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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Iowa governor election

Terry E. Branstad (Republican) beat Lowell L. Junkins (Democrat) in Iowa in 1986, 51.9% to 48.0%, a margin of 3.9 points and 35,725 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1982, when Terry E. Branstad also won.

Republicans led in 79 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 20. The largest, Polk, cast 99,106 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.7 points. The closest was Webster, where 24 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
Terry E. Branstad won Republican 472,712 51.9%
Lowell L. Junkins Democratic 436,987 48.0%
All other candidates 924 0.1%
Total910,623

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 52,227 52.7% 46,550 47.0% 329 99,106 D+5.7
Linn 27,869 53.2% 24,313 46.4% 168 52,350 D+6.8
Scott 19,333 44.4% 24,216 55.6% 19 43,568 R+11.2
Black Hawk 23,150 53.7% 19,975 46.3% 19 43,144 D+7.4
Woodbury 13,957 44.3% 17,550 55.7% 7 31,514 R+11.4
Dubuque 15,280 55.8% 12,099 44.2% 1 27,380 D+11.6
Johnson 15,503 58.9% 10,700 40.6% 134 26,337 D+18.2
Story 12,127 51.8% 11,247 48.1% 20 23,394 D+3.8
Pottawattamie 7,687 37.8% 12,665 62.2% 20,352 R+24.5
Cerro Gordo 8,131 46.3% 9,447 53.7% 17,578 R+7.5
Clinton 7,750 45.5% 9,296 54.5% 17,046 R+9.1
Marshall 7,866 55.1% 6,412 44.9% 6 14,284 D+10.2
Lee 8,884 63.3% 5,140 36.6% 1 14,025 D+26.7
Webster 6,589 49.9% 6,613 50.1% 1 13,203 R+0.2
Des Moines 7,082 54.0% 6,025 46.0% 5 13,112 D+8.1
Jasper 6,189 50.1% 6,111 49.5% 52 12,352 D+0.6
Warren 6,143 52.5% 5,542 47.4% 5 11,690 D+5.1
Wapello 7,371 63.5% 4,229 36.5% 11,600 D+27.1
Sioux 2,352 22.8% 7,955 77.2% 10,307 R+54.4
Dallas 5,151 53.2% 4,523 46.7% 7 9,681 D+6.5
Marion 4,460 47.6% 4,901 52.3% 2 9,363 R+4.7
Boone 4,618 51.2% 4,395 48.8% 1 9,014 D+2.5
Muscatine 3,475 42.3% 4,743 57.7% 1 8,219 R+15.4
Fayette 3,819 47.3% 4,253 52.7% 5 8,077 R+5.4
Bremer 3,756 46.6% 4,296 53.4% 8,052 R+6.7
Plymouth 3,056 38.6% 4,866 61.4% 7,922 R+22.8
Hardin 3,562 45.4% 4,284 54.6% 7,846 R+9.2
Benton 4,403 59.5% 2,999 40.5% 3 7,405 D+19.0
Carroll 3,563 49.8% 3,597 50.2% 1 7,161 R+0.5
Buena Vista 3,143 44.2% 3,968 55.8% 4 7,115 R+11.6
Mahaska 2,751 38.7% 4,350 61.3% 7,101 R+22.5
Kossuth 2,807 39.6% 4,290 60.4% 7,097 R+20.9
Buchanan 3,671 52.5% 3,313 47.4% 9 6,993 D+5.1
