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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Iowa governor election

Robert D. Blue (Republican) beat Frank Miles (Democrat) in Iowa in 1946, 57.4% to 42.1%, a margin of 15.3 points and 96,402 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1944, when Robert D. Blue also won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Polk, cast 47,389 votes and went to the Republican by 0.3 points. The closest was Palo Alto, where 8 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 362,592 57.4%
Frank Miles Democratic 266,190 42.1%
All other candidates 2,899 0.5%
Total631,681

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 23,500 49.6% 23,647 49.9% 242 47,389 R+0.3
Linn 9,475 41.6% 13,231 58.1% 83 22,789 R+16.5
Scott 8,365 39.6% 12,757 60.3% 21 21,143 R+20.8
Woodbury 7,793 38.1% 12,610 61.6% 55 20,458 R+23.5
Black Hawk 6,579 41.0% 9,397 58.5% 86 16,062 R+17.5
Dubuque 7,309 50.5% 7,142 49.4% 16 14,467 D+1.2
Clinton 5,083 39.2% 7,860 60.6% 18 12,961 R+21.4
Wapello 6,247 48.8% 6,512 50.9% 33 12,792 R+2.1
Pottawattamie 4,201 33.9% 8,141 65.7% 41 12,383 R+31.8
Cerro Gordo 5,385 45.6% 6,381 54.1% 31 11,797 R+8.4
Lee 5,069 44.9% 6,164 54.7% 44 11,277 R+9.7
Johnson 5,850 55.0% 4,771 44.8% 19 10,640 D+10.1
Webster 5,252 51.1% 4,982 48.5% 38 10,272 D+2.6
Des Moines 4,247 43.6% 5,453 56.0% 35 9,735 R+12.4
Fayette 3,716 41.0% 5,328 58.8% 21 9,065 R+17.8
Jasper 3,771 46.4% 4,296 52.9% 56 8,123 R+6.5
Winneshiek 3,290 43.2% 4,320 56.7% 7 7,617 R+13.5
Marion 3,998 52.8% 3,519 46.5% 58 7,575 D+6.3
Tama 3,436 47.1% 3,848 52.7% 12 7,296 R+5.6
Story 2,813 38.8% 4,387 60.6% 41 7,241 R+21.7
Appanoose 3,302 47.4% 3,622 52.0% 37 6,961 R+4.6
Carroll 3,956 58.9% 2,757 41.0% 9 6,722 D+17.8
Clayton 2,662 39.9% 3,991 59.9% 14 6,667 R+19.9
Muscatine 2,320 35.0% 4,286 64.7% 18 6,624 R+29.7
Marshall 2,342 35.7% 4,035 61.5% 179 6,556 R+25.8
Keokuk 2,980 46.2% 3,446 53.4% 31 6,457 R+7.2
Allamakee 2,350 36.5% 4,064 63.2% 16 6,430 R+26.7
Kossuth 3,262 50.7% 3,158 49.1% 9 6,429 D+1.6
Jackson 2,709 42.2% 3,704 57.7% 5 6,418 R+15.5
Boone 2,789 45.5% 3,292 53.8% 42 6,123 R+8.2
Mahaska 2,567 42.2% 3,223 53.0% 290 6,080 R+10.8
Buchanan 2,487 41.2% 3,537 58.6% 11 6,035 R+17.4
Dallas 2,469 42.8% 3,230 56.0% 66 5,765 R+13.2
Harrison 2,242 39.7% 3,388 60.0% 17 5,647 R+20.3
Jones 2,444 43.8% 3,129 56.0% 11 5,584 R+12.3
Crawford 2,363 43.0% 3,115 56.7% 13 5,491 R+13.7
Union 1,956 36.6% 3,367 63.0% 18 5,341 R+26.4
Cass 1,647 30.8% 3,684 69.0% 8 5,339 R+38.2
Hardin 2,189 42.1% 3,007 57.8% 9 5,205 R+15.7
Palo Alto 2,556 49.8% 2,564 49.9% 15 5,135 R+0.2
Poweshiek 2,122 42.1% 2,887 57.3% 29 5,038 R+15.2
Iowa 2,156 43.0% 2,679 53.4% 180 5,015 R+10.4
Sioux 1,184 23.7% 3,799 75.9% 23 5,006 R+52.2
