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Election 1972 Results

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1972 Iowa governor election

Robert E. Ray (Republican) beat Paul Franzenburg (Democrat) in Iowa in 1972, 58.4% to 40.3%, a margin of 18.2 points and 219,895 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1970, when Robert E. Ray also won.

Republicans led in 99 of the 99 counties as they stood then. The largest, Polk, cast 131,272 votes and went to the Republican by 8.9 points. The closest was Dubuque, where 234 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 707,177 58.4%
Paul Franzenburg Democratic 487,282 40.3%
All other candidates 15,763 1.3%
Total1,210,222

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 58,471 44.5% 70,211 53.5% 2,590 131,272 R+8.9
Linn 29,782 43.3% 38,139 55.4% 882 68,803 R+12.1
Scott 23,573 40.2% 34,204 58.3% 867 58,644 R+18.1
Black Hawk 22,317 41.9% 30,295 56.9% 604 53,216 R+15.0
Woodbury 16,495 40.7% 23,507 58.0% 542 40,544 R+17.3
Johnson 15,696 43.8% 19,802 55.3% 302 35,800 R+11.5
Dubuque 17,356 49.1% 17,590 49.8% 401 35,347 R+0.7
Story 11,658 37.7% 18,881 61.1% 388 30,927 R+23.4
Pottawattamie 8,489 30.5% 19,117 68.6% 270 27,876 R+38.1
Clinton 9,522 42.1% 12,964 57.3% 149 22,635 R+15.2
Cerro Gordo 8,804 40.7% 12,484 57.7% 331 21,619 R+17.0
Webster 9,060 45.5% 10,547 53.0% 285 19,892 R+7.5
Des Moines 8,252 43.3% 10,659 55.9% 161 19,072 R+12.6
Wapello 8,376 47.4% 8,955 50.6% 358 17,689 R+3.3
Marshall 7,232 41.0% 10,157 57.5% 271 17,660 R+16.6
Lee 7,045 40.5% 10,180 58.5% 168 17,393 R+18.0
Jasper 7,112 43.8% 8,812 54.3% 319 16,243 R+10.5
Muscatine 4,721 35.1% 8,572 63.7% 160 13,453 R+28.6
Sioux 3,161 23.5% 10,232 76.1% 53 13,446 R+52.6
Warren 5,495 43.1% 7,022 55.1% 223 12,740 R+12.0
Fayette 4,458 37.6% 7,274 61.3% 139 11,871 R+23.7
Boone 5,113 44.4% 6,194 53.8% 199 11,506 R+9.4
Dallas 5,194 45.4% 6,081 53.1% 172 11,447 R+7.7
Marion 4,584 40.8% 6,371 56.7% 287 11,242 R+15.9
Plymouth 4,097 39.8% 6,164 59.8% 43 10,304 R+20.1
Winneshiek 3,841 37.5% 6,341 61.9% 69 10,251 R+24.4
Kossuth 4,152 40.6% 5,967 58.4% 99 10,218 R+17.8
Mahaska 3,559 36.1% 6,075 61.7% 213 9,847 R+25.6
Benton 4,200 43.6% 5,297 55.0% 142 9,639 R+11.4
Bremer 3,324 35.1% 6,037 63.7% 114 9,475 R+28.6
Hardin 3,674 39.3% 5,536 59.3% 129 9,339 R+19.9
Buena Vista 3,442 37.3% 5,688 61.7% 88 9,218 R+24.4
Carroll 4,274 47.2% 4,670 51.6% 108 9,052 R+4.4
Buchanan 3,898 43.3% 5,049 56.1% 52 8,999 R+12.8
Clayton 3,425 38.5% 5,339 60.0% 127 8,891 R+21.5
Tama 4,104 46.7% 4,577 52.0% 114 8,795 R+5.4
Poweshiek 3,538 41.5% 4,879 57.2% 117 8,534 R+15.7
Jackson 3,518 41.5% 4,828 57.0% 129 8,475 R+15.5
Jones 3,421 40.8% 4,892 58.4% 69 8,382 R+17.5
Floyd 3,234 39.6% 4,805 58.9% 121 8,160 R+19.3
Page 1,766 22.0% 6,223 77.4% 46 8,035 R+55.5
Washington 2,743 34.4% 5,152 64.5% 90 7,985 R+30.2
