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Election 1950 Results

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1950 Iowa governor election

William Beardsley (Republican) beat Lester S. Gillette (Democrat) in Iowa in 1950, 59.1% to 40.5%, a margin of 18.6 points and 159,466 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when William Beardsley also won.

Republicans led in 96 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Polk, cast 67,311 votes and went to the Republican by 9.2 points. The closest was Davis, where 25 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 506,642 59.1%
Lester S. Gillette Democratic 347,176 40.5%
All other candidates 3,395 0.4%
Total857,213

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 30,461 45.3% 36,659 54.5% 191 67,311 R+9.2
Linn 13,914 41.3% 19,729 58.5% 73 33,716 R+17.2
Woodbury 15,247 48.7% 16,006 51.1% 69 31,322 R+2.4
Black Hawk 11,742 40.7% 16,893 58.6% 211 28,846 R+17.9
Scott 11,866 44.2% 14,953 55.7% 47 26,866 R+11.5
Dubuque 10,901 49.8% 10,950 50.0% 33 21,884 R+0.2
Pottawattamie 7,743 40.3% 11,355 59.2% 93 19,191 R+18.8
Clinton 6,377 39.6% 9,705 60.2% 29 16,111 R+20.7
Cerro Gordo 7,045 44.4% 8,774 55.3% 36 15,855 R+10.9
Wapello 7,812 50.5% 7,603 49.2% 50 15,465 D+1.4
Lee 6,260 43.3% 8,147 56.4% 48 14,455 R+13.1
Webster 6,453 46.1% 7,515 53.7% 39 14,007 R+7.6
Des Moines 6,205 45.1% 7,503 54.5% 54 13,762 R+9.4
Johnson 7,210 53.2% 6,316 46.6% 25 13,551 D+6.6
Story 4,079 36.6% 7,041 63.2% 17 11,137 R+26.6
Jasper 4,372 40.3% 6,441 59.4% 26 10,839 R+19.1
Marshall 3,482 34.6% 6,330 62.9% 248 10,060 R+28.3
Fayette 3,707 38.0% 6,045 61.9% 14 9,766 R+23.9
Muscatine 4,083 42.2% 5,580 57.7% 13 9,676 R+15.5
Marion 4,274 45.9% 4,997 53.6% 45 9,316 R+7.8
Clayton 3,646 41.3% 5,181 58.7% 4 8,831 R+17.4
Dallas 3,390 39.0% 5,294 60.8% 17 8,701 R+21.9
Tama 3,464 41.6% 4,844 58.2% 10 8,318 R+16.6
Kossuth 3,944 47.6% 4,331 52.3% 9 8,284 R+4.7
Winneshiek 3,357 40.9% 4,834 58.9% 13 8,204 R+18.0
Sioux 2,273 28.4% 5,713 71.4% 19 8,005 R+43.0
Appanoose 3,485 44.6% 4,287 54.9% 41 7,813 R+10.3
Page 2,083 26.7% 5,684 72.8% 40 7,807 R+46.1
Boone 3,062 40.2% 4,512 59.2% 50 7,624 R+19.0
Carroll 3,853 50.9% 3,702 48.9% 16 7,571 D+2.0
Mahaska 2,585 34.1% 4,677 61.8% 309 7,571 R+27.6
Plymouth 2,620 35.2% 4,816 64.7% 12 7,448 R+29.5
Hardin 2,661 36.1% 4,679 63.6% 21 7,361 R+27.4
Buena Vista 2,728 37.1% 4,608 62.7% 9 7,345 R+25.6
Jones 2,864 39.6% 4,361 60.3% 13 7,238 R+20.7
Cass 2,099 29.2% 5,083 70.7% 11 7,193 R+41.5
Keokuk 3,002 41.8% 4,160 57.9% 18 7,180 R+16.1
Harrison 2,927 41.0% 4,195 58.8% 17 7,139 R+17.8
Delaware 2,624 36.9% 4,484 63.0% 9 7,117 R+26.1
Wright 2,542 36.0% 4,496 63.7% 19 7,057 R+27.7
Benton 2,808 40.3% 3,881 55.6% 286 6,975 R+15.4
Poweshiek 2,797 40.1% 4,130 59.3% 40 6,967 R+19.1
