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Election 1944 Results

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1944 Iowa governor election

Robert D. Blue (Republican) beat R. F. Mitchell (Democrat) in Iowa in 1944, 56.0% to 43.6%, a margin of 12.4 points and 124,143 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1942, when Bourke B. Hickenlooper won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Polk, cast 78,870 votes and went to the Republican by 0.4 points. The closest was Monroe, where 47 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
Robert D. Blue won Republican 561,827 56.0%
R. F. Mitchell Democratic 437,684 43.6%
All other candidates 3,647 0.4%
Total1,003,158

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 39,128 49.6% 39,458 50.0% 284 78,870 R+0.4
Linn 19,925 47.8% 21,609 51.9% 112 41,646 R+4.0
Woodbury 18,107 48.8% 18,924 51.0% 63 37,094 R+2.2
Scott 17,119 48.4% 18,174 51.4% 76 35,369 R+3.0
Black Hawk 15,823 49.5% 16,050 50.2% 121 31,994 R+0.7
Pottawattamie 10,901 43.3% 14,205 56.5% 57 25,163 R+13.1
Dubuque 11,816 53.5% 10,235 46.3% 45 22,096 D+7.2
Clinton 7,535 39.5% 11,491 60.3% 27 19,053 R+20.8
Wapello 10,037 54.2% 8,419 45.4% 72 18,528 D+8.7
Lee 7,643 44.2% 9,573 55.4% 58 17,274 R+11.2
Cerro Gordo 8,498 49.3% 8,715 50.5% 37 17,250 R+1.3
Des Moines 6,850 41.6% 9,544 57.9% 89 16,483 R+16.3
Webster 9,013 56.9% 6,775 42.8% 45 15,833 D+14.1
Johnson 7,664 53.2% 6,708 46.5% 44 14,416 D+6.6
Jasper 6,219 47.1% 6,910 52.4% 62 13,191 R+5.2
Story 4,901 38.3% 7,841 61.2% 61 12,803 R+23.0
Marshall 4,640 37.5% 7,561 61.1% 176 12,377 R+23.6
Muscatine 4,507 38.6% 7,143 61.1% 36 11,686 R+22.6
Fayette 4,532 39.4% 6,936 60.3% 34 11,502 R+20.9
Marion 5,596 51.7% 5,167 47.7% 69 10,832 D+4.0
Dallas 4,703 44.6% 5,742 54.5% 96 10,541 R+9.9
Tama 4,766 46.3% 5,498 53.5% 22 10,286 R+7.1
Boone 4,609 46.5% 5,256 53.0% 57 9,922 R+6.5
Clayton 3,948 40.4% 5,802 59.4% 18 9,768 R+19.0
Kossuth 4,743 48.9% 4,951 51.0% 12 9,706 R+2.1
Appanoose 4,381 45.9% 5,107 53.5% 52 9,540 R+7.6
Page 2,918 30.9% 6,471 68.5% 62 9,451 R+37.6
Mahaska 3,808 40.5% 5,367 57.1% 223 9,398 R+16.6
Winneshiek 3,940 42.1% 5,404 57.8% 12 9,356 R+15.6
Sioux 2,710 29.9% 6,355 70.0% 10 9,075 R+40.2
Harrison 4,032 45.1% 4,878 54.5% 39 8,949 R+9.5
Carroll 4,193 47.8% 4,572 52.1% 15 8,780 R+4.3
Hardin 3,288 38.2% 5,291 61.4% 36 8,615 R+23.3
Washington 3,118 36.5% 5,410 63.3% 16 8,544 R+26.8
Plymouth 2,889 34.1% 5,577 65.8% 10 8,476 R+31.7
Floyd 3,035 35.9% 5,393 63.7% 33 8,461 R+27.9
Benton 3,842 45.8% 4,513 53.9% 25 8,380 R+8.0
Keokuk 3,463 41.5% 4,850 58.1% 35 8,348 R+16.6
Buchanan 3,396 41.6% 4,766 58.3% 10 8,172 R+16.8
Cass 2,481 30.8% 5,565 69.1% 11 8,057 R+38.3
Poweshiek 3,504 43.5% 4,520 56.1% 29 8,053 R+12.6
Wright 3,501 43.9% 4,462 55.9% 14 7,977 R+12.0
