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Election 1952 Results

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1952 Iowa governor election

William Beardsley (Republican) beat Herschel C. Loveless (Democrat) in Iowa in 1952, 51.9% to 47.8%, a margin of 4.1 points and 50,717 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when William Beardsley also won.

Republicans led in 79 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 20. The largest, Polk, cast 109,613 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.1 points. The closest was Kossuth, where 42 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 638,388 51.9%
Herschel C. Loveless Democratic 587,671 47.8%
All other candidates 3,977 0.3%
Total1,230,036

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 59,973 54.7% 48,898 44.6% 742 109,613 D+10.1
Linn 28,066 53.3% 24,427 46.4% 142 52,635 D+6.9
Woodbury 22,744 49.6% 23,048 50.2% 98 45,890 R+0.7
Scott 27,799 60.8% 17,855 39.0% 103 45,757 D+21.7
Black Hawk 22,694 49.6% 22,837 49.9% 224 45,755 R+0.3
Dubuque 18,490 59.6% 12,464 40.2% 54 31,008 D+19.4
Pottawattamie 13,066 43.0% 17,272 56.9% 31 30,369 R+13.8
Clinton 9,690 42.2% 13,237 57.6% 37 22,964 R+15.4
Wapello 11,600 53.0% 10,240 46.8% 62 21,902 D+6.2
Cerro Gordo 11,301 52.7% 10,097 47.0% 65 21,463 D+5.6
Webster 11,527 56.2% 8,889 43.3% 99 20,515 D+12.9
Des Moines 10,557 51.9% 9,749 47.9% 41 20,347 D+4.0
Lee 10,496 51.7% 9,766 48.1% 37 20,299 D+3.6
Johnson 11,482 60.6% 7,447 39.3% 25 18,954 D+21.3
Story 8,489 46.5% 9,633 52.7% 147 18,269 R+6.3
Jasper 8,559 52.6% 7,671 47.1% 57 16,287 D+5.5
Marshall 7,704 48.9% 7,959 50.5% 105 15,768 R+1.6
Muscatine 7,524 50.5% 7,349 49.3% 36 14,909 D+1.2
Fayette 6,388 48.0% 6,891 51.8% 27 13,306 R+3.8
Marion 6,289 51.4% 5,875 48.0% 79 12,243 D+3.4
Dallas 5,287 43.2% 6,922 56.5% 32 12,241 R+13.4
Boone 6,372 52.7% 5,629 46.5% 98 12,099 D+6.1
Sioux 3,204 26.9% 8,692 72.9% 24 11,920 R+46.0
Kossuth 5,877 50.1% 5,835 49.8% 7 11,719 D+0.4
Page 3,469 30.5% 7,866 69.2% 39 11,374 R+38.7
Clayton 5,502 49.6% 5,587 50.3% 8 11,097 R+0.8
Tama 5,432 49.3% 5,582 50.6% 13 11,027 R+1.4
Carroll 5,981 54.3% 5,013 45.6% 11 11,005 D+8.8
Mahaska 4,897 44.7% 5,910 54.0% 139 10,946 R+9.3
Hardin 4,519 42.0% 6,212 57.7% 30 10,761 R+15.7
Plymouth 4,229 40.0% 6,315 59.7% 27 10,571 R+19.7
Buena Vista 4,326 41.4% 6,111 58.5% 18 10,455 R+17.1
Winneshiek 5,085 48.7% 5,328 51.1% 18 10,431 R+2.3
Floyd 4,502 45.6% 5,358 54.3% 16 9,876 R+8.7
Benton 5,280 54.6% 4,352 45.0% 34 9,666 D+9.6
Hamilton 4,177 43.3% 5,409 56.1% 53 9,639 R+12.8
Wright 4,558 47.3% 5,055 52.5% 18 9,631 R+5.2
Appanoose 4,604 47.9% 4,954 51.6% 48 9,606 R+3.6
Cass 3,332 35.0% 6,180 64.9% 17 9,529 R+29.9
Washington 3,732 39.4% 5,711 60.3% 35 9,478 R+20.9
Buchanan 4,259 45.7% 5,048 54.2% 8 9,315 R+8.5
