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Election 1897 Results

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1897 Iowa governor election

Leslie M. Shaw (Republican) beat Frederick E. White (Democrat) in Iowa in 1897, 51.3% to 44.5%, a margin of 6.8 points and 29,876 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1895, when Francis M. Drake won.

Republicans led in 73 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 26. The largest, Polk, cast 13,867 votes and went to the Republican by 11.1 points. The closest was Tama, where 5 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
Leslie M. Shaw won Republican 224,729 51.3%
Frederick E. White Democratic 194,853 44.5%
All other candidates 18,710 4.3%
Total438,292

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 5,755 41.5% 7,298 52.6% 814 13,867 R+11.1
Dubuque 5,815 58.5% 3,928 39.5% 204 9,947 D+19.0
Linn 3,890 40.1% 5,409 55.8% 398 9,697 R+15.7
Pottawattamie 4,465 46.4% 4,792 49.8% 361 9,618 R+3.4
Scott 3,244 37.1% 3,824 43.8% 1,669 8,737 R+6.6
Clinton 4,459 51.6% 3,927 45.4% 255 8,641 D+6.2
Lee 4,622 55.4% 3,531 42.3% 188 8,341 D+13.1
Woodbury 3,202 42.2% 3,956 52.2% 427 7,585 R+9.9
Wapello 3,372 45.5% 3,657 49.3% 383 7,412 R+3.8
Mahaska 3,397 47.1% 3,440 47.7% 372 7,209 R+0.6
Des Moines 3,460 49.9% 3,265 47.1% 209 6,934 D+2.8
Jasper 3,240 49.4% 3,116 47.5% 207 6,563 D+1.9
Marshall 2,171 37.9% 3,262 57.0% 293 5,726 R+19.1
Johnson 2,962 51.8% 2,581 45.1% 179 5,722 D+6.7
Muscatine 2,556 45.3% 2,807 49.7% 284 5,647 R+4.4
Keokuk 2,457 44.1% 2,746 49.3% 365 5,568 R+5.2
Marion 2,807 51.1% 2,354 42.9% 330 5,491 D+8.2
Tama 2,592 48.0% 2,587 47.9% 225 5,404 D+0.1
Fayette 2,411 44.7% 2,804 52.0% 178 5,393 R+7.3
Benton 2,557 47.5% 2,696 50.0% 135 5,388 R+2.6
Harrison 2,712 50.4% 2,469 45.8% 205 5,386 D+4.5
Black Hawk 2,015 37.5% 3,090 57.5% 272 5,377 R+20.0
Appanoose 2,366 44.5% 2,789 52.5% 157 5,312 R+8.0
Clayton 2,692 50.7% 2,499 47.0% 121 5,312 D+3.6
Webster 2,266 43.2% 2,698 51.5% 278 5,242 R+8.2
Boone 2,362 45.5% 2,548 49.1% 284 5,194 R+3.6
Jackson 2,675 52.5% 2,252 44.2% 166 5,093 D+8.3
Winneshiek 1,817 36.5% 3,068 61.6% 93 4,978 R+25.1
Jones 2,160 44.9% 2,585 53.7% 69 4,814 R+8.8
Page 1,778 37.2% 2,674 56.0% 325 4,777 R+18.8
Washington 2,126 45.1% 2,384 50.6% 205 4,715 R+5.5
Buchanan 2,071 44.3% 2,498 53.4% 106 4,675 R+9.1
Cedar 2,181 47.0% 2,283 49.2% 174 4,638 R+2.2
Cass 1,865 40.3% 2,480 53.6% 280 4,625 R+13.3
Warren 1,969 43.6% 2,337 51.7% 211 4,517 R+8.1
Dallas 1,830 40.8% 2,410 53.8% 243 4,483 R+12.9
Crawford 2,507 56.7% 1,778 40.2% 139 4,424 D+16.5
Decatur 1,961 45.4% 2,169 50.2% 191 4,321 R+4.8
Poweshiek 1,760 41.2% 2,262 52.9% 253 4,275 R+11.7
Plymouth 2,026 47.7% 2,035 48.0% 183 4,244 R+0.2
Union 2,118 50.3% 1,880 44.6% 214 4,212 D+5.7
Carroll 2,395 57.0% 1,746 41.6% 59 4,200 D+15.5
