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Election 1960 Results

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1960 Iowa governor election

Norman A. Erbe (Republican) beat E. J. McManus (Democrat) in Iowa in 1960, 52.1% to 47.9%, a margin of 4.3 points and 52,963 votes.

Iowa changed party: in 1958 it went Democratic, for Herschel C. Loveless.

Republicans led in 79 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 20. The largest, Polk, cast 115,439 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.7 points. The closest was Audubon, where 29 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
Norman A. Erbe won Republican 645,026 52.1%
E. J. McManus Democratic 592,063 47.9%
Total1,237,089

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 61,559 53.3% 53,880 46.7% 115,439 D+6.7
Linn 31,907 52.2% 29,236 47.8% 61,143 D+4.4
Black Hawk 26,525 51.0% 25,448 49.0% 51,973 D+2.1
Scott 25,424 51.7% 23,796 48.3% 49,220 D+3.3
Woodbury 23,829 50.3% 23,498 49.7% 47,327 D+0.7
Dubuque 22,353 67.1% 10,981 32.9% 33,334 D+34.1
Pottawattamie 15,197 46.6% 17,435 53.4% 32,632 R+6.9
Clinton 10,960 45.8% 12,977 54.2% 23,937 R+8.4
Cerro Gordo 10,835 48.0% 11,750 52.0% 22,585 R+4.1
Wapello 12,276 56.5% 9,451 43.5% 21,727 D+13.0
Johnson 11,822 55.7% 9,414 44.3% 21,236 D+11.3
Webster 11,085 53.8% 9,511 46.2% 20,596 D+7.6
Lee 12,166 59.7% 8,219 40.3% 20,385 D+19.4
Story 8,350 41.0% 12,020 59.0% 20,370 R+18.0
Des Moines 11,111 54.9% 9,113 45.1% 20,224 D+9.9
Jasper 7,898 48.0% 8,546 52.0% 16,444 R+3.9
Marshall 7,449 46.0% 8,761 54.0% 16,210 R+8.1
Muscatine 6,434 44.3% 8,079 55.7% 14,513 R+11.3
Fayette 5,832 43.7% 7,523 56.3% 13,355 R+12.7
Sioux 2,939 23.7% 9,467 76.3% 12,406 R+52.6
Boone 5,644 46.3% 6,548 53.7% 12,192 R+7.4
Dallas 5,828 48.5% 6,193 51.5% 12,021 R+3.0
Marion 5,304 45.2% 6,428 54.8% 11,732 R+9.6
Kossuth 5,944 50.9% 5,733 49.1% 11,677 D+1.8
Carroll 6,879 62.2% 4,184 37.8% 11,063 D+24.4
Clayton 5,103 47.6% 5,622 52.4% 10,725 R+4.8
Plymouth 4,659 43.9% 5,962 56.1% 10,621 R+12.3
Tama 5,204 50.1% 5,173 49.9% 10,377 D+0.3
Mahaska 4,414 42.6% 5,951 57.4% 10,365 R+14.8
Benton 4,973 48.6% 5,268 51.4% 10,241 R+2.9
Winneshiek 4,883 48.0% 5,295 52.0% 10,178 R+4.0
Page 3,267 32.8% 6,706 67.2% 9,973 R+34.5
Warren 4,625 46.4% 5,347 53.6% 9,972 R+7.2
Hardin 4,032 40.5% 5,928 59.5% 9,960 R+19.0
Buena Vista 3,838 39.1% 5,981 60.9% 9,819 R+21.8
Floyd 4,040 42.7% 5,420 57.3% 9,460 R+14.6
Wright 4,207 45.1% 5,129 54.9% 9,336 R+9.9
Jones 4,255 45.6% 5,067 54.4% 9,322 R+8.7
Bremer 3,739 40.7% 5,441 59.3% 9,180 R+18.5
O'Brien 3,190 34.8% 5,987 65.2% 9,177 R+30.5
Buchanan 4,420 48.3% 4,738 51.7% 9,158 R+3.5
