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Election 1962 Results

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1962 Iowa governor election

Harold E. Hughes (Democrat) beat Norman A. Erbe (Republican) in Iowa in 1962, 52.6% to 47.4%, a margin of 5.1 points and 41,944 votes.

Iowa changed party: in 1960 it went Republican, for Norman A. Erbe.

Republicans led in 55 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 44. The largest, Polk, cast 80,662 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.7 points. The closest was Greene, 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
Harold E. Hughes won Democratic 430,899 52.6%
Norman A. Erbe Republican 388,955 47.4%
Total819,854

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 51,906 64.4% 28,756 35.6% 80,662 D+28.7
Linn 25,219 60.9% 16,209 39.1% 41,428 D+21.7
Black Hawk 19,755 57.8% 14,420 42.2% 34,175 D+15.6
Woodbury 16,641 54.5% 13,891 45.5% 30,532 D+9.0
Scott 14,328 48.2% 15,375 51.8% 29,703 R+3.5
Dubuque 14,867 67.5% 7,160 32.5% 22,027 D+35.0
Pottawattamie 7,506 42.7% 10,074 57.3% 17,580 R+14.6
Wapello 9,917 62.0% 6,066 38.0% 15,983 D+24.1
Story 7,674 50.5% 7,530 49.5% 15,204 D+0.9
Webster 8,298 56.5% 6,394 43.5% 14,692 D+13.0
Clinton 7,124 50.0% 7,130 50.0% 14,254 level
Johnson 8,837 62.9% 5,210 37.1% 14,047 D+25.8
Des Moines 7,963 57.0% 5,996 43.0% 13,959 D+14.1
Cerro Gordo 7,315 52.6% 6,605 47.4% 13,920 D+5.1
Lee 7,247 53.3% 6,337 46.7% 13,584 D+6.7
Jasper 5,712 53.8% 4,912 46.2% 10,624 D+7.5
Marshall 4,959 48.6% 5,249 51.4% 10,208 R+2.8
Boone 4,851 53.9% 4,145 46.1% 8,996 D+7.8
Fayette 4,218 48.7% 4,451 51.3% 8,669 R+2.7
Sioux 2,392 27.6% 6,276 72.4% 8,668 R+44.8
Marion 4,673 54.9% 3,841 45.1% 8,514 D+9.8
Carroll 5,389 65.4% 2,849 34.6% 8,238 D+30.8
Muscatine 3,331 42.5% 4,507 57.5% 7,838 R+15.0
Kossuth 3,954 51.7% 3,696 48.3% 7,650 D+3.4
Clayton 4,068 53.2% 3,574 46.8% 7,642 D+6.5
Dallas 4,077 55.2% 3,315 44.8% 7,392 D+10.3
Mahaska 3,498 47.8% 3,813 52.2% 7,311 R+4.3
Warren 4,113 57.8% 3,006 42.2% 7,119 D+15.5
Plymouth 3,200 45.1% 3,900 54.9% 7,100 R+9.9
Winneshiek 3,362 47.7% 3,679 52.3% 7,041 R+4.5
Jones 3,310 52.6% 2,982 47.4% 6,292 D+5.2
Tama 3,371 53.9% 2,884 46.1% 6,255 D+7.8
Bremer 2,973 48.1% 3,204 51.9% 6,177 R+3.7
Hamilton 3,097 50.6% 3,028 49.4% 6,125 D+1.1
Benton 3,217 53.6% 2,789 46.4% 6,006 D+7.1
Appanoose 2,865 48.4% 3,056 51.6% 5,921 R+3.2
Hardin 2,643 45.0% 3,231 55.0% 5,874 R+10.0
Crawford 3,114 53.0% 2,758 47.0% 5,872 D+6.1
Chickasaw 3,265 55.7% 2,596 44.3% 5,861 D+11.4
Page 1,849 31.7% 3,988 68.3% 5,837 R+36.6
Buena Vista 2,689 46.2% 3,129 53.8% 5,818 R+7.6
