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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Iowa governor election

Herschel C. Loveless (Democrat) beat Leo A. Hoegh (Republican) in Iowa in 1956, 51.2% to 48.8%, a margin of 2.4 points and 29,469 votes.

Iowa changed party: in 1954 it went Republican, for Leo A. Hoegh.

Republicans led in 54 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 45. The largest, Polk, cast 112,627 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.1 points. The closest was Osceola, where 2 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
Herschel C. Loveless won Democratic 616,852 51.2%
Leo A. Hoegh Republican 587,383 48.8%
Total1,204,235

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 61,464 54.6% 51,163 45.4% 112,627 D+9.1
Linn 27,724 51.0% 26,599 49.0% 54,323 D+2.1
Black Hawk 25,495 53.4% 22,228 46.6% 47,723 D+6.8
Scott 23,852 51.8% 22,153 48.2% 46,005 D+3.7
Woodbury 26,028 59.1% 18,001 40.9% 44,029 D+18.2
Pottawattamie 15,561 51.9% 14,415 48.1% 29,976 D+3.8
Dubuque 19,852 66.5% 9,998 33.5% 29,850 D+33.0
Clinton 11,609 51.3% 11,032 48.7% 22,641 D+2.5
Cerro Gordo 11,475 53.1% 10,138 46.9% 21,613 D+6.2
Wapello 12,363 58.5% 8,754 41.5% 21,117 D+17.1
Webster 12,432 60.8% 7,999 39.2% 20,431 D+21.7
Des Moines 11,044 56.1% 8,652 43.9% 19,696 D+12.1
Johnson 9,505 48.5% 10,086 51.5% 19,591 R+3.0
Lee 10,890 56.3% 8,465 43.7% 19,355 D+12.5
Story 7,421 38.5% 11,876 61.5% 19,297 R+23.1
Jasper 8,591 53.0% 7,628 47.0% 16,219 D+5.9
Marshall 7,860 50.3% 7,758 49.7% 15,618 D+0.7
Muscatine 7,059 50.1% 7,035 49.9% 14,094 D+0.2
Fayette 6,272 49.4% 6,435 50.6% 12,707 R+1.3
Boone 6,822 56.0% 5,351 44.0% 12,173 D+12.1
Marion 6,351 53.2% 5,582 46.8% 11,933 D+6.4
Sioux 3,779 31.8% 8,087 68.2% 11,866 R+36.3
Kossuth 6,633 56.0% 5,204 44.0% 11,837 D+12.1
Dallas 5,784 49.2% 5,980 50.8% 11,764 R+1.7
Clayton 5,608 52.6% 5,056 47.4% 10,664 D+5.2
Tama 5,757 54.1% 4,877 45.9% 10,634 D+8.3
Mahaska 4,826 45.7% 5,743 54.3% 10,569 R+8.7
Carroll 6,272 59.8% 4,209 40.2% 10,481 D+19.7
Buena Vista 5,057 48.7% 5,337 51.3% 10,394 R+2.7
Page 3,880 37.9% 6,368 62.1% 10,248 R+24.3
Winneshiek 5,259 51.4% 4,977 48.6% 10,236 D+2.8
Plymouth 4,985 48.8% 5,240 51.2% 10,225 R+2.5
Hardin 4,497 45.3% 5,428 54.7% 9,925 R+9.4
Floyd 4,787 48.9% 4,997 51.1% 9,784 R+2.1
Hamilton 4,412 47.2% 4,930 52.8% 9,342 R+5.5
Wright 4,526 48.8% 4,756 51.2% 9,282 R+2.5
Benton 4,754 51.6% 4,462 48.4% 9,216 D+3.2
Warren 4,472 49.2% 4,613 50.8% 9,085 R+1.6
Appanoose 4,371 49.0% 4,557 51.0% 8,928 R+2.1
Buchanan 4,319 48.6% 4,559 51.4% 8,878 R+2.7
O'Brien 3,956 45.0% 4,843 55.0% 8,799 R+10.1