Fremont 2,306 54.9% 1,756 41.8% 137 4,199 D+13.1
Van Buren 1,855 44.3% 2,226 53.2% 103 4,184 R+8.9
Madison 1,631 39.0% 2,117 50.6% 433 4,181 R+11.6
Kossuth 1,923 46.1% 2,189 52.5% 60 4,172 R+6.4
Iowa 2,072 49.7% 1,961 47.0% 135 4,168 D+2.7
Story 1,245 30.0% 2,747 66.2% 158 4,150 R+36.2
Henry 1,653 39.9% 2,277 54.9% 218 4,148 R+15.0
Hardin 1,338 32.5% 2,620 63.6% 162 4,120 R+31.1
Wayne 1,915 46.8% 2,009 49.1% 165 4,089 R+2.3
Guthrie 1,855 45.5% 2,071 50.8% 152 4,078 R+5.3
Sioux 1,620 39.9% 2,340 57.6% 100 4,060 R+17.7
Taylor 1,766 43.6% 2,154 53.1% 135 4,055 R+9.6
Allamakee 1,763 43.8% 2,174 54.0% 91 4,028 R+10.2
Shelby 2,080 53.4% 1,731 44.5% 83 3,894 D+9.0
Bremer 1,994 52.1% 1,751 45.7% 83 3,828 D+6.3
Mills 1,750 45.7% 1,883 49.2% 194 3,827 R+3.5
Chickasaw 2,115 55.3% 1,659 43.4% 50 3,824 D+11.9
Montgomery 1,323 35.3% 2,283 61.0% 138 3,744 R+25.6
Davis 1,919 52.7% 1,507 41.4% 212 3,638 D+11.3
Delaware 1,383 38.1% 2,128 58.6% 120 3,631 R+20.5
Jefferson 1,420 39.4% 2,057 57.1% 126 3,603 R+17.7
Adair 1,733 48.2% 1,754 48.8% 106 3,593 R+0.6
Greene 1,440 40.2% 2,022 56.4% 122 3,584 R+16.2
Floyd 1,451 40.5% 1,971 55.0% 159 3,581 R+14.5
Hamilton 1,167 32.8% 2,316 65.2% 71 3,554 R+32.3
Monroe 1,763 49.7% 1,489 42.0% 293 3,545 D+7.7
Butler 1,200 35.0% 2,121 61.8% 112 3,433 R+26.8
Cerro Gordo 1,120 34.2% 1,948 59.4% 209 3,277 R+25.3
Cherokee 1,286 39.4% 1,785 54.7% 195 3,266 R+15.3
O'Brien 1,486 46.7% 1,631 51.2% 67 3,184 R+4.6
Monona 1,583 50.0% 1,356 42.9% 225 3,164 D+7.2
Ringgold 1,169 37.2% 1,820 57.9% 154 3,143 R+20.7
Sac 1,234 39.3% 1,767 56.3% 139 3,140 R+17.0
Wright 908 29.5% 2,078 67.5% 92 3,078 R+38.0
Adams 1,406 45.7% 1,504 48.9% 167 3,077 R+3.2
Lucas 1,297 43.1% 1,484 49.4% 226 3,007 R+6.2
Calhoun 1,148 38.3% 1,749 58.4% 97 2,994 R+20.1
Howard 1,396 46.8% 1,495 50.1% 95 2,986 R+3.3
Clarke 1,365 46.5% 1,501 51.2% 68 2,934 R+4.6
Pocahontas 1,401 49.3% 1,364 48.0% 79 2,844 D+1.3
Grundy 1,297 46.0% 1,474 52.3% 50 2,821 R+6.3
Mitchell 805 28.6% 1,940 68.8% 73 2,818 R+40.3
Louisa 1,007 35.7% 1,677 59.5% 133 2,817 R+23.8
Audubon 1,321 47.3% 1,432 51.3% 37 2,790 R+4.0
Palo Alto 1,414 50.9% 1,278 46.0% 85 2,777 D+4.9
Buena Vista 973 35.9% 1,605 59.2% 133 2,711 R+23.3
Ida 1,297 50.3% 1,221 47.3% 61 2,579 D+2.9
Hancock 1,062 42.3% 1,394 55.5% 54 2,510 R+13.2
Lyon 1,140 46.7% 1,173 48.0% 130 2,443 R+1.4
Franklin 700 29.0% 1,672 69.3% 39 2,411 R+40.3
Humboldt 704 30.2% 1,575 67.6% 50 2,329 R+37.4
Clay 764 33.5% 1,400 61.3% 120 2,284 R+27.8
Winnebago 679 32.6% 1,359 65.2% 47 2,085 R+32.6
Worth 504 26.5% 1,348 70.9% 48 1,900 R+44.4
Osceola 791 49.6% 766 48.0% 38 1,595 D+1.6
Dickinson 432 30.7% 875 62.3% 98 1,405 R+31.5
Emmet 398 30.4% 831 63.5% 79 1,308 R+33.1

Counties as they stood in 1897; 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