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Election 1948 Results

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1948 Iowa governor election

William Beardsley (Republican) beat Carroll O. Switzer (Democrat) in Iowa in 1948, 55.7% to 43.7%, a margin of 12.0 points and 119,468 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1946, when Robert D. Blue won.

Republicans led in 90 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Polk, cast 78,950 votes and went to the Republican by 17.5 points. The closest was Pocahontas, 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
William Beardsley won Republican 553,900 55.7%
Carroll O. Switzer Democratic 434,432 43.7%
All other candidates 6,501 0.7%
Total994,833

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 32,300 40.9% 46,109 58.4% 541 78,950 R+17.5
Linn 19,356 45.9% 22,323 52.9% 497 42,176 R+7.0
Woodbury 17,158 45.9% 20,113 53.8% 143 37,414 R+7.9
Black Hawk 14,591 41.1% 20,691 58.3% 212 35,494 R+17.2
Scott 16,466 50.1% 16,148 49.1% 241 32,855 D+1.0
Dubuque 12,054 50.0% 11,942 49.6% 90 24,086 D+0.5
Pottawattamie 11,039 46.8% 12,480 52.9% 88 23,607 R+6.1
Wapello 8,595 46.8% 9,712 52.9% 62 18,369 R+6.1
Clinton 7,555 41.4% 10,621 58.2% 76 18,252 R+16.8
Cerro Gordo 8,294 47.5% 9,023 51.7% 142 17,459 R+4.2
Lee 8,093 48.4% 8,562 51.2% 79 16,734 R+2.8
Des Moines 6,999 43.1% 9,101 56.1% 125 16,225 R+13.0
Webster 6,785 42.5% 9,052 56.7% 133 15,970 R+14.2
Johnson 7,779 49.1% 7,846 49.6% 207 15,832 R+0.4
Story 4,868 34.4% 9,145 64.6% 150 14,163 R+30.2
Jasper 5,755 46.7% 6,486 52.7% 76 12,317 R+5.9
Marshall 3,571 29.6% 8,394 69.5% 107 12,072 R+40.0
Fayette 4,756 41.5% 6,639 57.9% 71 11,466 R+16.4
Muscatine 5,057 44.1% 6,330 55.2% 75 11,462 R+11.1
Dallas 4,903 46.4% 5,564 52.6% 105 10,572 R+6.3
Marion 5,487 52.3% 4,896 46.7% 99 10,482 D+5.6
Kossuth 5,312 54.2% 4,464 45.5% 33 9,809 D+8.6
Clayton 4,612 47.1% 5,137 52.5% 36 9,785 R+5.4
Tama 4,625 47.5% 5,071 52.1% 38 9,734 R+4.6
Boone 4,194 43.7% 5,302 55.2% 104 9,600 R+11.5
Winneshiek 4,351 47.2% 4,815 52.3% 45 9,211 R+5.0
Page 3,203 35.1% 5,832 64.0% 78 9,113 R+28.8
Sioux 3,281 36.1% 5,762 63.4% 47 9,090 R+27.3
Carroll 4,863 53.6% 4,187 46.1% 26 9,076 D+7.4
Appanoose 4,207 46.7% 4,712 52.3% 96 9,015 R+5.6
Plymouth 4,189 47.4% 4,645 52.5% 11 8,845 R+5.2
Harrison 3,965 46.8% 4,486 52.9% 29 8,480 R+6.1
Hardin 3,585 42.5% 4,782 56.7% 65 8,432 R+14.2
Cass 3,002 36.2% 5,273 63.6% 17 8,292 R+27.4
Keokuk 3,706 45.1% 4,455 54.2% 56 8,217 R+9.1
Floyd 3,145 38.5% 4,967 60.8% 63 8,175 R+22.3
Buchanan 3,478 42.6% 4,668 57.1% 23 8,169 R+14.6
Buena Vista 3,659 45.0% 4,428 54.4% 52 8,139 R+9.4
Jones 3,569 44.0% 4,517 55.7% 28 8,114 R+11.7
Poweshiek 3,593 44.3% 4,480 55.2% 39 8,112 R+10.9
Washington 3,246 40.7% 4,697 58.9% 32 7,975 R+18.2
