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Election 1938 Results

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1938 Iowa governor election

George Wilson (Republican) beat Nelson G. Kraschel (Democrat) in Iowa in 1938, 52.7% to 45.7%, a margin of 7.0 points and 59,282 votes.

Iowa changed party: in 1936 it went Democratic, for Nelson G. Kraschel.

Republicans led in 71 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, Polk, cast 58,588 votes and went to the Republican by 15.3 points. The closest was Grundy, where 13 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
George Wilson won Republican 447,061 52.7%
Nelson G. Kraschel Democratic 387,779 45.7%
All other candidates 13,391 1.6%
Total848,231

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 24,322 41.5% 33,266 56.8% 1,000 58,588 R+15.3
Woodbury 14,941 47.6% 14,636 46.7% 1,790 31,367 D+1.0
Linn 8,857 35.1% 16,058 63.6% 353 25,268 R+28.5
Scott 11,912 50.4% 11,642 49.2% 104 23,658 D+1.1
Black Hawk 8,925 42.1% 12,015 56.7% 262 21,202 R+14.6
Pottawattamie 9,930 48.0% 10,571 51.1% 170 20,671 R+3.1
Dubuque 11,587 61.9% 6,607 35.3% 527 18,721 D+26.6
Clinton 8,775 48.5% 9,192 50.8% 128 18,095 R+2.3
Cerro Gordo 6,959 46.2% 7,964 52.9% 144 15,067 R+6.7
Lee 6,276 45.8% 7,349 53.6% 78 13,703 R+7.8
Wapello 6,656 49.5% 6,672 49.6% 123 13,451 R+0.1
Webster 6,062 48.8% 6,029 48.6% 325 12,416 D+0.3
Des Moines 4,341 38.3% 6,706 59.2% 276 11,323 R+20.9
Fayette 4,534 42.0% 6,138 56.9% 112 10,784 R+14.9
Jasper 4,657 43.8% 5,705 53.6% 281 10,643 R+9.8
Johnson 5,442 53.3% 4,692 46.0% 68 10,202 D+7.4
Marshall 3,840 39.0% 5,892 59.8% 124 9,856 R+20.8
Clayton 4,549 47.8% 4,803 50.4% 169 9,521 R+2.7
Tama 4,377 46.8% 4,892 52.3% 93 9,362 R+5.5
Harrison 4,280 45.8% 4,989 53.3% 83 9,352 R+7.6
Appanoose 4,141 45.0% 4,990 54.3% 62 9,193 R+9.2
Story 3,888 42.6% 5,117 56.0% 129 9,134 R+13.5
Winneshiek 4,280 47.1% 4,648 51.1% 162 9,090 R+4.0
Muscatine 3,538 39.0% 5,453 60.1% 81 9,072 R+21.1
Marion 4,148 46.0% 4,653 51.6% 214 9,015 R+5.6
Kossuth 5,117 56.9% 3,784 42.1% 88 8,989 D+14.8
Plymouth 4,079 45.4% 4,577 51.0% 327 8,983 R+5.5
Dallas 3,807 43.8% 4,785 55.1% 94 8,686 R+11.3
Sioux 3,941 46.6% 4,168 49.3% 341 8,450 R+2.7
Boone 4,176 50.0% 3,874 46.3% 309 8,359 D+3.6
Mahaska 3,654 44.2% 4,441 53.7% 171 8,266 R+9.5
Carroll 4,508 55.6% 3,367 41.5% 237 8,112 D+14.1
Page 2,540 32.2% 5,321 67.4% 38 7,899 R+35.2
Cass 2,920 37.4% 4,832 61.9% 48 7,800 R+24.5
Buchanan 3,370 43.3% 4,368 56.1% 52 7,790 R+12.8
Jackson 3,818 51.2% 3,618 48.5% 23 7,459 D+2.7
Keokuk 3,362 45.6% 3,935 53.4% 71 7,368 R+7.8
Allamakee 3,145 43.6% 3,981 55.2% 83 7,209 R+11.6
Crawford 4,031 56.3% 2,949 41.2% 184 7,164 D+15.1
Hardin 3,279 46.6% 3,492 49.6% 263 7,034 R+3.0
Union 2,715 38.7% 4,235 60.4% 63 7,013 R+21.7
