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Election 1881 Results

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1881 Iowa governor election

Buren R. Sherman (Republican) beat La Vega G. Kinne (Democrat) in Iowa in 1881, 56.8% to 31.2%, a margin of 25.5 points and 59,984 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1879, when John Henry Gear won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Dubuque, cast 6,695 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.8 points. The closest was Clinton, where 2 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Buren R. Sherman won Republican 133,328 56.8%
La Vega G. Kinne Democratic 73,344 31.2%
David M. Clark Greenback 28,112 12.0%
Total234,784

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dubuque 3,864 57.7% 2,669 39.9% 162 6,695 D+17.8
Lee 3,060 48.6% 2,894 46.0% 344 6,298 D+2.6
Polk 1,639 29.1% 3,414 60.7% 570 5,623 R+31.6
Linn 1,876 36.3% 2,986 57.7% 312 5,174 R+21.5
Clinton 2,313 47.9% 2,315 48.0% 199 4,827 level
Des Moines 2,371 49.1% 2,327 48.2% 127 4,825 D+0.9
Scott 2,551 53.5% 2,057 43.1% 162 4,770 D+10.4
Wapello 1,916 42.8% 2,268 50.7% 293 4,477 R+7.9
Pottawattamie 1,988 44.5% 2,330 52.2% 147 4,465 R+7.7
Johnson 2,219 51.2% 1,918 44.2% 200 4,337 D+6.9
Clayton 1,917 46.7% 2,151 52.4% 35 4,103 R+5.7
Marion 1,076 27.6% 1,891 48.6% 925 3,892 R+20.9
Jackson 1,949 53.1% 1,535 41.8% 187 3,671 D+11.3
Mahaska 589 16.2% 2,015 55.3% 1,039 3,643 R+39.1
Keokuk 1,241 35.3% 1,799 51.1% 478 3,518 R+15.9
Jasper 695 20.1% 2,073 60.0% 687 3,455 R+39.9
Henry 853 24.9% 1,779 52.0% 790 3,422 R+27.1
Muscatine 1,297 38.3% 1,844 54.5% 245 3,386 R+16.2
Van Buren 1,290 39.8% 1,601 49.4% 351 3,242 R+9.6
Dallas 270 8.4% 1,842 57.6% 1,086 3,198 R+49.2
Davis 943 29.6% 1,092 34.3% 1,149 3,184 Others
Benton 955 30.1% 2,018 63.5% 204 3,177 R+33.5
Warren 539 17.1% 1,811 57.5% 801 3,151 R+40.4
Boone 1,004 32.1% 1,781 56.9% 343 3,128 R+24.8
Madison 615 19.8% 1,524 49.0% 972 3,111 R+29.2
Fremont 1,247 41.0% 1,434 47.2% 360 3,041 R+6.1
Appanoose 1,049 35.5% 1,384 46.8% 524 2,957 R+11.3
Delaware 1,043 35.9% 1,825 62.8% 37 2,905 R+26.9
Harrison 1,178 40.7% 1,488 51.5% 225 2,891 R+10.7
Allamakee 1,258 43.9% 1,355 47.3% 254 2,867 R+3.4
Fayette 552 19.6% 1,622 57.6% 643 2,817 R+38.0
Cass 840 30.4% 1,640 59.3% 286 2,766 R+28.9
Wayne 483 17.8% 1,347 49.6% 887 2,717 R+31.8
Jefferson 968 35.8% 1,554 57.5% 181 2,703 R+21.7
Washington 744 27.7% 1,535 57.2% 405 2,684 R+29.5
Union 505 18.9% 1,260 47.2% 904 2,669 R+28.3
Buchanan 614 23.2% 1,512 57.1% 524 2,650 R+33.9
Decatur 671 25.7% 1,340 51.4% 597 2,608 R+25.7
Cedar 843 33.1% 1,575 61.9% 127 2,545 R+28.8
Guthrie 424 16.9% 1,493 59.6% 588 2,505 R+42.7
