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Election 1885 Results

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1885 Iowa governor election

William Larrabee (Republican) beat Charles Whiting (Democrat) in Iowa in 1885, 50.8% to 48.7%, a margin of 2.0 points and 7,021 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1883, when Buren R. Sherman won.

Republicans led in 66 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Polk, cast 10,099 votes and went to the Republican by 6.7 points. The closest was Madison, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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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
William Larrabee won Republican 175,605 50.8%
Charles Whiting Democratic 168,584 48.7%
All other candidates 1,773 0.5%
Total345,962

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 4,699 46.5% 5,378 53.3% 22 10,099 R+6.7
Linn 4,020 48.3% 4,139 49.8% 159 8,318 R+1.4
Dubuque 5,479 68.9% 2,454 30.8% 22 7,955 D+38.0
Pottawattamie 4,234 55.9% 3,345 44.1% 7,579 D+11.7
Scott 4,555 67.1% 2,150 31.7% 79 6,784 D+35.5
Clinton 4,008 59.6% 2,711 40.3% 8 6,727 D+19.3
Lee 3,812 57.6% 2,783 42.1% 20 6,615 D+15.6
Des Moines 3,567 58.6% 2,517 41.3% 8 6,092 D+17.2
Wapello 3,018 51.5% 2,832 48.3% 9 5,859 D+3.2
Mahaska 2,388 43.5% 3,006 54.8% 91 5,485 R+11.3
Jasper 2,462 46.3% 2,756 51.9% 96 5,314 R+5.5
Clayton 2,975 58.1% 2,133 41.7% 9 5,117 D+16.5
Muscatine 2,702 53.9% 2,309 46.1% 2 5,013 D+7.8
Woodbury 2,446 48.9% 2,557 51.1% 3 5,006 R+2.2
Benton 2,362 48.5% 2,490 51.1% 22 4,874 R+2.6
Keokuk 2,551 52.5% 2,275 46.8% 34 4,860 D+5.7
Black Hawk 1,945 41.1% 2,784 58.8% 3 4,732 R+17.7
Fayette 2,374 50.6% 2,287 48.7% 34 4,695 D+1.9
Marshall 1,729 38.4% 2,745 60.9% 30 4,504 R+22.6
Boone 2,170 48.2% 2,327 51.7% 4 4,501 R+3.5
Marion 2,417 53.8% 2,055 45.8% 18 4,490 D+8.1
Johnson 2,768 62.0% 1,690 37.9% 5 4,463 D+24.2
Harrison 2,181 49.5% 2,167 49.2% 55 4,403 D+0.3
Jackson 2,617 60.1% 1,712 39.3% 27 4,356 D+20.8
Tama 2,139 49.7% 2,158 50.1% 8 4,305 R+0.4
Washington 2,076 48.7% 2,159 50.6% 28 4,263 R+1.9
Jones 1,928 45.9% 2,263 53.9% 5 4,196 R+8.0
Dallas 1,789 42.9% 2,352 56.3% 33 4,174 R+13.5
Winneshiek 1,802 43.5% 2,321 56.1% 16 4,139 R+12.5
Cass 1,865 46.8% 2,112 53.0% 6 3,983 R+6.2
Buchanan 1,921 48.3% 2,039 51.2% 19 3,979 R+3.0
Page 1,460 36.9% 2,420 61.1% 80 3,960 R+24.2
Poweshiek 1,756 44.8% 2,130 54.3% 35 3,921 R+9.5
Henry 1,721 44.0% 2,153 55.0% 38 3,912 R+11.0
Cedar 1,856 47.8% 1,980 51.0% 49 3,885 R+3.2
Webster 1,940 50.9% 1,861 48.8% 10 3,811 D+2.1
Warren 1,721 45.7% 2,033 54.0% 10 3,764 R+8.3
Van Buren 1,729 46.1% 1,918 51.1% 104 3,751 R+5.0
Delaware 1,646 44.5% 2,046 55.4% 3 3,695 R+10.8
Madison 1,829 49.6% 1,833 49.7% 23 3,685 R+0.1
