumbent) | 8,146 | 46.1 | |
Total votes | 17,672 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ross R. Mowry | 1,218 | 41.2 | |
Republican | Decker | 780 | 26.4 | |
Republican | Baker | 523 | 17.7 | |
Republican | Hagen | 434 | 14.7 | |
Total votes | 2,955 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J. E. Craven | 855 | 35.6 | |
Democratic | Hall | 641 | 26.7 | |
Democratic | Morgan | 625 | 26.0 | |
Democratic | Rigdon | 280 | 11.7 | |
Total votes | 2,401 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ross R. Mowry | 5,215 | 51.5 | |
Democratic | J. E. Craven | 4,910 | 48.5 | |
Total votes | 10,125 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George M. Faul (incumbent) | 7,176 | 39.7 | |
Republican | Brown | 6,063 | 33.6 | |
Republican | Miller | 4,820 | 26.7 | |
Total votes | 18,059 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George M. Faul | 30,324 | 57.7 | |
Democratic | James J. Gillespie (incumbent) | 21,788 | 41.6 | |
Farmer–Labor | Guy O. McElrea | 272 | 0.5 | |
Prohibition | Henry McCraven | 126 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 52,510 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | L. B. Forsling | 5,378 | 79.7 | |
Republican | Brand | 1,368 | 20.3 | |
Total votes | 6,746 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | P. H. McGrath | 2,598 | 56.1 | |
Democratic | Waller | 2,033 | 43.9 | |
Total votes | 4,631 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | L. B. Forsling | 16,576 | 57.2 | |
Democratic | P. H. McGrath | 11,923 | 41.2 | |
Farmer–Labor | Earl Crowl | 473 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 28,972 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert W. Harvey | 3,073 | 64.9 | |
Republican | Harshbarger | 1,659 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 4,732 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert W. Harvey | 11,600 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | Andrew Bell (incumbent) | 10,826 | 48.3 | |
Total votes | 22,426 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard C. Baldwin (incumbent) | 6,761 | 53.6 | |
Democratic | Rhomberg | 5,849 | 46.4 | |
Total votes | 12,610 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard C. Baldwin (incumbent) | 12,122 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,122 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dewey Gilbert | 1,452 | 69.9 | |
Democratic | Schmedeke | 625 | 30.1 | |
Total votes | 2,077 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | G. R. Hill (incumbent) | 10,290 | 57.1 | |
Democratic | Dewey Gilbert | 7,718 | 42.9 | |
Total votes | 18,008 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John P. Berg (incumbent) | 14,670 | 59.5 | |
Democratic | J. E. Cundy | 9,858 | 40.0 | |
Farmer–Labor | Vance J. Price | 116 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 24,644 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sam D. Goetsch[b] (incumbent) | 2,103 | 56.5 | |
Republican | Miller | 1,622 | 43.5 | |
Total votes | 3,725 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward H. Vrba | 7,905 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Sam D. Goetsch[b] (incumbent) | 7,180 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 15,085 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 44 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. P. Donohue (incumbent) | 2,793 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Hill | 2,267 | 44.8 | |
Total votes | 5,060 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. P. Donohue (incumbent) | 7,719 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 7,719 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 45 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard V. Leo | 8,322 | 54.3 | |
Democratic | Henry J. Grunewald (incumbent) | 7,016 | 45.7 | |
Total votes | 15,338 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 48 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph E. Benson | 10,304 | 58.9 | |
Democratic | E. L. Zitzlsperger | 7,180 | 41.1 | |
Total votes | 17,484 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 50 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Albert J. Shaw (incumbent) | 8,723 | 64.1 | |
Democratic | R. V. Neville | 4,890 | 35.9 | |
Total votes | 13,613 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
- ^ a b c d Democratic Senator Timothy Francis "T. F." Driscoll of District 1 died in early 1937. In the subsequent special election, Republican Stanley Lawrence Hart flipped the first district to his party.[1]
- ^ a b c Senator Goetsch switched parties and ran for re-election as a Republican. He lost in the general election to Democrat Ed Vrba.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Iowa Official Register 1939-1940" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Primary Election 1938 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "General Election 1938 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Primary Election for State Senator 1938" (PDF). Iowa Official Register. Retrieved June 23, 2020.