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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Iowa governor election

Terry E. Branstad (Republican) beat Roxanne Conlin (Democrat) in Iowa in 1982, 52.8% to 46.5%, a margin of 6.3 points and 65,022 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when Robert E. Ray won.

Republicans led in 85 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Polk, cast 117,185 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.7 points. The closest was Webster, where 1 vote 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
Terry E. Branstad won Republican 548,313 52.8%
Roxanne Conlin Democratic 483,291 46.5%
All other candidates 6,625 0.6%
Total1,038,229

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 67,310 57.4% 48,871 41.7% 1,004 117,185 D+15.7
Linn 29,140 47.3% 31,828 51.7% 595 61,563 R+4.4
Black Hawk 25,776 46.0% 29,915 53.3% 400 56,091 R+7.4
Scott 23,718 46.6% 26,850 52.8% 312 50,880 R+6.2
Johnson 19,304 58.3% 13,263 40.1% 549 33,116 D+18.2
Dubuque 15,887 49.3% 16,238 50.4% 123 32,248 R+1.1
Woodbury 15,249 48.7% 15,959 50.9% 118 31,326 R+2.3
Story 14,447 50.7% 13,639 47.8% 434 28,520 D+2.8
Pottawattamie 10,605 46.0% 12,363 53.6% 87 23,055 R+7.6
Clinton 8,503 43.8% 10,807 55.7% 83 19,393 R+11.9
Cerro Gordo 9,090 48.2% 9,690 51.4% 89 18,869 R+3.2
Marshall 7,507 46.8% 8,420 52.5% 104 16,031 R+5.7
Webster 7,806 49.7% 7,807 49.7% 88 15,701 level
Des Moines 8,256 54.3% 6,888 45.3% 54 15,198 D+9.0
Wapello 8,541 59.9% 5,611 39.4% 101 14,253 D+20.6
Jasper 7,238 52.0% 6,578 47.3% 98 13,914 D+4.7
Warren 7,045 54.4% 5,807 44.9% 90 12,942 D+9.6
Lee 7,002 54.5% 5,762 44.9% 82 12,846 D+9.7
Dallas 6,251 55.9% 4,852 43.4% 81 11,184 D+12.5
Muscatine 4,412 41.6% 6,131 57.8% 56 10,599 R+16.2
Marion 4,755 46.7% 5,387 52.9% 50 10,192 R+6.2
Fayette 3,653 38.0% 5,912 61.5% 49 9,614 R+23.5
Boone 5,043 52.7% 4,454 46.6% 69 9,566 D+6.2
Sioux 1,962 21.2% 7,284 78.6% 20 9,266 R+57.4
Bremer 3,026 32.7% 6,178 66.8% 40 9,244 R+34.1
Benton 3,757 42.5% 5,031 57.0% 43 8,831 R+14.4
Mahaska 3,756 44.7% 4,593 54.7% 45 8,394 R+10.0
Hardin 3,608 44.3% 4,498 55.2% 41 8,147 R+10.9
Carroll 3,524 44.5% 4,358 55.1% 32 7,914 R+10.5
Kossuth 2,663 34.1% 5,119 65.6% 26 7,808 R+31.5
Buchanan 3,187 41.8% 4,361 57.2% 77 7,625 R+15.4
Clayton 2,676 35.5% 4,832 64.1% 31 7,539 R+28.6
Poweshiek 3,563 47.3% 3,905 51.8% 65 7,533 R+4.5
Tama 3,081 40.9% 4,406 58.5% 42 7,529 R+17.6
Buena Vista 3,361 45.2% 4,026 54.1% 49 7,436 R+8.9
Jones 2,935 39.8% 4,414 59.9% 19 7,368 R+20.1
Jackson 2,928 39.7% 4,408 59.8% 31 7,367 R+20.1
Plymouth 2,541 34.6% 4,780 65.1% 27 7,348 R+30.5
Floyd 3,239 44.6% 3,992 54.9% 38 7,269 R+10.4
Winneshiek 2,379 33.1% 4,779 66.4% 34 7,192 R+33.4
Clay 2,969 43.2% 3,864 56.3% 33 6,866 R+13.0
Cedar 2,567 38.4% 4,083 61.0% 41 6,691 R+22.7