Wright 2,435 48.8% 2,541 50.9% 13 4,989 R+2.1
Decatur 2,261 45.3% 2,713 54.4% 13 4,987 R+9.1
Washington 1,759 35.3% 3,203 64.3% 16 4,978 R+29.0
Jefferson 1,831 37.1% 3,057 62.0% 42 4,930 R+24.9
Monona 2,038 41.4% 2,876 58.4% 8 4,922 R+17.0
Chickasaw 2,358 47.9% 2,552 51.9% 10 4,920 R+3.9
Howard 2,366 49.2% 2,423 50.4% 16 4,805 R+1.2
Plymouth 1,461 30.6% 3,317 69.4% 3 4,781 R+38.8
Henry 1,684 35.6% 3,007 63.6% 38 4,729 R+28.0
Floyd 1,688 36.1% 2,972 63.6% 10 4,670 R+27.5
Shelby 2,108 45.2% 2,515 53.9% 42 4,665 R+8.7
Wayne 2,108 45.8% 2,472 53.7% 25 4,605 R+7.9
Delaware 1,529 33.4% 3,034 66.3% 15 4,578 R+32.9
Page 1,161 25.6% 3,329 73.5% 39 4,529 R+47.9
Hamilton 1,711 38.5% 2,708 60.9% 30 4,449 R+22.4
Warren 1,777 40.5% 2,578 58.8% 28 4,383 R+18.3
Monroe 2,112 48.5% 2,219 50.9% 28 4,359 R+2.5
Bremer 1,655 38.0% 2,683 61.6% 14 4,352 R+23.6
Davis 1,999 47.5% 2,198 52.2% 13 4,210 R+4.7
Cedar 1,369 32.6% 2,819 67.1% 14 4,202 R+34.5
O'Brien 1,376 32.9% 2,793 66.8% 10 4,179 R+33.9
Buena Vista 1,844 44.5% 2,285 55.1% 18 4,147 R+10.6
Grundy 1,556 37.9% 2,535 61.8% 13 4,104 R+23.9
Benton 1,854 45.3% 2,221 54.3% 15 4,090 R+9.0
Guthrie 1,583 39.0% 2,469 60.8% 9 4,061 R+21.8
Montgomery 1,278 31.7% 2,747 68.0% 12 4,037 R+36.4
Pocahontas 1,966 51.1% 1,875 48.7% 9 3,850 D+2.4
Hancock 1,529 39.9% 2,294 59.9% 7 3,830 R+20.0
Fremont 1,463 39.7% 2,221 60.2% 5 3,689 R+20.5
Audubon 1,808 49.2% 1,861 50.6% 6 3,675 R+1.4
Ringgold 1,256 34.3% 2,381 65.1% 22 3,659 R+30.7
Butler 1,314 36.0% 2,327 63.7% 11 3,652 R+27.7
Madison 1,324 36.4% 2,292 62.9% 25 3,641 R+26.6
Franklin 1,467 40.4% 2,142 59.1% 18 3,627 R+18.6
Taylor 1,201 33.1% 2,408 66.5% 14 3,623 R+33.3
Mitchell 1,142 32.3% 2,383 67.4% 13 3,538 R+35.1
Sac 1,338 37.8% 2,184 61.7% 15 3,537 R+23.9
Greene 1,422 40.4% 2,075 59.0% 20 3,517 R+18.6
Humboldt 1,368 40.3% 2,016 59.3% 13 3,397 R+19.1
Clarke 1,359 40.3% 1,992 59.1% 21 3,372 R+18.8
Lucas 1,308 39.4% 1,984 59.7% 29 3,321 R+20.4
Adair 1,159 34.9% 2,144 64.6% 16 3,319 R+29.7
Cherokee 1,073 32.4% 2,223 67.2% 11 3,307 R+34.8
Winnebago 1,064 32.2% 2,224 67.4% 13 3,301 R+35.1
Louisa 1,143 34.9% 2,116 64.7% 13 3,272 R+29.7
Adams 1,160 36.4% 2,017 63.3% 8 3,185 R+26.9
Mills 904 29.0% 2,198 70.4% 20 3,122 R+41.4
Dickinson 1,260 40.5% 1,839 59.2% 10 3,109 R+18.6
Clay 1,282 41.7% 1,774 57.7% 19 3,075 R+16.0
Van Buren 1,095 37.0% 1,849 62.5% 16 2,960 R+25.5
Calhoun 1,231 42.9% 1,623 56.6% 15 2,869 R+13.7
Worth 1,105 44.0% 1,398 55.7% 8 2,511 R+11.7
Emmet 1,003 40.2% 1,482 59.4% 12 2,497 R+19.2
Lyon 634 28.7% 1,573 71.2% 3 2,210 R+42.5
Ida 760 34.4% 1,446 65.5% 2 2,208 R+31.1
Osceola 718 36.0% 1,275 63.8% 4 1,997 R+27.9

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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