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Election 1942 Results

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1942 Iowa governor election

Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican) beat Nelson G. Kraschel (Democrat) in Iowa in 1942, 62.7% to 37.0%, a margin of 25.8 points and 180,237 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when George Wilson won.

Republicans led in 97 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Polk, cast 48,137 votes and went to the Republican by 15.3 points. The closest was Shelby, where 26 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
Bourke B. Hickenlooper won Republican 438,547 62.7%
Nelson G. Kraschel Democratic 258,310 37.0%
All other candidates 2,073 0.3%
Total698,930

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 20,278 42.1% 27,631 57.4% 228 48,137 R+15.3
Linn 6,401 27.9% 16,426 71.7% 84 22,911 R+43.8
Woodbury 8,692 38.2% 14,056 61.7% 35 22,783 R+23.5
Scott 7,743 42.5% 10,464 57.4% 27 18,234 R+14.9
Black Hawk 6,121 36.1% 10,718 63.3% 98 16,937 R+27.1
Dubuque 8,590 52.4% 7,754 47.3% 62 16,406 D+5.1
Pottawattamie 5,356 36.7% 9,230 63.2% 20 14,606 R+26.5
Cerro Gordo 5,664 44.2% 7,136 55.7% 15 12,815 R+11.5
Clinton 4,998 39.2% 7,736 60.6% 22 12,756 R+21.5
Wapello 5,460 45.0% 6,652 54.8% 28 12,140 R+9.8
Lee 4,513 38.8% 7,089 61.0% 23 11,625 R+22.2
Johnson 4,924 46.5% 5,655 53.4% 11 10,590 R+6.9
Webster 4,227 40.5% 6,162 59.1% 45 10,434 R+18.5
Des Moines 3,192 32.4% 6,623 67.2% 36 9,851 R+34.8
Jasper 3,425 36.9% 5,833 62.8% 32 9,290 R+25.9
Marion 3,865 45.5% 4,581 53.9% 54 8,500 R+8.4
Marshall 2,403 28.7% 5,931 70.9% 28 8,362 R+42.2
Story 2,466 30.3% 5,648 69.3% 32 8,146 R+39.1
Tama 3,267 40.2% 4,848 59.6% 20 8,135 R+19.4
Fayette 2,850 35.2% 5,230 64.5% 28 8,108 R+29.4
Kossuth 3,252 40.8% 4,720 59.2% 1 7,973 R+18.4
Winneshiek 3,357 42.8% 4,463 57.0% 15 7,835 R+14.1
Muscatine 2,472 31.8% 5,272 67.7% 40 7,784 R+36.0
Clayton 2,885 38.2% 4,664 61.7% 7 7,556 R+23.5
Mahaska 2,697 35.9% 4,724 63.0% 83 7,504 R+27.0
Boone 2,595 36.4% 4,493 63.0% 47 7,135 R+26.6
Appanoose 2,821 39.6% 4,282 60.1% 22 7,125 R+20.5
Dallas 2,420 34.1% 4,633 65.3% 41 7,094 R+31.2
Keokuk 2,726 39.1% 4,227 60.7% 16 6,969 R+21.5
Carroll 2,934 42.2% 4,009 57.7% 4 6,947 R+15.5
Buchanan 2,481 36.7% 4,264 63.0% 18 6,763 R+26.4
Allamakee 2,416 36.2% 4,242 63.6% 12 6,670 R+27.4
Harrison 2,721 41.2% 3,885 58.8% 6 6,612 R+17.6
Plymouth 1,994 30.2% 4,603 69.7% 7 6,604 R+39.5
Cass 2,121 32.7% 4,370 67.3% 4 6,495 R+34.6
Hardin 2,051 32.9% 4,149 66.6% 31 6,231 R+33.7
Page 1,585 25.5% 4,597 74.0% 31 6,213 R+48.5
Jackson 2,868 46.3% 3,316 53.5% 13 6,197 R+7.2
Hamilton 2,098 34.1% 4,039 65.6% 18 6,155 R+31.5
Poweshiek 2,291 37.4% 3,808 62.2% 21 6,120 R+24.8
Jones 1,968 32.5% 4,077 67.4% 3 6,048 R+34.9
