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Election 1936 Results

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1936 Iowa governor election

Nelson G. Kraschel (Democrat) beat George Wilson (Republican) in Iowa in 1936, 48.7% to 48.4%, a margin of 0.2 points and 2,431 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Clyde L. Herring won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Polk, cast 75,231 votes and went to the Republican by 8.7 points. The closest was Iowa, where 7 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
Nelson G. Kraschel won Democratic 524,178 48.7%
George Wilson Republican 521,747 48.4%
All other candidates 31,438 2.9%
Total1,077,363

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 33,613 44.7% 40,176 53.4% 1,442 75,231 R+8.7
Woodbury 20,601 51.4% 15,138 37.8% 4,306 40,045 D+13.6
Linn 16,760 43.7% 20,692 54.0% 877 38,329 R+10.3
Scott 18,948 58.0% 12,969 39.7% 773 32,690 D+18.3
Black Hawk 14,671 48.8% 14,859 49.4% 558 30,088 R+0.6
Pottawattamie 14,662 52.3% 12,913 46.1% 454 28,029 D+6.2
Dubuque 15,757 62.5% 8,379 33.3% 1,056 25,192 D+29.3
Clinton 10,847 49.2% 10,756 48.7% 465 22,068 D+0.4
Lee 8,809 48.0% 9,223 50.3% 320 18,352 R+2.3
Wapello 9,872 55.6% 7,661 43.2% 212 17,745 D+12.5
Cerro Gordo 8,302 49.2% 8,137 48.2% 429 16,868 D+1.0
Webster 7,311 46.7% 7,030 44.9% 1,321 15,662 D+1.8
Des Moines 5,892 40.3% 7,492 51.2% 1,246 14,630 R+10.9
Johnson 7,540 53.3% 6,356 44.9% 259 14,155 D+8.4
Jasper 7,185 51.8% 6,438 46.4% 245 13,868 D+5.4
Marshall 4,922 36.7% 8,005 59.7% 482 13,409 R+23.0
Fayette 5,917 46.4% 6,639 52.1% 189 12,745 R+5.7
Muscatine 6,077 47.7% 6,518 51.2% 142 12,737 R+3.5
Story 5,087 40.2% 7,013 55.4% 569 12,669 R+15.2
Appanoose 5,769 49.4% 5,822 49.9% 77 11,668 R+0.5
Clayton 6,159 53.0% 5,169 44.5% 285 11,613 D+8.5
Marion 5,991 51.7% 5,399 46.6% 204 11,594 D+5.1
Dallas 5,455 47.8% 5,754 50.5% 192 11,401 R+2.6
Harrison 5,788 51.1% 5,294 46.7% 250 11,332 D+4.4
Tama 5,609 51.0% 5,229 47.5% 162 11,000 D+3.5
Kossuth 6,735 61.3% 4,118 37.5% 126 10,979 D+23.8
Mahaska 5,051 46.3% 5,360 49.1% 507 10,918 R+2.8
Page 4,035 37.5% 6,672 62.1% 39 10,746 R+24.5
Boone 4,960 47.1% 4,739 45.0% 833 10,532 D+2.1
Winneshiek 5,234 50.5% 4,665 45.0% 459 10,358 D+5.5
Plymouth 5,026 48.8% 4,515 43.9% 750 10,291 D+5.0
Cass 3,879 40.2% 5,712 59.2% 57 9,648 R+19.0
Carroll 5,628 58.6% 3,540 36.8% 440 9,608 D+21.7
Sioux 4,542 47.5% 4,501 47.0% 528 9,571 D+0.4
Buchanan 4,486 47.2% 4,967 52.3% 52 9,505 R+5.1
Keokuk 4,634 48.9% 4,667 49.3% 170 9,471 R+0.3
Benton 4,244 45.7% 4,648 50.1% 386 9,278 R+4.4
Hardin 4,105 45.1% 4,393 48.3% 600 9,098 R+3.2
Jones 4,301 48.3% 4,534 50.9% 71 8,906 R+2.6
Washington 3,893 44.4% 4,759 54.3% 108 8,760 R+9.9
Delaware 3,740 43.1% 4,768 54.9% 178 8,686 R+11.8
Crawford 4,558 52.9% 3,553 41.2% 511 8,622 D+11.7
