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Election 1968 Results

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1968 Iowa governor election

Robert E. Ray (Republican) beat Paul Franzenburg (Democrat) in Iowa in 1968, 54.1% to 45.9%, a margin of 8.2 points and 93,112 votes.

Iowa changed party: in 1966 it went Democratic, for Harold E. Hughes.

Republicans led in 85 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Polk, cast 112,200 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.7 points. The closest was Warren, where 14 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
Robert E. Ray won Republican 614,328 54.1%
Paul Franzenburg Democratic 521,216 45.9%
All other candidates 945 0.1%
Total1,136,489

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 58,717 52.3% 53,399 47.6% 84 112,200 D+4.7
Linn 31,600 50.1% 31,398 49.8% 36 63,034 D+0.3
Scott 23,897 44.8% 29,361 55.1% 61 53,319 R+10.2
Black Hawk 22,823 46.9% 25,791 53.0% 42 48,656 R+6.1
Woodbury 19,853 48.8% 20,724 51.0% 68 40,645 R+2.1
Dubuque 18,592 56.1% 14,453 43.6% 74 33,119 D+12.5
Pottawattamie 10,175 37.4% 16,975 62.4% 49 27,199 R+25.0
Johnson 13,611 53.2% 11,974 46.8% 15 25,600 D+6.4
Story 10,425 44.7% 12,907 55.3% 16 23,348 R+10.6
Clinton 9,406 43.3% 12,301 56.6% 9 21,716 R+13.3
Cerro Gordo 8,833 44.2% 11,114 55.7% 16 19,963 R+11.4
Des Moines 10,161 51.8% 9,402 48.0% 34 19,597 D+3.9
Webster 9,386 50.3% 9,243 49.6% 17 18,646 D+0.8
Wapello 9,852 54.2% 8,298 45.7% 16 18,166 D+8.6
Lee 8,292 47.8% 9,051 52.2% 7 17,350 R+4.4
Marshall 8,507 51.8% 7,910 48.1% 19 16,436 D+3.6
Jasper 7,366 49.2% 7,590 50.7% 10 14,966 R+1.5
Muscatine 4,836 38.7% 7,662 61.3% 10 12,508 R+22.6
Sioux 2,751 22.6% 9,431 77.4% 12,182 R+54.8
Fayette 4,712 41.2% 6,722 58.8% 2 11,436 R+17.6
Dallas 5,580 50.3% 5,499 49.6% 6 11,085 D+0.7
Warren 5,509 49.9% 5,523 50.0% 8 11,040 R+0.1
Boone 5,623 51.8% 5,198 47.9% 25 10,846 D+3.9
Marion 5,094 47.0% 5,739 52.9% 9 10,842 R+5.9
Kossuth 4,698 48.4% 4,992 51.5% 9 9,699 R+3.0
Plymouth 3,866 40.0% 5,802 60.0% 9,668 R+20.0
Mahaska 4,053 42.4% 5,508 57.6% 7 9,568 R+15.2
Benton 4,640 49.4% 4,730 50.4% 15 9,385 R+1.0
Tama 4,754 52.4% 4,308 47.5% 5 9,067 D+4.9
Winneshiek 3,693 40.7% 5,371 59.2% 2 9,066 R+18.5
Carroll 5,239 58.6% 3,693 41.3% 8 8,940 D+17.3
Buena Vista 3,465 39.2% 5,358 60.7% 9 8,832 R+21.4
Hardin 4,067 47.1% 4,560 52.8% 11 8,638 R+5.7
Clayton 3,598 41.9% 4,997 58.1% 2 8,597 R+16.3
Buchanan 3,890 45.9% 4,588 54.1% 1 8,479 R+8.2
Page 2,429 28.9% 5,984 71.1% 5 8,418 R+42.2
Bremer 3,249 39.0% 5,080 60.9% 9 8,338 R+22.0
Jones 3,887 46.9% 4,393 53.0% 5 8,285 R+6.1
Floyd 3,157 39.3% 4,871 60.6% 10 8,038 R+21.3
Poweshiek 3,744 46.7% 4,263 53.2% 7 8,014 R+6.5
Jackson 3,746 47.6% 4,112 52.2% 20 7,878 R+4.6