Cass 3,359 37.1% 5,701 62.9% 9,060 R+25.8
Washington 3,695 40.9% 5,334 59.1% 9,029 R+18.2
Hamilton 4,007 44.8% 4,942 55.2% 8,949 R+10.4
Poweshiek 4,031 45.6% 4,805 54.4% 8,836 R+8.8
Jackson 4,228 48.1% 4,563 51.9% 8,791 R+3.8
Delaware 3,786 45.1% 4,617 54.9% 8,403 R+9.9
Appanoose 3,671 44.4% 4,592 55.6% 8,263 R+11.1
Cedar 3,573 43.3% 4,687 56.7% 8,260 R+13.5
Harrison 3,722 45.7% 4,428 54.3% 8,150 R+8.7
Henry 3,194 39.4% 4,907 60.6% 8,101 R+21.1
Cherokee 3,397 42.5% 4,587 57.5% 7,984 R+14.9
Keokuk 3,713 46.9% 4,201 53.1% 7,914 R+6.2
Clay 3,553 45.1% 4,319 54.9% 7,872 R+9.7
Crawford 3,395 44.1% 4,308 55.9% 7,703 R+11.9
Allamakee 3,001 39.1% 4,669 60.9% 7,670 R+21.7
Sac 3,065 40.3% 4,536 59.7% 7,601 R+19.4
Chickasaw 3,974 52.3% 3,624 47.7% 7,598 D+4.6
Iowa 3,131 41.7% 4,373 58.3% 7,504 R+16.6
Shelby 3,626 48.6% 3,839 51.4% 7,465 R+2.9
Butler 2,456 33.1% 4,973 66.9% 7,429 R+33.9
Montgomery 2,855 38.4% 4,572 61.6% 7,427 R+23.1
Jefferson 2,989 40.8% 4,334 59.2% 7,323 R+18.4
Calhoun 3,224 44.1% 4,079 55.9% 7,303 R+11.7
Union 2,856 40.8% 4,140 59.2% 6,996 R+18.4
Monona 3,469 50.5% 3,405 49.5% 6,874 D+0.9
Palo Alto 3,570 52.0% 3,298 48.0% 6,868 D+4.0
Grundy 2,293 33.5% 4,562 66.5% 6,855 R+33.1
Hancock 2,841 41.9% 3,936 58.1% 6,777 R+16.2
Franklin 2,545 37.9% 4,175 62.1% 6,720 R+24.3
Guthrie 3,002 45.0% 3,664 55.0% 6,666 R+9.9
Greene 2,904 43.7% 3,745 56.3% 6,649 R+12.6
Pocahontas 3,374 51.3% 3,202 48.7% 6,576 D+2.6
Emmet 2,609 39.9% 3,935 60.1% 6,544 R+20.3
Mitchell 2,816 43.2% 3,709 56.8% 6,525 R+13.7
Howard 3,382 52.1% 3,108 47.9% 6,490 D+4.2
Winnebago 2,645 41.6% 3,712 58.4% 6,357 R+16.8
Lyon 1,870 29.5% 4,474 70.5% 6,344 R+41.0
Madison 2,808 44.3% 3,534 55.7% 6,342 R+11.4
Humboldt 2,722 44.5% 3,396 55.5% 6,118 R+11.0
Lucas 2,549 44.2% 3,213 55.8% 5,762 R+11.5
Dickinson 2,629 45.8% 3,116 54.2% 5,745 R+8.5
Wayne 2,419 43.4% 3,153 56.6% 5,572 R+13.2
Adair 2,308 42.0% 3,189 58.0% 5,497 R+16.0
Taylor 2,239 41.6% 3,137 58.4% 5,376 R+16.7
Audubon 2,642 49.7% 2,671 50.3% 5,313 R+0.5
Monroe 2,587 49.1% 2,678 50.9% 5,265 R+1.7
Decatur 2,586 49.1% 2,677 50.9% 5,263 R+1.7
Fremont 2,384 46.2% 2,771 53.8% 5,155 R+7.5
Ida 2,065 40.3% 3,057 59.7% 5,122 R+19.4
Mills 1,881 37.2% 3,177 62.8% 5,058 R+25.6
Louisa 2,038 42.0% 2,811 58.0% 4,849 R+15.9
Worth 2,348 48.4% 2,499 51.6% 4,847 R+3.1
Davis 2,451 51.3% 2,331 48.7% 4,782 D+2.5
Van Buren 1,917 40.3% 2,835 59.7% 4,752 R+19.3
Osceola 1,819 40.6% 2,661 59.4% 4,480 R+18.8
Clarke 1,967 44.4% 2,466 55.6% 4,433 R+11.3
Ringgold 1,697 40.8% 2,464 59.2% 4,161 R+18.4
Adams 1,787 48.1% 1,929 51.9% 3,716 R+3.8

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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