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Election 1970 Results

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1970 Iowa governor election

Robert E. Ray (Republican) beat Robert Fulton (Democrat) in Iowa in 1970, 51.0% to 46.6%, a margin of 4.4 points and 34,483 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Robert E. Ray also won.

Republicans led in 77 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 22. The largest, Polk, cast 79,924 votes and went to the Republican by 1.1 points. The closest was Tama, where 6 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 403,394 51.0%
Robert Fulton Democratic 368,911 46.6%
All other candidates 18,936 2.4%
Total791,241

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 37,545 47.0% 38,456 48.1% 3,923 79,924 R+1.1
Linn 24,192 52.0% 21,065 45.3% 1,231 46,488 D+6.7
Scott 17,030 44.9% 20,368 53.8% 493 37,891 R+8.8
Black Hawk 17,891 49.0% 18,090 49.5% 548 36,529 R+0.5
Dubuque 15,978 58.1% 11,252 40.9% 286 27,516 D+17.2
Woodbury 12,706 47.1% 13,997 51.8% 294 26,997 R+4.8
Johnson 9,538 51.0% 8,910 47.6% 268 18,716 D+3.4
Story 6,587 41.2% 8,971 56.2% 418 15,976 R+14.9
Clinton 7,232 47.7% 7,817 51.6% 114 15,163 R+3.9
Pottawattamie 5,958 39.4% 8,969 59.3% 191 15,118 R+19.9
Lee 6,886 49.5% 6,937 49.9% 82 13,905 R+0.4
Des Moines 7,516 54.7% 6,087 44.3% 148 13,751 D+10.4
Cerro Gordo 6,250 45.8% 7,117 52.2% 268 13,635 R+6.4
Webster 6,728 49.6% 6,572 48.4% 278 13,578 D+1.1
Wapello 6,758 52.0% 5,903 45.4% 332 12,993 D+6.6
Marshall 4,775 44.1% 5,635 52.1% 413 10,823 R+7.9
Jasper 4,904 46.1% 5,371 50.4% 372 10,647 R+4.4
Fayette 3,697 43.1% 4,580 53.4% 292 8,569 R+10.3
Warren 3,494 44.8% 3,852 49.3% 460 7,806 R+4.6
Marion 3,539 46.3% 3,684 48.2% 421 7,644 R+1.9
Sioux 2,338 30.6% 5,243 68.7% 49 7,630 R+38.1
Muscatine 3,106 41.6% 4,284 57.4% 75 7,465 R+15.8
Tama 3,567 49.0% 3,561 48.9% 148 7,276 D+0.1
Dallas 3,386 47.0% 3,607 50.0% 214 7,207 R+3.1
Boone 3,533 49.9% 3,312 46.8% 239 7,084 D+3.1
Kossuth 3,302 47.7% 3,500 50.5% 127 6,929 R+2.9
Mahaska 2,966 43.9% 3,457 51.2% 328 6,751 R+7.3
Buchanan 3,220 49.4% 3,155 48.4% 149 6,524 D+1.0
Clayton 3,145 48.4% 3,152 48.5% 203 6,500 R+0.1
Jackson 3,329 51.9% 3,007 46.9% 75 6,411 D+5.0
Winneshiek 3,027 47.2% 3,265 51.0% 115 6,407 R+3.7
Benton 3,319 52.1% 2,850 44.7% 202 6,371 D+7.4
Hardin 2,725 43.6% 3,318 53.1% 207 6,250 R+9.5
Jones 3,239 52.2% 2,807 45.2% 160 6,206 D+7.0
Plymouth 2,702 44.8% 3,266 54.2% 58 6,026 R+9.4
Bremer 2,392 40.6% 3,396 57.7% 97 5,885 R+17.1
Buena Vista 2,606 44.4% 3,142 53.6% 116 5,864 R+9.1
Poweshiek 2,582 44.4% 3,054 52.5% 185 5,821 R+8.1
Carroll 3,239 57.0% 2,314 40.7% 133 5,686 D+16.3
Chickasaw 2,680 50.7% 2,517 47.6% 86 5,283 D+3.1
Hamilton 2,364 45.4% 2,658 51.1% 184 5,206 R+5.6
Clay 2,222 43.4% 2,670 52.2% 223 5,115 R+8.8
