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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Iowa governor election

Robert E. Ray (Republican) beat James F. Schaben (Democrat) in Iowa in 1974, 58.1% to 41.0%, a margin of 17.1 points and 156,965 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when Robert E. Ray also won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Polk, cast 93,313 votes and went to the Republican by 13.5 points. The closest was Chickasaw, where 70 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 534,518 58.1%
James F. Schaben Democratic 377,553 41.0%
All other candidates 8,387 0.9%
Total920,458

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 39,895 42.8% 52,488 56.2% 930 93,313 R+13.5
Linn 22,838 44.2% 28,244 54.7% 545 51,627 R+10.5
Scott 14,714 34.7% 27,257 64.3% 417 42,388 R+29.6
Black Hawk 17,924 42.9% 23,122 55.3% 737 41,783 R+12.4
Woodbury 14,442 45.8% 16,714 53.0% 394 31,550 R+7.2
Dubuque 13,354 52.3% 11,731 45.9% 456 25,541 D+6.4
Story 6,876 29.1% 16,586 70.1% 186 23,648 R+41.1
Johnson 8,546 37.5% 14,058 61.7% 169 22,773 R+24.2
Pottawattamie 10,787 48.0% 11,536 51.3% 164 22,487 R+3.3
Clinton 6,540 39.4% 9,874 59.5% 175 16,589 R+20.1
Cerro Gordo 6,736 42.8% 8,848 56.2% 165 15,749 R+13.4
Webster 6,416 43.3% 8,292 55.9% 115 14,823 R+12.7
Des Moines 6,054 45.3% 7,247 54.2% 62 13,363 R+8.9
Marshall 4,657 35.3% 8,396 63.7% 128 13,181 R+28.4
Wapello 5,977 47.5% 6,508 51.7% 106 12,591 R+4.2
Lee 5,469 43.7% 6,978 55.7% 78 12,525 R+12.0
Jasper 5,047 41.9% 6,872 57.1% 126 12,045 R+15.2
Sioux 2,437 23.1% 8,059 76.5% 40 10,536 R+53.4
Warren 4,230 43.9% 5,297 55.0% 99 9,626 R+11.1
Fayette 3,919 40.9% 5,581 58.3% 79 9,579 R+17.4
Muscatine 2,957 31.2% 6,415 67.8% 92 9,464 R+36.5
Dallas 3,990 42.4% 5,357 56.9% 64 9,411 R+14.5
Marion 3,653 41.2% 5,127 57.8% 86 8,866 R+16.6
Boone 3,865 43.9% 4,853 55.2% 80 8,798 R+11.2
Kossuth 3,351 42.1% 4,560 57.4% 40 7,951 R+15.2
Bremer 2,554 32.5% 5,225 66.5% 80 7,859 R+34.0
Carroll 4,366 55.9% 3,398 43.5% 46 7,810 D+12.4
Plymouth 3,213 41.4% 4,499 57.9% 58 7,770 R+16.6
Benton 3,538 46.0% 4,078 53.0% 78 7,694 R+7.0
Mahaska 2,992 39.3% 4,550 59.8% 66 7,608 R+20.5
Buena Vista 2,763 36.5% 4,777 63.1% 29 7,569 R+26.6
Clayton 2,817 39.1% 4,329 60.0% 67 7,213 R+21.0
Buchanan 3,223 45.0% 3,896 54.4% 39 7,158 R+9.4
Jones 3,074 44.5% 3,771 54.6% 64 6,909 R+10.1
Hardin 2,391 34.8% 4,307 62.7% 176 6,874 R+27.9
Tama 2,967 43.2% 3,850 56.1% 46 6,863 R+12.9
Poweshiek 2,737 40.0% 4,042 59.1% 58 6,837 R+19.1
Crawford 3,777 55.6% 2,989 44.0% 27 6,793 D+11.6
Winneshiek 2,407 37.1% 4,031 62.1% 57 6,495 R+25.0
Clay 2,033 31.8% 4,219 66.0% 141 6,393 R+34.2
Floyd 2,647 41.7% 3,651 57.5% 50 6,348 R+15.8
Jackson 2,393 37.8% 3,875 61.2% 61 6,329 R+23.4