Poweshiek 4,482 48.4% 4,749 51.2% 37 9,268 R+2.9
O'Brien 3,295 36.4% 5,741 63.4% 25 9,061 R+27.0
Harrison 3,811 42.1% 5,217 57.7% 18 9,046 R+15.5
Jones 4,195 47.1% 4,713 52.9% 3 8,911 R+5.8
Warren 3,013 33.9% 5,849 65.7% 39 8,901 R+31.9
Bremer 4,167 46.8% 4,723 53.1% 10 8,900 R+6.2
Henry 3,534 40.3% 5,193 59.3% 32 8,759 R+18.9
Keokuk 3,984 45.8% 4,679 53.8% 41 8,704 R+8.0
Sac 3,559 41.2% 5,053 58.5% 27 8,639 R+17.3
Delaware 3,528 41.0% 5,078 58.9% 9 8,615 R+18.0
Cedar 3,813 44.8% 4,683 55.0% 12 8,508 R+10.2
Jackson 4,030 47.9% 4,365 51.9% 17 8,412 R+4.0
Crawford 3,981 48.3% 4,233 51.4% 24 8,238 R+3.1
Allamakee 3,333 40.5% 4,887 59.4% 11 8,231 R+18.9
Montgomery 2,932 35.8% 5,239 64.0% 10 8,181 R+28.2
Union 3,053 37.4% 5,092 62.3% 25 8,170 R+25.0
Cherokee 3,487 43.1% 4,592 56.8% 12 8,091 R+13.7
Clay 3,644 45.3% 4,383 54.5% 21 8,048 R+9.2
Jefferson 3,120 39.1% 4,820 60.5% 33 7,973 R+21.3
Butler 2,736 34.7% 5,138 65.2% 12 7,886 R+30.5
Iowa 3,813 49.0% 3,937 50.6% 34 7,784 R+1.6
Shelby 3,657 47.0% 4,104 52.8% 12 7,773 R+5.8
Chickasaw 3,789 49.0% 3,947 51.0% 4 7,740 R+2.0
Monona 3,424 45.2% 4,140 54.7% 7 7,571 R+9.5
Guthrie 2,803 37.7% 4,619 62.1% 17 7,439 R+24.4
Calhoun 3,580 48.2% 3,788 51.0% 60 7,428 R+2.8
Palo Alto 3,702 50.8% 3,577 49.1% 8 7,287 D+1.7
Greene 3,222 44.3% 3,989 54.9% 54 7,265 R+10.6
Franklin 2,900 41.3% 4,091 58.2% 34 7,025 R+17.0
Hancock 3,004 42.8% 3,999 57.0% 12 7,015 R+14.2
Mitchell 2,840 40.5% 4,152 59.2% 20 7,012 R+18.7
Madison 2,742 39.5% 4,189 60.3% 19 6,950 R+20.8
Grundy 2,479 35.9% 4,409 63.8% 26 6,914 R+27.9
Howard 3,216 48.1% 3,464 51.8% 9 6,689 R+3.7
Pocahontas 3,405 51.2% 3,224 48.5% 18 6,647 D+2.7
Emmet 2,395 36.3% 4,187 63.5% 16 6,598 R+27.2
Humboldt 2,915 44.6% 3,610 55.2% 10 6,535 R+10.6
Wayne 2,821 43.7% 3,617 56.1% 14 6,452 R+12.3
Taylor 2,358 37.3% 3,942 62.4% 15 6,315 R+25.1
Winnebago 2,357 38.0% 3,820 61.7% 18 6,195 R+23.6
Adair 2,394 38.8% 3,770 61.1% 9 6,173 R+22.3
Lucas 2,536 41.6% 3,516 57.6% 51 6,103 R+16.1
Decatur 2,772 46.1% 3,233 53.8% 7 6,012 R+7.7
Lyon 2,118 35.3% 3,881 64.6% 6 6,005 R+29.4
Monroe 3,071 51.8% 2,836 47.9% 18 5,925 D+4.0
Dickinson 2,779 47.7% 3,042 52.2% 8 5,829 R+4.5
Mills 2,033 35.6% 3,663 64.2% 13 5,709 R+28.6
Fremont 2,368 41.7% 3,309 58.2% 7 5,684 R+16.6
Audubon 2,816 49.6% 2,858 50.3% 4 5,678 R+0.7
Davis 2,537 47.1% 2,843 52.7% 10 5,390 R+5.7
Van Buren 1,970 36.6% 3,389 62.9% 25 5,384 R+26.4
Louisa 2,068 39.0% 3,202 60.4% 29 5,299 R+21.4
Ida 2,225 42.6% 2,988 57.2% 13 5,226 R+14.6
Worth 2,438 47.0% 2,743 52.9% 8 5,189 R+5.9
Clarke 1,635 34.0% 3,165 65.8% 13 4,813 R+31.8
Ringgold 1,711 36.2% 3,001 63.5% 12 4,724 R+27.3
Osceola 2,257 48.3% 2,410 51.6% 6 4,673 R+3.3
Adams 1,762 40.0% 2,634 59.8% 9 4,405 R+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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