Floyd 2,317 45.3% 2,678 52.4% 119 5,114 R+7.1
Delaware 2,427 47.5% 2,578 50.4% 107 5,112 R+3.0
Washington 1,989 39.3% 2,883 57.0% 188 5,060 R+17.7
Crawford 2,405 47.8% 2,494 49.6% 129 5,028 R+1.8
Appanoose 2,277 45.4% 2,624 52.3% 118 5,019 R+6.9
Henry 1,922 38.5% 2,987 59.9% 77 4,986 R+21.4
Shelby 2,296 46.2% 2,621 52.8% 51 4,968 R+6.5
Harrison 2,260 46.3% 2,600 53.3% 19 4,879 R+7.0
Keokuk 2,319 48.9% 2,274 47.9% 152 4,745 D+0.9
Cherokee 2,171 46.2% 2,450 52.2% 76 4,697 R+5.9
Iowa 2,302 49.2% 2,206 47.1% 172 4,680 D+2.1
Cedar 2,001 43.0% 2,558 55.0% 94 4,653 R+12.0
O'Brien 1,809 39.2% 2,764 59.8% 47 4,620 R+20.7
Jefferson 1,715 37.7% 2,742 60.3% 87 4,544 R+22.6
Wright 1,860 41.8% 2,492 56.1% 94 4,446 R+14.2
Palo Alto 2,309 52.3% 2,034 46.0% 75 4,418 D+6.2
Allamakee 1,773 40.8% 2,452 56.5% 116 4,341 R+15.6
Winnebago 2,022 46.7% 2,252 52.0% 59 4,333 R+5.3
Cass 1,530 35.7% 2,684 62.7% 66 4,280 R+27.0
Butler 1,609 37.8% 2,525 59.3% 122 4,256 R+21.5
Grundy 1,667 39.5% 2,456 58.2% 100 4,223 R+18.7
Page 1,227 29.1% 2,933 69.6% 54 4,214 R+40.5
Union 1,725 41.7% 2,291 55.3% 125 4,141 R+13.7
Howard 2,117 52.7% 1,870 46.6% 30 4,017 D+6.1
Dickinson 1,800 45.6% 2,076 52.6% 71 3,947 R+7.0
Madison 1,672 42.5% 2,111 53.7% 149 3,932 R+11.2
Sac 1,678 42.7% 2,146 54.6% 108 3,932 R+11.9
Mitchell 1,747 45.3% 1,994 51.7% 115 3,856 R+6.4
Calhoun 1,731 45.0% 2,024 52.7% 89 3,844 R+7.6
Montgomery 1,389 36.4% 2,403 62.9% 27 3,819 R+26.6
Humboldt 1,512 39.8% 2,230 58.7% 58 3,800 R+18.9
Monona 1,905 50.2% 1,840 48.5% 51 3,796 D+1.7
Hancock 1,651 43.5% 2,070 54.5% 74 3,795 R+11.0
Guthrie 1,663 44.7% 1,964 52.8% 96 3,723 R+8.1
Greene 1,535 42.6% 1,959 54.4% 107 3,601 R+11.8
Franklin 1,350 38.2% 2,056 58.2% 124 3,530 R+20.0
Decatur 1,561 45.6% 1,782 52.0% 82 3,425 R+6.5
Lucas 1,522 45.1% 1,731 51.3% 124 3,377 R+6.2
Ida 1,516 45.9% 1,610 48.7% 177 3,303 R+2.8
Worth 1,564 48.0% 1,659 50.9% 38 3,261 R+2.9
Audubon 1,397 43.9% 1,767 55.5% 20 3,184 R+11.6
Lyon 1,075 33.8% 2,065 65.0% 38 3,178 R+31.2
Davis 1,663 53.0% 1,425 45.4% 52 3,140 D+7.6
Pocahontas 1,509 48.3% 1,543 49.4% 74 3,126 R+1.1
Clarke 1,481 48.3% 1,445 47.2% 138 3,064 D+1.2
Taylor 1,237 40.6% 1,746 57.3% 64 3,047 R+16.7
Wayne 1,349 45.4% 1,535 51.6% 90 2,974 R+6.3
Louisa 1,244 42.3% 1,647 56.0% 49 2,940 R+13.7
Monroe 1,390 50.3% 1,280 46.3% 96 2,766 D+4.0
Adair 1,097 40.0% 1,538 56.1% 107 2,742 R+16.1
Emmet 1,104 40.4% 1,570 57.4% 61 2,735 R+17.0
Mills 983 36.9% 1,655 62.1% 28 2,666 R+25.2
Fremont 1,102 42.0% 1,495 57.0% 24 2,621 R+15.0
Van Buren 1,078 41.4% 1,503 57.7% 22 2,603 R+16.3
Osceola 1,210 46.6% 1,362 52.4% 27 2,599 R+5.8
Adams 1,135 45.9% 1,312 53.0% 28 2,475 R+7.2
Ringgold 819 39.0% 1,235 58.8% 46 2,100 R+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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