Benton 3,039 43.8% 3,773 54.4% 119 6,931 R+10.6
Chickasaw 3,366 49.2% 3,402 49.7% 73 6,841 R+0.5
Monona 3,591 52.6% 3,105 45.4% 136 6,832 D+7.1
Shelby 4,024 59.0% 2,716 39.8% 81 6,821 D+19.2
Delaware 2,535 37.2% 4,229 62.1% 45 6,809 R+24.9
Wright 3,195 47.1% 3,515 51.8% 78 6,788 R+4.7
Henry 2,607 38.5% 4,077 60.2% 93 6,777 R+21.7
Floyd 2,595 38.8% 4,000 59.8% 99 6,694 R+21.0
Poweshiek 2,983 45.4% 3,463 52.7% 126 6,572 R+7.3
Jones 2,723 41.5% 3,818 58.2% 23 6,564 R+16.7
O'Brien 3,073 46.9% 3,388 51.7% 97 6,558 R+4.8
Hamilton 3,211 49.1% 3,257 49.8% 67 6,535 R+0.7
Cedar 2,564 40.4% 3,686 58.1% 90 6,340 R+17.7
Iowa 2,972 47.2% 3,106 49.3% 216 6,294 R+2.1
Palo Alto 3,317 53.3% 2,832 45.5% 75 6,224 D+7.8
Bremer 2,736 44.0% 3,383 54.5% 93 6,212 R+10.4
Howard 3,230 52.1% 2,902 46.8% 68 6,200 D+5.3
Fremont 2,951 47.8% 3,216 52.0% 13 6,180 R+4.3
Warren 2,496 40.4% 3,630 58.7% 54 6,180 R+18.3
Calhoun 3,092 50.3% 2,978 48.4% 83 6,153 D+1.9
Cherokee 3,136 51.1% 2,914 47.5% 87 6,137 D+3.6
Buena Vista 2,851 47.8% 2,974 49.8% 141 5,966 R+2.1
Taylor 2,376 40.1% 3,520 59.3% 35 5,931 R+19.3
Montgomery 2,261 38.2% 3,623 61.2% 39 5,923 R+23.0
Monroe 2,810 47.7% 2,991 50.8% 92 5,893 R+3.1
Washington 2,224 37.8% 3,614 61.4% 46 5,884 R+23.6
Guthrie 2,494 42.5% 3,257 55.5% 120 5,871 R+13.0
Greene 2,544 44.0% 3,104 53.7% 130 5,778 R+9.7
Jefferson 2,251 39.3% 3,403 59.3% 80 5,734 R+20.1
Decatur 2,882 50.6% 2,778 48.8% 32 5,692 D+1.8
Wayne 2,729 48.1% 2,919 51.5% 24 5,672 R+3.3
Madison 2,262 40.5% 3,286 58.8% 38 5,586 R+18.3
Sac 2,657 48.0% 2,839 51.2% 44 5,540 R+3.3
Clay 2,742 49.7% 2,692 48.8% 80 5,514 D+0.9
Hancock 2,606 49.1% 2,663 50.2% 39 5,308 R+1.1
Pocahontas 2,860 54.0% 2,359 44.5% 79 5,298 D+9.5
Adair 2,150 40.6% 3,116 58.8% 29 5,295 R+18.2
Mitchell 2,532 48.4% 2,613 50.0% 84 5,229 R+1.5
Lucas 2,134 41.0% 2,966 57.0% 101 5,201 R+16.0
Mills 2,167 41.7% 3,003 57.8% 29 5,199 R+16.1
Davis 2,685 52.5% 2,420 47.3% 10 5,115 D+5.2
Butler 1,957 38.6% 3,009 59.3% 110 5,076 R+20.7
Winnebago 2,232 46.8% 2,409 50.5% 125 4,766 R+3.7
Grundy 2,335 49.2% 2,348 49.5% 62 4,745 R+0.3
Franklin 2,303 48.7% 2,231 47.2% 194 4,728 D+1.5
Van Buren 1,749 37.5% 2,890 62.0% 24 4,663 R+24.5
Ringgold 1,761 37.8% 2,861 61.4% 34 4,656 R+23.6
Lyon 2,309 49.7% 2,278 49.1% 55 4,642 D+0.7
Dickinson 2,276 50.6% 2,158 48.0% 64 4,498 D+2.6
Humboldt 2,217 49.8% 2,166 48.7% 66 4,449 D+1.1
Audubon 2,359 53.6% 2,010 45.6% 35 4,404 D+7.9
Louisa 1,708 40.1% 2,533 59.4% 21 4,262 R+19.4
Adams 1,553 36.5% 2,663 62.7% 34 4,250 R+26.1
Emmet 1,805 44.0% 2,254 55.0% 41 4,100 R+11.0
Ida 2,194 54.8% 1,743 43.5% 68 4,005 D+11.3
Worth 1,986 50.4% 1,921 48.8% 30 3,937 D+1.7
Clarke 1,850 47.2% 2,039 52.1% 28 3,917 R+4.8
Osceola 1,853 52.5% 1,612 45.7% 62 3,527 D+6.8

Counties as they stood in 1938; 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