Hamilton 2,978 37.8% 4,784 60.8% 112 7,874 R+22.9
Delaware 2,991 38.3% 4,780 61.2% 44 7,815 R+22.9
Henry 2,429 31.2% 5,296 67.9% 69 7,794 R+36.8
Clay 2,653 35.1% 4,720 62.5% 182 7,555 R+27.4
Crawford 3,038 40.3% 4,426 58.7% 78 7,542 R+18.4
Cherokee 2,889 38.4% 4,579 60.9% 48 7,516 R+22.5
O'Brien 2,246 30.5% 4,977 67.5% 153 7,376 R+37.0
Cass 1,931 26.9% 5,185 72.2% 63 7,179 R+45.3
Wright 2,678 37.8% 4,302 60.8% 99 7,079 R+22.9
Harrison 2,497 35.6% 4,510 64.3% 10 7,017 R+28.7
Cedar 2,463 35.2% 4,463 63.7% 76 7,002 R+28.6
Jefferson 2,416 34.6% 4,506 64.5% 68 6,990 R+29.9
Chickasaw 3,068 44.6% 3,777 54.9% 36 6,881 R+10.3
Iowa 2,621 38.1% 4,090 59.5% 160 6,871 R+21.4
Appanoose 2,694 39.4% 4,082 59.8% 55 6,831 R+20.3
Winnebago 2,269 34.4% 4,304 65.2% 27 6,600 R+30.8
Grundy 2,619 39.9% 3,845 58.6% 92 6,556 R+18.7
Keokuk 2,755 42.4% 3,657 56.3% 82 6,494 R+13.9
Shelby 2,265 35.2% 4,083 63.5% 83 6,431 R+28.3
Sac 2,434 38.0% 3,937 61.5% 33 6,404 R+23.5
Allamakee 2,235 35.0% 4,036 63.1% 122 6,393 R+28.2
Butler 2,090 32.9% 4,159 65.4% 112 6,361 R+32.5
Calhoun 2,573 40.6% 3,659 57.8% 98 6,330 R+17.2
Dickinson 2,184 35.3% 3,812 61.6% 195 6,191 R+26.3
Palo Alto 2,599 43.1% 3,372 55.9% 65 6,036 R+12.8
Montgomery 1,517 25.2% 4,469 74.4% 23 6,009 R+49.1
Hancock 2,321 38.8% 3,603 60.2% 59 5,983 R+21.4
Guthrie 2,360 39.6% 3,536 59.4% 57 5,953 R+19.8
Union 2,135 36.1% 3,649 61.8% 125 5,909 R+25.6
Madison 2,378 40.6% 3,358 57.4% 114 5,850 R+16.8
Mitchell 2,245 38.7% 3,511 60.5% 49 5,805 R+21.8
Humboldt 2,203 38.2% 3,503 60.8% 57 5,763 R+22.6
Franklin 1,894 33.1% 3,687 64.4% 144 5,725 R+31.3
Greene 2,151 38.2% 3,330 59.1% 154 5,635 R+20.9
Monona 2,352 43.4% 3,036 56.0% 31 5,419 R+12.6
Pocahontas 2,299 42.5% 3,043 56.2% 68 5,410 R+13.8
Howard 2,327 43.2% 3,027 56.1% 37 5,391 R+13.0
Emmet 1,814 33.8% 3,514 65.5% 37 5,365 R+31.7
Lyon 1,393 26.9% 3,750 72.5% 28 5,171 R+45.6
Adair 1,820 38.6% 2,850 60.5% 44 4,714 R+21.8
Mills 1,278 27.3% 3,368 71.9% 40 4,686 R+44.6
Lucas 1,947 41.6% 2,679 57.2% 57 4,683 R+15.6
Worth 1,942 42.9% 2,552 56.4% 28 4,522 R+13.5
Louisa 1,623 36.0% 2,844 63.0% 47 4,514 R+27.0
Decatur 1,871 41.6% 2,581 57.4% 42 4,494 R+15.8
Ida 1,579 36.8% 2,679 62.5% 29 4,287 R+25.7
Wayne 1,544 36.1% 2,695 63.0% 38 4,277 R+26.9
Taylor 1,309 31.4% 2,835 68.0% 25 4,169 R+36.6
Davis 1,936 46.6% 2,180 52.5% 35 4,151 R+5.9
Monroe 1,834 44.8% 2,234 54.6% 24 4,092 R+9.8
Audubon 1,461 36.3% 2,542 63.1% 23 4,026 R+26.9
Clarke 1,772 45.7% 2,040 52.6% 67 3,879 R+6.9
Fremont 1,322 34.1% 2,538 65.5% 17 3,877 R+31.4
Van Buren 1,331 37.2% 2,227 62.3% 17 3,575 R+25.1
Osceola 1,294 36.9% 2,175 62.0% 40 3,509 R+25.1
Ringgold 1,081 33.3% 2,141 65.9% 27 3,249 R+32.6
Adams 1,158 37.6% 1,891 61.5% 27 3,076 R+23.8

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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