Sioux 1,371 23.0% 4,583 76.8% 13 5,967 R+53.8
Union 1,950 33.1% 3,943 66.8% 7 5,900 R+33.8
Benton 1,957 33.3% 3,896 66.3% 27 5,880 R+33.0
Washington 1,702 29.6% 4,021 70.0% 22 5,745 R+40.4
Henry 1,561 27.2% 4,154 72.4% 24 5,739 R+45.2
Warren 2,037 35.7% 3,640 63.8% 31 5,708 R+28.1
Iowa 2,104 37.0% 3,567 62.7% 15 5,686 R+25.7
Delaware 1,491 26.3% 4,155 73.4% 14 5,660 R+47.1
Chickasaw 2,492 44.4% 3,111 55.4% 8 5,611 R+11.0
Floyd 1,716 30.6% 3,869 69.1% 18 5,603 R+38.4
Wright 1,793 32.0% 3,790 67.7% 19 5,602 R+35.6
Cedar 1,578 29.1% 3,835 70.8% 6 5,419 R+41.6
Monona 2,297 42.5% 3,112 57.5% 5,409 R+15.1
Howard 2,503 46.8% 2,846 53.2% 4 5,353 R+6.4
Crawford 2,059 39.1% 3,189 60.5% 21 5,269 R+21.4
Wayne 2,275 43.2% 2,980 56.6% 12 5,267 R+13.4
Jefferson 1,571 29.9% 3,666 69.8% 15 5,252 R+39.9
Bremer 1,667 32.3% 3,484 67.4% 15 5,166 R+35.2
Decatur 2,345 45.7% 2,784 54.2% 3 5,132 R+8.6
Guthrie 1,543 30.4% 3,528 69.4% 13 5,084 R+39.0
Shelby 2,527 50.2% 2,501 49.7% 6 5,034 D+0.5
Buena Vista 1,676 33.5% 3,304 66.1% 20 5,000 R+32.6
Madison 1,614 33.5% 3,179 66.1% 19 4,812 R+32.5
Monroe 2,145 44.9% 2,609 54.7% 19 4,773 R+9.7
Fremont 1,945 42.0% 2,675 57.8% 9 4,629 R+15.8
Montgomery 1,349 29.3% 3,255 70.6% 7 4,611 R+41.3
Hancock 1,456 31.7% 3,124 68.1% 7 4,587 R+36.4
Palo Alto 1,985 43.4% 2,575 56.3% 10 4,570 R+12.9
Cherokee 1,443 31.9% 3,062 67.6% 22 4,527 R+35.8
Taylor 1,368 30.5% 3,120 69.5% 4 4,492 R+39.0
Adair 1,419 31.7% 3,061 68.3% 3 4,483 R+36.6
Franklin 1,345 30.1% 3,102 69.4% 21 4,468 R+39.3
Mitchell 1,750 39.5% 2,667 60.2% 11 4,428 R+20.7
Calhoun 1,606 36.7% 2,758 63.0% 13 4,377 R+26.3
Butler 1,169 26.9% 3,162 72.8% 11 4,342 R+45.9
Davis 2,129 49.1% 2,198 50.7% 11 4,338 R+1.6
Lucas 1,537 35.6% 2,759 63.9% 21 4,317 R+28.3
O'Brien 1,229 28.5% 3,069 71.2% 11 4,309 R+42.7
Sac 1,176 27.7% 3,066 72.1% 10 4,252 R+44.4
Grundy 1,238 29.7% 2,924 70.2% 6 4,168 R+40.5
Pocahontas 1,649 40.0% 2,460 59.6% 18 4,127 R+19.7
Audubon 1,856 45.1% 2,252 54.8% 5 4,113 R+9.6
Clay 1,336 32.7% 2,729 66.9% 17 4,082 R+34.1
Greene 1,044 25.8% 2,967 73.4% 29 4,040 R+47.6
Ringgold 1,134 28.1% 2,889 71.6% 10 4,033 R+43.5
Winnebago 1,315 34.0% 2,546 65.8% 9 3,870 R+31.8
Van Buren 1,086 29.5% 2,587 70.2% 11 3,684 R+40.7
Adams 1,091 31.0% 2,427 68.9% 4 3,522 R+37.9
Emmet 1,246 36.0% 2,195 63.4% 22 3,463 R+27.4
Humboldt 1,139 32.9% 2,320 67.0% 4 3,463 R+34.1
Mills 998 29.2% 2,404 70.5% 10 3,412 R+41.2
Louisa 956 28.0% 2,447 71.8% 7 3,410 R+43.7
Clarke 1,118 33.5% 2,210 66.2% 8 3,336 R+32.7
Ida 905 29.4% 2,169 70.5% 1 3,075 R+41.1
Dickinson 1,083 36.1% 1,914 63.7% 6 3,003 R+27.7
Lyon 897 30.2% 2,072 69.7% 5 2,974 R+39.5
Worth 1,221 41.4% 1,720 58.3% 8 2,949 R+16.9
Osceola 930 35.6% 1,676 64.2% 3 2,609 R+28.6

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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