Wright 3,310 43.1% 4,323 56.3% 39 7,672 R+13.2
Henry 2,968 38.7% 4,635 60.4% 67 7,670 R+21.7
Benton 3,744 49.0% 3,847 50.4% 49 7,640 R+1.3
Mahaska 3,082 40.8% 4,292 56.9% 175 7,549 R+16.0
Warren 2,171 29.1% 5,235 70.2% 49 7,455 R+41.1
Allamakee 2,762 37.5% 4,587 62.2% 20 7,369 R+24.8
Delaware 2,724 37.2% 4,587 62.6% 21 7,332 R+25.4
Union 2,846 39.4% 4,355 60.3% 22 7,223 R+20.9
Bremer 3,002 42.3% 4,074 57.4% 20 7,096 R+15.1
Monona 3,377 48.2% 3,615 51.5% 21 7,013 R+3.4
Hamilton 3,085 44.2% 3,839 55.0% 54 6,978 R+10.8
O'Brien 2,931 42.0% 3,984 57.1% 59 6,974 R+15.1
Jefferson 2,702 39.1% 4,116 59.6% 87 6,905 R+20.5
Sac 2,969 43.0% 3,869 56.0% 66 6,904 R+13.0
Chickasaw 3,395 49.3% 3,475 50.5% 17 6,887 R+1.2
Cedar 2,842 41.4% 3,994 58.2% 30 6,866 R+16.8
Crawford 3,250 47.4% 3,570 52.1% 34 6,854 R+4.7
Montgomery 2,498 37.2% 4,209 62.6% 14 6,721 R+25.5
Cherokee 2,937 43.7% 3,755 55.9% 28 6,720 R+12.2
Shelby 3,472 51.7% 3,228 48.1% 12 6,712 D+3.6
Jackson 3,006 44.9% 3,673 54.8% 22 6,701 R+10.0
Guthrie 2,678 40.3% 3,937 59.3% 29 6,644 R+18.9
Iowa 2,473 38.6% 3,883 60.6% 47 6,403 R+22.0
Butler 2,285 35.7% 4,065 63.6% 42 6,392 R+27.8
Palo Alto 3,396 54.1% 2,844 45.3% 35 6,275 D+8.8
Clay 2,927 46.7% 3,304 52.7% 41 6,272 R+6.0
Madison 2,187 36.2% 3,826 63.4% 25 6,038 R+27.1
Wayne 2,758 46.6% 3,136 52.9% 30 5,924 R+6.4
Howard 3,015 51.3% 2,825 48.1% 39 5,879 D+3.2
Calhoun 2,346 40.0% 3,462 59.1% 50 5,858 R+19.1
Greene 2,177 37.9% 3,522 61.3% 44 5,743 R+23.4
Monroe 2,811 49.0% 2,889 50.4% 37 5,737 R+1.4
Hancock 2,446 42.7% 3,237 56.6% 41 5,724 R+13.8
Mitchell 2,200 38.6% 3,331 58.4% 168 5,699 R+19.8
Decatur 2,461 44.4% 3,058 55.1% 27 5,546 R+10.8
Taylor 2,248 40.7% 3,259 59.0% 20 5,527 R+18.3
Pocahontas 2,697 49.4% 2,723 49.9% 36 5,456 R+0.5
Franklin 2,093 38.9% 3,222 59.9% 61 5,376 R+21.0
Lucas 2,270 42.3% 3,032 56.5% 68 5,370 R+14.2
Adair 2,077 39.0% 3,225 60.6% 23 5,325 R+21.6
Grundy 1,924 36.6% 3,288 62.6% 43 5,255 R+26.0
Humboldt 2,448 46.8% 2,763 52.8% 19 5,230 R+6.0
Winnebago 2,062 40.0% 3,039 59.0% 48 5,149 R+19.0
Fremont 2,428 47.2% 2,694 52.4% 17 5,139 R+5.2
Emmet 1,981 38.8% 3,082 60.4% 40 5,103 R+21.6
Davis 2,616 52.1% 2,394 47.7% 10 5,020 D+4.4
Mills 1,880 38.9% 2,931 60.7% 18 4,829 R+21.8
Audubon 2,293 47.6% 2,501 52.0% 20 4,814 R+4.3
Dickinson 2,060 45.0% 2,499 54.6% 20 4,579 R+9.6
Ida 1,839 41.6% 2,548 57.7% 30 4,417 R+16.1
Lyon 1,767 40.0% 2,624 59.5% 21 4,412 R+19.4
Worth 2,006 45.7% 2,307 52.6% 75 4,388 R+6.9
Van Buren 1,570 35.8% 2,789 63.6% 26 4,385 R+27.8
Louisa 1,754 40.6% 2,527 58.5% 37 4,318 R+17.9
Clarke 1,269 29.5% 3,015 70.0% 21 4,305 R+40.6
Ringgold 1,478 35.1% 2,719 64.5% 18 4,215 R+29.4
Adams 1,571 40.8% 2,264 58.7% 20 3,855 R+18.0
Osceola 1,622 44.4% 2,017 55.2% 12 3,651 R+10.8

Counties as they stood in 1948; 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