Page 2,028 32.2% 4,264 67.6% 15 6,307 R+35.5
O'Brien 1,958 31.3% 4,265 68.1% 40 6,263 R+36.8
Hamilton 2,170 34.9% 3,994 64.3% 47 6,211 R+29.4
Cass 2,247 36.4% 3,894 63.1% 26 6,167 R+26.7
Henry 2,033 33.9% 3,932 65.6% 30 5,995 R+31.7
Cherokee 2,292 38.6% 3,619 60.9% 27 5,938 R+22.3
Harrison 3,446 58.6% 2,425 41.2% 9 5,880 D+17.4
Delaware 2,338 40.5% 3,376 58.5% 54 5,768 R+18.0
Appanoose 2,397 42.4% 3,226 57.1% 24 5,647 R+14.7
Shelby 2,940 52.2% 2,651 47.1% 37 5,628 D+5.1
Dickinson 1,898 34.1% 3,648 65.5% 27 5,573 R+31.4
Washington 1,910 34.4% 3,588 64.6% 58 5,556 R+30.2
Wright 2,157 39.0% 3,325 60.2% 45 5,527 R+21.1
Iowa 2,396 43.4% 3,071 55.6% 53 5,520 R+12.2
Cedar 1,879 34.5% 3,501 64.3% 65 5,445 R+29.8
Sac 2,177 40.3% 3,222 59.6% 9 5,408 R+19.3
Butler 1,735 32.5% 3,542 66.4% 61 5,338 R+33.9
Winnebago 1,800 34.0% 3,478 65.7% 12 5,290 R+31.7
Allamakee 1,898 36.8% 3,210 62.3% 44 5,152 R+25.5
Keokuk 2,267 44.1% 2,836 55.2% 35 5,138 R+11.1
Chickasaw 2,499 49.2% 2,569 50.6% 10 5,078 R+1.4
Madison 2,130 42.6% 2,821 56.4% 48 4,999 R+13.8
Grundy 1,647 33.2% 3,243 65.4% 67 4,957 R+32.2
Calhoun 1,949 39.5% 2,957 59.9% 28 4,934 R+20.4
Mitchell 1,911 40.8% 2,739 58.5% 29 4,679 R+17.7
Hancock 1,816 38.9% 2,831 60.7% 16 4,663 R+21.8
Palo Alto 2,028 43.5% 2,610 56.0% 22 4,660 R+12.5
Howard 2,179 47.6% 2,368 51.7% 33 4,580 R+4.1
Jefferson 1,517 33.3% 3,022 66.2% 23 4,562 R+33.0
Greene 1,780 39.3% 2,687 59.3% 68 4,535 R+20.0
Guthrie 1,983 43.9% 2,488 55.1% 42 4,513 R+11.2
Monona 2,397 53.6% 2,063 46.2% 9 4,469 D+7.5
Montgomery 1,238 28.1% 3,145 71.5% 18 4,401 R+43.3
Franklin 1,394 31.8% 2,941 67.0% 55 4,390 R+35.2
Humboldt 1,624 37.3% 2,704 62.1% 26 4,354 R+24.8
Union 1,787 41.1% 2,525 58.0% 40 4,352 R+17.0
Emmet 1,541 35.5% 2,778 64.0% 20 4,339 R+28.5
Lyon 1,271 29.4% 2,996 69.4% 52 4,319 R+39.9
Pocahontas 1,739 40.4% 2,532 58.8% 32 4,303 R+18.4
Decatur 1,767 44.0% 2,213 55.0% 40 4,020 R+11.1
Ida 1,707 43.2% 2,240 56.7% 7 3,954 R+13.5
Adair 1,614 42.0% 2,185 56.8% 47 3,846 R+14.8
Worth 1,521 42.3% 2,059 57.3% 15 3,595 R+15.0
Mills 1,314 37.6% 2,156 61.7% 23 3,493 R+24.1
Clarke 1,651 47.8% 1,788 51.8% 16 3,455 R+4.0
Wayne 1,384 40.7% 1,999 58.8% 18 3,401 R+18.1
Lucas 1,565 46.7% 1,772 52.8% 16 3,353 R+6.2
Audubon 1,580 47.3% 1,749 52.4% 11 3,340 R+5.1
Davis 1,610 48.3% 1,699 51.0% 23 3,332 R+2.7
Louisa 1,122 34.7% 2,099 64.8% 17 3,238 R+30.2
Fremont 1,349 41.7% 1,871 57.8% 15 3,235 R+16.1
Monroe 1,508 47.9% 1,625 51.6% 16 3,149 R+3.7
Taylor 1,160 37.6% 1,905 61.8% 17 3,082 R+24.2
Van Buren 977 36.3% 1,706 63.4% 9 2,692 R+27.1
Osceola 920 34.3% 1,728 64.4% 36 2,684 R+30.1
Adams 973 38.4% 1,553 61.2% 10 2,536 R+22.9
Ringgold 869 35.0% 1,598 64.3% 19 2,486 R+29.3

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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