Hamilton 2,903 43.9% 3,666 55.5% 41 6,610 R+11.5
Henry 2,839 44.7% 3,487 54.9% 22 6,348 R+10.2
Crawford 2,704 43.0% 3,561 56.6% 26 6,291 R+13.6
Delaware 2,231 35.6% 4,013 64.1% 21 6,265 R+28.4
Cass 2,271 36.6% 3,906 62.9% 32 6,209 R+26.3
Washington 2,506 40.9% 3,589 58.6% 31 6,126 R+17.7
Iowa 2,316 38.0% 3,755 61.6% 27 6,098 R+23.6
Butler 1,791 29.9% 4,182 69.8% 18 5,991 R+39.9
Grundy 1,554 26.0% 4,400 73.7% 17 5,971 R+47.7
Chickasaw 2,371 39.9% 3,556 59.8% 15 5,942 R+19.9
Cherokee 2,727 46.0% 3,182 53.7% 22 5,931 R+7.7
Dickinson 2,343 40.4% 3,431 59.2% 20 5,794 R+18.8
O'Brien 1,843 32.9% 3,732 66.7% 20 5,595 R+33.8
Winnebago 1,908 34.4% 3,632 65.5% 5 5,545 R+31.1
Appanoose 2,772 50.5% 2,702 49.2% 19 5,493 D+1.3
Madison 2,698 49.8% 2,691 49.7% 29 5,418 D+0.1
Harrison 2,373 44.2% 2,988 55.7% 7 5,368 R+11.5
Page 1,787 33.4% 3,556 66.4% 15 5,358 R+33.0
Wright 2,306 43.4% 2,986 56.2% 17 5,309 R+12.8
Jefferson 2,151 40.6% 3,109 58.7% 38 5,298 R+18.1
Union 2,370 45.1% 2,869 54.6% 20 5,259 R+9.5
Allamakee 1,652 31.8% 3,528 67.8% 20 5,200 R+36.1
Shelby 1,794 34.8% 3,354 65.0% 10 5,158 R+30.2
Palo Alto 2,337 47.6% 2,556 52.0% 18 4,911 R+4.5
Humboldt 2,045 41.9% 2,812 57.6% 29 4,886 R+15.7
Calhoun 2,068 42.6% 2,740 56.5% 44 4,852 R+13.8
Sac 2,003 41.3% 2,823 58.2% 21 4,847 R+16.9
Mitchell 1,782 37.1% 3,002 62.5% 22 4,806 R+25.4
Hancock 1,948 41.1% 2,778 58.6% 15 4,741 R+17.5
Greene 2,283 48.2% 2,413 50.9% 42 4,738 R+2.7
Keokuk 2,147 45.5% 2,540 53.9% 29 4,716 R+8.3
Franklin 1,836 39.8% 2,756 59.7% 21 4,613 R+19.9
Guthrie 2,071 46.5% 2,347 52.7% 35 4,453 R+6.2
Howard 1,596 35.9% 2,814 63.2% 40 4,450 R+27.4
Emmet 1,906 42.9% 2,517 56.7% 17 4,440 R+13.8
Pocahontas 1,861 43.4% 2,381 55.5% 50 4,292 R+12.1
Montgomery 1,518 35.6% 2,727 64.0% 14 4,259 R+28.4
Lucas 1,824 44.7% 2,225 54.5% 32 4,081 R+9.8
Adair 1,706 41.9% 2,351 57.7% 17 4,074 R+15.8
Monona 1,769 44.1% 2,220 55.4% 18 4,007 R+11.3
Lyon 897 23.6% 2,897 76.2% 9 3,803 R+52.6
Mills 1,501 40.1% 2,233 59.6% 12 3,746 R+19.5
Worth 1,616 43.4% 2,087 56.1% 18 3,721 R+12.7
Audubon 1,536 41.6% 2,146 58.1% 11 3,693 R+16.5
Clarke 1,754 48.0% 1,863 51.0% 34 3,651 R+3.0
Louisa 1,536 42.6% 2,062 57.2% 9 3,607 R+14.6
Decatur 1,731 48.9% 1,787 50.5% 21 3,539 R+1.6
Davis 1,736 50.2% 1,706 49.4% 13 3,455 D+0.9
Monroe 1,762 51.1% 1,669 48.4% 15 3,446 D+2.7
Wayne 1,585 46.2% 1,834 53.4% 15 3,434 R+7.3
Ida 1,173 34.8% 2,192 65.0% 5 3,370 R+30.2
Taylor 1,310 40.0% 1,952 59.6% 15 3,277 R+19.6
Fremont 1,396 44.4% 1,743 55.4% 6 3,145 R+11.0
Van Buren 1,428 48.4% 1,511 51.2% 13 2,952 R+2.8
Ringgold 1,238 44.3% 1,548 55.4% 9 2,795 R+11.1
Osceola 860 30.9% 1,920 68.9% 6 2,786 R+38.0
Adams 1,062 44.0% 1,343 55.7% 8 2,413 R+11.6

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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