Hamilton 3,366 42.5% 4,530 57.2% 17 7,913 R+14.7
Buena Vista 3,555 45.2% 4,293 54.5% 25 7,873 R+9.4
Henry 2,416 30.9% 5,387 68.8% 27 7,830 R+37.9
Jones 3,191 41.4% 4,504 58.4% 12 7,707 R+17.0
Allamakee 2,577 33.9% 5,012 66.0% 9 7,598 R+32.0
Warren 2,987 40.0% 4,442 59.5% 34 7,463 R+19.5
Delaware 2,247 30.3% 5,157 69.5% 15 7,419 R+39.2
Union 2,645 36.1% 4,661 63.7% 11 7,317 R+27.6
Jackson 3,237 44.3% 4,065 55.6% 4 7,306 R+11.3
Bremer 2,371 33.1% 4,780 66.7% 13 7,164 R+33.6
Cedar 2,334 32.9% 4,743 66.9% 15 7,092 R+34.0
Jefferson 2,581 36.4% 4,448 62.8% 58 7,087 R+26.3
Monona 3,311 46.8% 3,746 52.9% 22 7,079 R+6.1
Sac 2,703 39.9% 4,052 59.8% 24 6,779 R+19.9
O'Brien 2,585 38.3% 4,156 61.6% 10 6,751 R+23.3
Shelby 2,912 43.2% 3,761 55.8% 68 6,741 R+12.6
Guthrie 2,395 35.6% 4,319 64.2% 17 6,731 R+28.6
Iowa 2,562 38.2% 3,982 59.4% 164 6,708 R+21.2
Crawford 2,658 40.0% 3,967 59.7% 23 6,648 R+19.7
Montgomery 2,253 34.1% 4,318 65.3% 38 6,609 R+31.2
Chickasaw 3,015 46.0% 3,523 53.8% 15 6,553 R+7.8
Cherokee 2,668 41.8% 3,693 57.9% 21 6,382 R+16.1
Calhoun 2,665 42.4% 3,599 57.3% 22 6,286 R+14.9
Palo Alto 3,128 50.3% 3,067 49.3% 24 6,219 D+1.0
Butler 1,848 29.8% 4,341 70.0% 16 6,205 R+40.2
Madison 2,276 36.9% 3,877 62.9% 13 6,166 R+26.0
Clay 2,717 44.8% 3,324 54.9% 17 6,058 R+10.0
Taylor 2,050 33.9% 3,972 65.7% 20 6,042 R+31.8
Wayne 2,677 44.8% 3,280 54.9% 21 5,978 R+10.1
Decatur 2,833 47.5% 3,112 52.2% 18 5,963 R+4.7
Mitchell 2,290 39.2% 3,535 60.5% 16 5,841 R+21.3
Howard 2,777 47.6% 3,035 52.1% 16 5,828 R+4.4
Greene 2,220 38.3% 3,556 61.4% 18 5,794 R+23.1
Hancock 2,264 39.8% 3,399 59.8% 22 5,685 R+20.0
Monroe 2,845 50.1% 2,798 49.3% 32 5,675 D+0.8
Fremont 2,517 44.7% 3,107 55.1% 13 5,637 R+10.5
Pocahontas 2,742 48.7% 2,868 51.0% 15 5,625 R+2.2
Grundy 1,792 32.0% 3,792 67.8% 13 5,597 R+35.7
Franklin 1,973 35.6% 3,535 63.8% 32 5,540 R+28.2
Adair 1,898 34.5% 3,593 65.3% 8 5,499 R+30.8
Lucas 2,172 39.8% 3,258 59.6% 33 5,463 R+19.9
Mills 1,916 36.4% 3,321 63.1% 24 5,261 R+26.7
Winnebago 2,059 39.7% 3,119 60.2% 7 5,185 R+20.4
Humboldt 2,222 43.5% 2,882 56.4% 6 5,110 R+12.9
Davis 2,481 48.7% 2,591 50.9% 18 5,090 R+2.2
Audubon 2,466 48.8% 2,575 51.0% 9 5,050 R+2.2
Emmet 2,118 42.2% 2,861 57.0% 37 5,016 R+14.8
Van Buren 1,685 34.7% 3,158 65.0% 15 4,858 R+30.3
Lyon 1,554 33.8% 3,036 66.1% 6 4,596 R+32.2
Louisa 1,578 35.4% 2,856 64.0% 27 4,461 R+28.6
Ringgold 1,537 34.5% 2,895 65.0% 21 4,453 R+30.5
Worth 2,006 45.3% 2,418 54.6% 8 4,432 R+9.3
Clarke 1,632 37.2% 2,738 62.3% 23 4,393 R+25.2
Ida 1,654 38.4% 2,641 61.4% 7 4,302 R+22.9
Adams 1,539 36.8% 2,643 63.2% 3 4,185 R+26.4
Dickinson 1,876 45.9% 2,197 53.8% 13 4,086 R+7.9
Osceola 1,386 39.4% 2,121 60.4% 7 3,514 R+20.9

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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