Buchanan 2,712 39.2% 4,199 60.7% 9 6,920 R+21.5
Washington 2,229 32.3% 4,665 67.5% 17 6,911 R+35.2
Jackson 2,745 40.5% 4,024 59.3% 17 6,786 R+18.8
Henry 2,133 32.7% 4,362 66.9% 25 6,520 R+34.2
Warren 1,691 26.3% 4,724 73.4% 23 6,438 R+47.1
Allamakee 2,031 32.0% 4,297 67.8% 11 6,339 R+35.7
Bremer 2,301 36.6% 3,972 63.2% 10 6,283 R+26.6
Chickasaw 2,843 45.3% 3,431 54.7% 2 6,276 R+9.4
Shelby 2,780 44.3% 3,444 54.9% 50 6,274 R+10.6
Iowa 2,308 37.0% 3,806 60.9% 132 6,246 R+24.0
O'Brien 2,024 32.5% 4,202 67.4% 10 6,236 R+34.9
Crawford 2,641 42.6% 3,550 57.2% 11 6,202 R+14.7
Floyd 2,143 35.4% 3,891 64.4% 12 6,046 R+28.9
Hamilton 2,124 35.7% 3,781 63.6% 41 5,946 R+27.9
Cedar 1,968 33.1% 3,964 66.7% 8 5,940 R+33.6
Jefferson 2,065 34.8% 3,787 63.9% 76 5,928 R+29.0
Palo Alto 2,875 49.0% 2,972 50.7% 18 5,865 R+1.7
Monona 2,519 43.0% 3,326 56.8% 7 5,852 R+13.8
Union 1,966 34.0% 3,814 66.0% 2 5,782 R+32.0
Clay 2,474 43.2% 3,202 55.9% 57 5,733 R+12.7
Montgomery 1,630 28.5% 4,073 71.2% 16 5,719 R+42.7
Sac 2,073 36.5% 3,608 63.4% 6 5,687 R+27.0
Cherokee 2,240 39.7% 3,398 60.2% 5 5,643 R+20.5
Wayne 2,257 40.2% 3,333 59.4% 19 5,609 R+19.2
Guthrie 1,802 33.0% 3,629 66.6% 22 5,453 R+33.5
Butler 1,526 28.1% 3,905 71.8% 8 5,439 R+43.7
Howard 2,474 46.0% 2,895 53.8% 8 5,377 R+7.8
Greene 1,797 34.0% 3,471 65.8% 10 5,278 R+31.7
Hancock 1,887 35.8% 3,375 64.0% 11 5,273 R+28.2
Decatur 2,189 42.2% 2,976 57.4% 17 5,182 R+15.2
Pocahontas 2,215 44.5% 2,751 55.3% 7 4,973 R+10.8
Monroe 2,204 44.8% 2,691 54.8% 20 4,915 R+9.9
Grundy 1,550 31.8% 3,316 68.0% 14 4,880 R+36.2
Lucas 1,660 34.4% 3,130 64.9% 32 4,822 R+30.5
Calhoun 1,829 38.1% 2,965 61.7% 11 4,805 R+23.6
Madison 1,444 30.2% 3,314 69.3% 27 4,785 R+39.1
Taylor 1,622 34.0% 3,134 65.7% 12 4,768 R+31.7
Mitchell 1,597 33.9% 3,096 65.6% 24 4,717 R+31.8
Fremont 1,856 39.5% 2,838 60.3% 10 4,704 R+20.9
Davis 2,312 49.6% 2,337 50.2% 11 4,660 R+0.5
Emmet 1,653 35.6% 2,973 64.1% 12 4,638 R+28.5
Dickinson 2,172 46.9% 2,459 53.1% 4 4,635 R+6.2
Audubon 2,022 43.9% 2,575 55.9% 11 4,608 R+12.0
Winnebago 1,466 31.9% 3,114 67.7% 19 4,599 R+35.8
Franklin 1,441 31.5% 3,073 67.1% 66 4,580 R+35.6
Mills 1,482 33.7% 2,906 66.1% 6 4,394 R+32.4
Louisa 1,463 34.2% 2,802 65.5% 13 4,278 R+31.3
Humboldt 1,530 35.9% 2,722 63.9% 11 4,263 R+28.0
Adair 1,290 31.3% 2,832 68.6% 4 4,126 R+37.4
Lyon 1,178 30.8% 2,644 69.1% 4 3,826 R+38.3
Ringgold 1,186 31.6% 2,557 68.0% 15 3,758 R+36.5
Clarke 1,021 27.2% 2,720 72.5% 11 3,752 R+45.3
Worth 1,590 43.2% 2,090 56.7% 3 3,683 R+13.6
Van Buren 1,143 31.2% 2,495 68.1% 25 3,663 R+36.9
Ida 1,255 34.5% 2,377 65.3% 7 3,639 R+30.8
Adams 1,193 34.0% 2,305 65.7% 9 3,507 R+31.7
Osceola 1,308 41.3% 1,856 58.6% 3 3,167 R+17.3

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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