Black Hawk 718 29.2% 1,676 68.2% 64 2,458 R+39.0
Webster 453 18.6% 1,363 55.9% 622 2,438 R+37.3
Winneshiek 745 31.1% 1,506 62.9% 144 2,395 R+31.8
Mills 788 33.5% 1,349 57.4% 214 2,351 R+23.9
Bremer 540 23.7% 1,426 62.7% 309 2,275 R+38.9
Woodbury 858 37.8% 1,305 57.4% 109 2,272 R+19.7
Iowa 852 37.9% 1,211 53.9% 184 2,247 R+16.0
Monroe 703 31.3% 1,070 47.7% 471 2,244 R+16.4
Poweshiek 467 20.9% 1,317 58.9% 453 2,237 R+38.0
Story 283 12.7% 1,474 66.0% 475 2,232 R+53.4
Carroll 1,067 48.1% 1,110 50.0% 42 2,219 R+1.9
Lucas 648 29.3% 1,263 57.2% 297 2,208 R+27.9
Tama 570 26.6% 1,393 65.1% 177 2,140 R+38.5
Crawford 913 42.7% 1,209 56.6% 14 2,136 R+13.9
Taylor 397 19.0% 1,288 61.6% 406 2,091 R+42.6
Louisa 490 23.6% 1,322 63.6% 265 2,077 R+40.1
Marshall 512 25.1% 1,333 65.5% 191 2,036 R+40.3
Greene 128 6.4% 1,371 69.0% 487 1,986 R+62.6
Plymouth 814 41.2% 1,106 56.0% 55 1,975 R+14.8
Shelby 695 37.0% 1,050 55.9% 133 1,878 R+18.9
Adair 197 10.6% 1,139 61.2% 524 1,860 R+50.6
Jones 466 25.1% 1,352 72.9% 36 1,854 R+47.8
Floyd 359 19.9% 1,273 70.6% 172 1,804 R+50.7
Ringgold 231 12.9% 1,076 60.2% 479 1,786 R+47.3
Chickasaw 568 32.0% 889 50.1% 318 1,775 R+18.1
Adams 322 18.2% 911 51.4% 538 1,771 R+33.3
Clarke 466 26.6% 1,047 59.9% 236 1,749 R+33.2
Montgomery 247 14.4% 1,183 69.0% 284 1,714 R+54.6
Page 313 18.3% 1,294 75.6% 104 1,711 R+57.3
Mitchell 393 25.2% 1,119 71.8% 46 1,558 R+46.6
Sac 301 20.0% 1,159 77.1% 43 1,503 R+57.1
Howard 42 2.9% 749 51.0% 678 1,469 R+48.1
Hamilton 215 14.8% 989 68.2% 247 1,451 R+53.3
Audubon 522 36.3% 855 59.5% 61 1,438 R+23.2
Cerro Gordo 382 26.7% 1,041 72.8% 7 1,430 R+46.1
Hardin 192 13.6% 1,130 80.2% 87 1,409 R+66.6
Butler 258 18.4% 1,138 81.1% 7 1,403 R+62.7
Franklin 188 13.4% 1,135 81.1% 77 1,400 R+67.6
Buena Vista 217 15.7% 1,071 77.4% 95 1,383 R+61.7
Grundy 374 27.7% 971 71.8% 7 1,352 R+44.2
Cherokee 192 14.7% 919 70.3% 196 1,307 R+55.6
Ida 354 31.1% 760 66.8% 24 1,138 R+35.7
Sioux 314 28.0% 794 70.9% 12 1,120 R+42.9
Monona 176 15.9% 640 58.0% 288 1,104 R+42.0
Calhoun 268 24.9% 792 73.7% 15 1,075 R+48.7
O'Brien 89 8.9% 764 76.0% 152 1,005 R+67.2
Humboldt 192 21.5% 694 77.7% 7 893 R+56.2
Wright 190 22.7% 630 75.4% 16 836 R+52.6
Palo Alto 376 45.2% 363 43.6% 93 832 D+1.6
Pocahontas 242 29.3% 561 67.9% 23 826 R+38.6
Kossuth 231 28.1% 571 69.4% 21 823 R+41.3
Hancock 127 17.3% 605 82.3% 3 735 R+65.0
Winnebago 26 3.5% 675 91.8% 34 735 R+88.3
Clay 43 6.0% 667 93.4% 4 714 R+87.4
Osceola 61 11.1% 482 87.6% 7 550 R+76.5
Worth 26 4.8% 494 91.3% 21 541 R+86.5
Lyon 60 12.5% 419 87.3% 1 480 R+74.8
Emmet 34 10.5% 284 87.4% 7 325 R+76.9
Dickinson 0 0.0% 253 99.2% 2 255 R+99.2

Counties as they stood in 1881; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1