Hamilton 3,377 43.2% 4,435 56.7% 7 7,819 R+13.5
Washington 3,142 40.3% 4,649 59.6% 3 7,794 R+19.3
O'Brien 2,591 33.4% 5,164 66.6% 2 7,757 R+33.2
Delaware 3,223 42.3% 4,387 57.6% 2 7,612 R+15.3
Cass 2,448 32.5% 5,075 67.3% 13 7,536 R+34.9
Crawford 3,609 48.3% 3,850 51.5% 15 7,474 R+3.2
Henry 2,713 36.4% 4,738 63.5% 5 7,456 R+27.2
Cedar 3,145 42.2% 4,304 57.8% 7,449 R+15.6
Cherokee 3,049 41.4% 4,306 58.5% 1 7,356 R+17.1
Clay 3,036 41.3% 4,306 58.6% 6 7,348 R+17.3
Wright 3,179 43.3% 4,144 56.5% 11 7,334 R+13.2
Appanoose 3,396 48.2% 3,645 51.8% 2 7,043 R+3.5
Iowa 2,986 42.9% 3,967 57.0% 4 6,957 R+14.1
Allamakee 2,389 34.7% 4,493 65.3% 2 6,884 R+30.6
Grundy 3,078 45.5% 3,692 54.5% 6,770 R+9.1
Chickasaw 3,181 47.8% 3,472 52.2% 6,653 R+4.4
Jefferson 2,546 38.3% 4,093 61.6% 2 6,641 R+23.3
Sac 2,721 41.2% 3,886 58.8% 3 6,610 R+17.6
Keokuk 3,075 46.8% 3,489 53.1% 3 6,567 R+6.3
Shelby 2,666 41.1% 3,825 58.9% 3 6,494 R+17.8
Butler 2,223 34.3% 4,251 65.6% 7 6,481 R+31.3
Harrison 2,562 39.8% 3,880 60.2% 1 6,443 R+20.5
Calhoun 2,749 43.8% 3,523 56.1% 7 6,279 R+12.3
Montgomery 2,070 33.1% 4,186 66.9% 2 6,258 R+33.8
Palo Alto 2,930 49.4% 2,998 50.6% 5,928 R+1.1
Dickinson 2,336 40.2% 3,466 59.6% 13 5,815 R+19.4
Hancock 2,446 42.2% 3,346 57.7% 11 5,803 R+15.5
Winnebago 2,347 40.6% 3,439 59.4% 5,786 R+18.9
Union 2,371 41.3% 3,368 58.7% 3 5,742 R+17.4
Mitchell 2,271 40.0% 3,402 60.0% 1 5,674 R+19.9
Emmet 2,061 36.5% 3,580 63.4% 5 5,646 R+26.9
Howard 2,680 47.7% 2,938 52.3% 1 5,619 R+4.6
Madison 2,499 44.8% 3,076 55.1% 5 5,580 R+10.3
Guthrie 2,381 42.9% 3,171 57.1% 2 5,554 R+14.2
Lyon 1,603 28.9% 3,945 71.1% 1 5,549 R+42.2
Franklin 2,154 39.0% 3,367 60.9% 5 5,526 R+22.0
Pocahontas 2,682 49.2% 2,766 50.7% 6 5,454 R+1.5
Humboldt 2,346 43.3% 3,067 56.6% 2 5,415 R+13.3
Monona 2,520 46.6% 2,883 53.3% 1 5,404 R+6.7
Greene 2,239 41.5% 3,142 58.3% 8 5,389 R+16.8
Lucas 2,243 48.1% 2,415 51.8% 2 4,660 R+3.7
Adair 1,792 39.8% 2,713 60.2% 4,505 R+20.4
Monroe 2,326 51.8% 2,161 48.1% 2 4,489 D+3.7
Wayne 1,868 42.0% 2,575 57.9% 1 4,444 R+15.9
Decatur 2,186 49.4% 2,243 50.6% 4,429 R+1.3
Taylor 1,704 38.6% 2,716 61.4% 4,420 R+22.9
Louisa 1,819 41.7% 2,543 58.3% 4,362 R+16.6
Mills 1,297 29.7% 3,061 70.2% 2 4,360 R+40.5
Audubon 1,905 43.9% 2,431 56.1% 1 4,337 R+12.1
Ida 1,923 44.6% 2,391 55.4% 1 4,315 R+10.8
Worth 2,021 47.2% 2,258 52.8% 1 4,280 R+5.5
Davis 2,150 51.6% 2,018 48.4% 1 4,169 D+3.2
Fremont 1,660 40.8% 2,404 59.1% 3 4,067 R+18.3
Clarke 1,834 46.5% 2,110 53.5% 1 3,945 R+7.0
Osceola 1,565 39.7% 2,379 60.3% 3,944 R+20.6
Van Buren 1,500 39.9% 2,252 60.0% 4 3,756 R+20.0
Ringgold 1,391 42.1% 1,910 57.8% 1 3,302 R+15.7
Adams 1,236 41.2% 1,759 58.7% 2 2,997 R+17.5

Counties as they stood in 1968; 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