Allamakee 2,495 42.9% 3,322 57.1% 5,817 R+14.2
Poweshiek 3,132 53.9% 2,676 46.1% 5,808 D+7.9
Wright 2,685 46.5% 3,091 53.5% 5,776 R+7.0
O'Brien 2,270 39.7% 3,447 60.3% 5,717 R+20.6
Union 2,729 49.5% 2,780 50.5% 5,509 R+0.9
Washington 2,446 44.4% 3,058 55.6% 5,504 R+11.1
Delaware 2,655 48.3% 2,837 51.7% 5,492 R+3.3
Buchanan 2,964 54.1% 2,510 45.9% 5,474 D+8.3
Floyd 2,491 45.6% 2,974 54.4% 5,465 R+8.8
Keokuk 2,780 51.4% 2,632 48.6% 5,412 D+2.7
Cass 1,870 34.8% 3,500 65.2% 5,370 R+30.4
Iowa 2,642 49.2% 2,728 50.8% 5,370 R+1.6
Jackson 2,762 51.5% 2,602 48.5% 5,364 D+3.0
Calhoun 2,590 48.8% 2,717 51.2% 5,307 R+2.4
Harrison 2,391 45.5% 2,868 54.5% 5,259 R+9.1
Shelby 2,565 49.3% 2,633 50.7% 5,198 R+1.3
Clay 2,440 47.0% 2,749 53.0% 5,189 R+6.0
Howard 2,621 50.8% 2,541 49.2% 5,162 D+1.5
Sac 2,362 46.2% 2,747 53.8% 5,109 R+7.5
Palo Alto 2,743 53.8% 2,360 46.2% 5,103 D+7.5
Grundy 2,052 40.6% 3,008 59.4% 5,060 R+18.9
Butler 2,130 43.0% 2,829 57.0% 4,959 R+14.1
Madison 2,512 50.7% 2,445 49.3% 4,957 D+1.4
Henry 2,002 40.7% 2,912 59.3% 4,914 R+18.5
Jefferson 2,133 43.7% 2,749 56.3% 4,882 R+12.6
Cherokee 2,258 47.1% 2,539 52.9% 4,797 R+5.9
Pocahontas 2,518 53.5% 2,188 46.5% 4,706 D+7.0
Emmet 2,101 45.2% 2,545 54.8% 4,646 R+9.6
Guthrie 2,332 50.3% 2,305 49.7% 4,637 D+0.6
Monona 2,258 50.9% 2,175 49.1% 4,433 D+1.9
Greene 2,194 50.0% 2,196 50.0% 4,390 level
Franklin 1,992 45.7% 2,371 54.3% 4,363 R+8.7
Cedar 2,118 49.3% 2,179 50.7% 4,297 R+1.4
Dickinson 2,123 50.3% 2,101 49.7% 4,224 D+0.5
Lucas 2,158 52.1% 1,984 47.9% 4,142 D+4.2
Montgomery 1,432 35.3% 2,620 64.7% 4,052 R+29.3
Decatur 2,236 55.3% 1,808 44.7% 4,044 D+10.6
Mitchell 1,763 44.4% 2,208 55.6% 3,971 R+11.2
Hancock 1,817 46.1% 2,123 53.9% 3,940 R+7.8
Humboldt 1,734 45.5% 2,073 54.5% 3,807 R+8.9
Davis 2,151 56.9% 1,626 43.1% 3,777 D+13.9
Monroe 1,963 52.1% 1,808 47.9% 3,771 D+4.1
Wayne 1,691 44.9% 2,078 55.1% 3,769 R+10.3
Audubon 1,897 50.4% 1,866 49.6% 3,763 D+0.8
Taylor 1,652 44.1% 2,090 55.9% 3,742 R+11.7
Winnebago 1,473 39.4% 2,268 60.6% 3,741 R+21.3
Adair 1,747 48.1% 1,884 51.9% 3,631 R+3.8
Fremont 1,656 46.0% 1,942 54.0% 3,598 R+7.9
Ida 1,974 55.5% 1,580 44.5% 3,554 D+11.1
Worth 1,768 50.0% 1,771 50.0% 3,539 R+0.1
Clarke 1,781 51.8% 1,656 48.2% 3,437 D+3.6
Lyon 1,085 31.7% 2,339 68.3% 3,424 R+36.6
Van Buren 1,452 45.7% 1,722 54.3% 3,174 R+8.5
Louisa 1,387 44.7% 1,715 55.3% 3,102 R+10.6
Osceola 1,366 44.9% 1,677 55.1% 3,043 R+10.2
Ringgold 1,397 46.8% 1,587 53.2% 2,984 R+6.4
Adams 1,271 46.9% 1,441 53.1% 2,712 R+6.3
Mills 905 33.9% 1,764 66.1% 2,669 R+32.2

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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