Jefferson 1,591 44.7% 1,933 54.3% 37 3,561 R+9.6
Allamakee 2,018 56.9% 1,514 42.7% 12 3,544 D+14.2
Plymouth 1,930 55.8% 1,485 42.9% 43 3,458 D+12.9
Appanoose 1,687 48.9% 1,745 50.6% 19 3,451 R+1.7
Hardin 1,197 35.2% 2,198 64.6% 5 3,400 R+29.4
Fremont 1,865 54.9% 1,522 44.8% 8 3,395 D+10.1
Union 1,776 52.5% 1,605 47.4% 5 3,386 D+5.1
Iowa 1,903 57.6% 1,396 42.2% 7 3,306 D+15.3
Carroll 1,853 56.2% 1,445 43.8% 3,298 D+12.4
Wayne 1,632 49.5% 1,648 50.0% 16 3,296 R+0.5
Guthrie 1,466 44.6% 1,816 55.2% 7 3,289 R+10.6
Decatur 1,564 47.8% 1,696 51.9% 9 3,269 R+4.0
Floyd 1,451 44.4% 1,816 55.6% 2 3,269 R+11.2
Shelby 1,689 52.1% 1,544 47.7% 7 3,240 D+4.5
Greene 1,412 43.6% 1,816 56.1% 9 3,237 R+12.5
Taylor 1,355 42.2% 1,838 57.2% 20 3,213 R+15.0
Story 1,083 35.1% 1,978 64.2% 22 3,083 R+29.0
Montgomery 1,205 39.1% 1,858 60.3% 17 3,080 R+21.2
Crawford 1,709 55.8% 1,355 44.2% 3,064 D+11.6
Bremer 1,549 50.7% 1,506 49.2% 3 3,058 D+1.4
Davis 1,846 61.1% 1,100 36.4% 77 3,023 D+24.7
Lucas 1,362 45.3% 1,647 54.7% 3,009 R+9.5
Chickasaw 1,473 50.0% 1,465 49.8% 6 2,944 D+0.3
Mills 1,471 50.7% 1,375 47.4% 53 2,899 D+3.3
Butler 1,162 40.4% 1,700 59.1% 15 2,877 R+18.7
Adair 1,280 45.7% 1,515 54.1% 3 2,798 R+8.4
Louisa 1,041 38.8% 1,638 61.0% 6 2,685 R+22.2
Ringgold 1,010 39.0% 1,562 60.2% 21 2,593 R+21.3
Monroe 1,344 51.9% 1,238 47.8% 8 2,590 D+4.1
Adams 1,321 51.3% 1,253 48.7% 1 2,575 D+2.6
Cerro Gordo 979 39.1% 1,521 60.8% 3 2,503 R+21.7
Sac 962 38.8% 1,505 60.7% 13 2,480 R+21.9
Mitchell 1,024 41.4% 1,446 58.4% 4 2,474 R+17.1
Monona 1,275 51.9% 1,178 48.0% 3 2,456 D+3.9
Clarke 1,080 45.6% 1,276 53.9% 11 2,367 R+8.3
Hamilton 920 39.7% 1,396 60.3% 2,316 R+20.6
Franklin 849 36.8% 1,459 63.2% 1 2,309 R+26.4
Grundy 1,035 46.3% 1,188 53.1% 13 2,236 R+6.8
Audubon 1,152 51.8% 1,069 48.1% 2 2,223 D+3.7
Cherokee 835 38.1% 1,343 61.4% 11 2,189 R+23.2
Sioux 904 44.2% 1,143 55.8% 2,047 R+11.7
Howard 846 41.9% 1,170 57.9% 4 2,020 R+16.0
Calhoun 643 32.5% 1,333 67.4% 1 1,977 R+34.9
Buena Vista 760 38.9% 1,192 61.0% 2 1,954 R+22.1
Ida 832 42.8% 1,110 57.1% 1 1,943 R+14.3
Wright 636 33.9% 1,235 65.8% 7 1,878 R+31.9
O'Brien 749 40.1% 1,120 59.9% 1,869 R+19.9
Kossuth 767 44.2% 967 55.7% 1 1,735 R+11.5
Humboldt 591 39.0% 917 60.6% 6 1,514 R+21.5
Palo Alto 725 51.7% 673 48.0% 4 1,402 D+3.7
Pocahontas 584 43.1% 761 56.2% 10 1,355 R+13.1
Clay 345 26.9% 936 73.0% 1 1,282 R+46.1
Worth 449 37.4% 745 62.1% 5 1,199 R+24.7
Hancock 444 38.9% 695 61.0% 1 1,140 R+22.0
Winnebago 272 28.3% 686 71.5% 2 960 R+43.1
Osceola 349 38.6% 555 61.4% 904 R+22.8
Lyon 321 39.5% 492 60.5% 813 R+21.0
Dickinson 223 31.8% 478 68.2% 701 R+36.4
Emmet 131 23.3% 429 76.3% 2 562 R+53.0

Counties as they stood in 1885; 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