Poweshiek 3,964 46.3% 4,384 51.2% 215 8,563 R+4.9
Floyd 3,688 43.6% 4,423 52.3% 353 8,464 R+8.7
Warren 3,603 42.7% 4,762 56.5% 64 8,429 R+13.8
Union 3,432 40.8% 4,823 57.4% 148 8,403 R+16.6
Jackson 4,301 51.9% 3,610 43.6% 369 8,280 D+8.3
Monona 4,675 57.0% 3,215 39.2% 318 8,208 D+17.8
Montgomery 3,467 42.3% 4,664 56.9% 59 8,190 R+14.6
Wright 4,235 51.7% 3,748 45.8% 203 8,186 D+5.9
Allamakee 3,836 46.9% 4,200 51.3% 144 8,180 R+4.4
Hamilton 4,219 51.8% 3,743 46.0% 178 8,140 D+5.8
Shelby 4,215 51.9% 3,667 45.2% 234 8,116 D+6.8
Buena Vista 4,016 49.9% 3,720 46.3% 307 8,043 D+3.7
O'Brien 4,260 53.5% 3,526 44.3% 180 7,966 D+9.2
Henry 3,291 41.5% 4,450 56.2% 180 7,921 R+14.6
Cedar 3,750 47.8% 3,927 50.0% 172 7,849 R+2.3
Bremer 4,180 53.7% 3,494 44.9% 112 7,786 D+8.8
Guthrie 3,108 40.7% 4,276 55.9% 260 7,644 R+15.3
Jefferson 3,228 42.6% 4,128 54.5% 225 7,581 R+11.9
Sac 3,445 46.0% 3,923 52.3% 128 7,496 R+6.4
Chickasaw 3,796 51.2% 3,396 45.8% 217 7,409 D+5.4
Fremont 4,043 55.0% 3,295 44.8% 12 7,350 D+10.2
Taylor 2,921 40.2% 4,300 59.2% 47 7,268 R+19.0
Madison 3,000 41.4% 4,226 58.3% 25 7,251 R+16.9
Clay 3,756 52.0% 3,294 45.6% 179 7,229 D+6.4
Wayne 3,524 48.9% 3,632 50.4% 54 7,210 R+1.5
Cherokee 3,470 48.5% 3,444 48.1% 239 7,153 D+0.4
Decatur 3,677 51.5% 3,425 47.9% 44 7,146 D+3.5
Iowa 3,371 47.3% 3,378 47.4% 372 7,121 R+0.1
Calhoun 3,415 48.7% 3,265 46.6% 332 7,012 D+2.1
Greene 3,166 45.5% 3,474 49.9% 320 6,960 R+4.4
Lucas 3,188 45.9% 3,578 51.5% 178 6,944 R+5.6
Monroe 3,579 51.8% 3,219 46.6% 112 6,910 D+5.2
Butler 3,021 44.0% 3,686 53.7% 162 6,869 R+9.7
Palo Alto 3,700 54.5% 2,954 43.5% 136 6,790 D+11.0
Mills 3,297 48.7% 3,439 50.8% 40 6,776 R+2.1
Howard 3,479 52.9% 2,986 45.4% 115 6,580 D+7.5
Adair 2,737 42.1% 3,708 57.0% 62 6,507 R+14.9
Pocahontas 3,231 52.3% 2,639 42.7% 309 6,179 D+9.6
Van Buren 2,519 41.0% 3,551 57.8% 77 6,147 R+16.8
Franklin 3,000 49.3% 2,751 45.2% 331 6,082 D+4.1
Grundy 3,088 50.8% 2,879 47.4% 107 6,074 D+3.4
Mitchell 2,988 49.3% 2,899 47.8% 178 6,065 D+1.5
Hancock 3,085 51.3% 2,811 46.7% 119 6,015 D+4.6
Davis 3,119 52.8% 2,770 46.9% 17 5,906 D+5.9
Ringgold 2,059 36.4% 3,545 62.7% 49 5,653 R+26.3
Audubon 2,789 49.9% 2,625 47.0% 177 5,591 D+2.9
Lyon 3,130 56.8% 2,277 41.3% 104 5,511 D+15.5
Dickinson 2,738 50.7% 2,567 47.5% 97 5,402 D+3.2
Emmet 2,673 50.0% 2,524 47.2% 149 5,346 D+2.8
Winnebago 2,395 45.1% 2,581 48.6% 330 5,306 R+3.5
Humboldt 2,651 50.5% 2,509 47.8% 92 5,252 D+2.7
Louisa 2,327 45.1% 2,788 54.1% 43 5,158 R+8.9
Adams 1,894 37.5% 3,097 61.2% 66 5,057 R+23.8
Clarke 2,346 46.9% 2,614 52.3% 41 5,001 R+5.4
Ida 2,866 57.9% 1,956 39.5% 130 4,952 D+18.4
Worth 2,388 52.6% 2,070 45.6% 86 4,544 D+7.0
Osceola 2,244 54.8% 1,740 42.5% 111 4,095 D+12.3

Counties as they stood in 1936; 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