Cass 3,358 38.2% 5,423 61.8% 8,781 R+23.5
Washington 3,864 44.1% 4,895 55.9% 8,759 R+11.8
Jones 4,159 47.8% 4,544 52.2% 8,703 R+4.4
Poweshiek 4,209 48.5% 4,472 51.5% 8,681 R+3.0
Harrison 4,098 47.3% 4,562 52.7% 8,660 R+5.4
Bremer 4,135 48.3% 4,429 51.7% 8,564 R+3.4
Jackson 4,305 51.3% 4,095 48.8% 8,400 D+2.5
Henry 3,566 42.8% 4,775 57.2% 8,341 R+14.5
Keokuk 4,259 52.2% 3,907 47.8% 8,166 D+4.3
Delaware 3,570 43.8% 4,573 56.2% 8,143 R+12.3
Cedar 3,576 44.3% 4,498 55.7% 8,074 R+11.4
Sac 3,832 47.5% 4,233 52.5% 8,065 R+5.0
Crawford 4,775 59.8% 3,207 40.2% 7,982 D+19.6
Cherokee 4,094 51.6% 3,838 48.4% 7,932 D+3.2
Allamakee 3,546 45.3% 4,285 54.7% 7,831 R+9.4
Butler 3,112 40.1% 4,650 59.9% 7,762 R+19.8
Clay 4,086 53.0% 3,627 47.0% 7,713 D+6.0
Shelby 3,943 51.8% 3,665 48.2% 7,608 D+3.7
Montgomery 3,347 44.5% 4,169 55.5% 7,516 R+10.9
Jefferson 3,349 45.2% 4,060 54.8% 7,409 R+9.6
Iowa 3,495 47.4% 3,885 52.6% 7,380 R+5.3
Chickasaw 4,090 55.5% 3,283 44.5% 7,373 D+10.9
Union 3,276 44.5% 4,078 55.5% 7,354 R+10.9
Palo Alto 4,417 61.1% 2,813 38.9% 7,230 D+22.2
Monona 3,893 54.1% 3,305 45.9% 7,198 D+8.2
Calhoun 3,488 49.2% 3,599 50.8% 7,087 R+1.6
Guthrie 3,343 47.5% 3,688 52.5% 7,031 R+4.9
Hancock 3,347 48.2% 3,603 51.8% 6,950 R+3.7
Franklin 3,111 45.5% 3,722 54.5% 6,833 R+8.9
Greene 3,211 47.5% 3,556 52.5% 6,767 R+5.1
Grundy 2,756 40.9% 3,988 59.1% 6,744 R+18.3
Mitchell 3,011 45.4% 3,619 54.6% 6,630 R+9.2
Pocahontas 3,785 57.4% 2,805 42.6% 6,590 D+14.9
Howard 3,475 53.2% 3,061 46.8% 6,536 D+6.3
Emmet 3,021 46.7% 3,448 53.3% 6,469 R+6.6
Madison 2,907 45.2% 3,522 54.8% 6,429 R+9.6
Humboldt 3,206 50.3% 3,173 49.7% 6,379 D+0.5
Winnebago 2,866 45.9% 3,374 54.1% 6,240 R+8.1
Dickinson 3,250 55.0% 2,660 45.0% 5,910 D+10.0
Lyon 2,283 38.7% 3,616 61.3% 5,899 R+22.6
Wayne 2,936 50.3% 2,905 49.7% 5,841 D+0.5
Taylor 2,857 48.9% 2,983 51.1% 5,840 R+2.2
Lucas 2,480 42.9% 3,301 57.1% 5,781 R+14.2
Adair 2,694 47.3% 3,001 52.7% 5,695 R+5.4
Audubon 2,585 45.8% 3,057 54.2% 5,642 R+8.4
Decatur 3,104 55.3% 2,508 44.7% 5,612 D+10.6
Monroe 3,014 54.4% 2,522 45.6% 5,536 D+8.9
Fremont 2,686 49.9% 2,702 50.1% 5,388 R+0.3
Mills 2,311 43.5% 2,997 56.5% 5,308 R+12.9
Ida 2,642 50.9% 2,550 49.1% 5,192 D+1.8
Davis 2,696 53.4% 2,353 46.6% 5,049 D+6.8
Worth 2,784 55.3% 2,251 44.7% 5,035 D+10.6
Louisa 2,327 47.0% 2,624 53.0% 4,951 R+6.0
Van Buren 2,295 46.6% 2,628 53.4% 4,923 R+6.8
Osceola 2,274 50.0% 2,272 50.0% 4,546 level
Ringgold 1,964 45.2% 2,382 54.8% 4,346 R+9.6
Clarke 2,255 52.3% 2,059 47.7% 4,314 D+4.5
Adams 1,930 49.0% 2,012 51.0% 3,942 R+2.1

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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