Poweshiek 3,070 46.5% 3,530 53.5% 1 6,601 R+7.0
Clayton 3,036 46.0% 3,562 54.0% 6,598 R+8.0
Jackson 3,181 48.4% 3,394 51.6% 1 6,576 R+3.2
Tama 3,246 49.6% 3,290 50.3% 2 6,538 R+0.7
Clay 2,978 48.1% 3,210 51.9% 2 6,190 R+3.7
Jones 3,150 51.0% 3,017 48.8% 12 6,179 D+2.2
Dickinson 2,942 47.7% 3,230 52.3% 1 6,173 R+4.7
Floyd 2,828 46.4% 3,268 53.6% 1 6,097 R+7.2
Cherokee 2,918 47.9% 3,170 52.1% 1 6,089 R+4.1
Winneshiek 2,452 40.6% 3,581 59.3% 4 6,037 R+18.7
Henry 2,608 44.3% 3,266 55.5% 8 5,882 R+11.2
O'Brien 2,232 38.6% 3,555 61.4% 5,787 R+22.9
Hamilton 2,719 47.3% 3,030 52.7% 5 5,754 R+5.4
Crawford 2,766 48.9% 2,892 51.1% 5,658 R+2.2
Washington 2,292 42.6% 3,092 57.4% 1 5,385 R+14.9
Chickasaw 2,601 48.5% 2,761 51.5% 5,362 R+3.0
Cass 1,747 32.9% 3,556 67.0% 1 5,304 R+34.1
Page 1,302 24.7% 3,966 75.3% 5,268 R+50.6
Allamakee 2,196 42.7% 2,945 57.3% 1 5,142 R+14.6
Butler 2,011 39.6% 3,072 60.4% 5,083 R+20.9
Iowa 2,258 44.4% 2,819 55.5% 4 5,081 R+11.0
Delaware 2,194 43.5% 2,850 56.5% 1 5,045 R+13.0
Harrison 1,919 38.1% 3,123 61.9% 1 5,043 R+23.9
Winnebago 1,768 35.1% 3,263 64.8% 3 5,034 R+29.7
Madison 2,453 49.4% 2,509 50.5% 3 4,965 R+1.1
Cedar 2,290 46.3% 2,633 53.3% 18 4,941 R+6.9
Union 2,355 48.3% 2,523 51.7% 4,878 R+3.4
Wright 2,026 43.3% 2,652 56.7% 1 4,679 R+13.4
Appanoose 2,229 48.1% 2,402 51.9% 1 4,632 R+3.7
Hancock 1,814 39.3% 2,800 60.7% 4,614 R+21.4
Calhoun 1,977 43.8% 2,533 56.2% 4,510 R+12.3
Grundy 1,653 37.0% 2,812 63.0% 4,465 R+26.0
Mitchell 1,731 39.0% 2,706 61.0% 4,437 R+22.0
Greene 2,114 47.7% 2,317 52.3% 2 4,433 R+4.6
Shelby 1,619 36.7% 2,788 63.3% 4,407 R+26.5
Palo Alto 2,186 50.8% 2,117 49.2% 4,303 D+1.6
Humboldt 1,816 42.4% 2,470 57.6% 4,286 R+15.3
Jefferson 1,726 40.4% 2,547 59.6% 3 4,276 R+19.2
Sac 1,819 42.7% 2,444 57.3% 4,263 R+14.7
Howard 1,871 44.0% 2,385 56.0% 1 4,257 R+12.1
Franklin 1,759 41.5% 2,478 58.5% 2 4,239 R+17.0
Pocahontas 1,881 45.6% 2,241 54.4% 4,122 R+8.7
Keokuk 1,964 49.6% 1,994 50.4% 1 3,959 R+0.8
Monona 1,713 43.9% 2,186 56.1% 3,899 R+12.1
Montgomery 1,230 31.6% 2,661 68.4% 2 3,893 R+36.8
Guthrie 1,840 47.4% 2,044 52.6% 1 3,885 R+5.3
Lyon 1,138 29.8% 2,683 70.2% 3,821 R+40.4
Emmet 1,766 46.5% 2,030 53.5% 3,796 R+7.0
Adair 1,476 41.2% 2,106 58.7% 4 3,586 R+17.6
Lucas 1,630 45.6% 1,939 54.3% 2 3,571 R+8.7
Mills 1,145 32.5% 2,383 67.5% 3,528 R+35.1
Worth 1,540 44.3% 1,932 55.5% 7 3,479 R+11.3
Clarke 1,560 46.9% 1,764 53.0% 5 3,329 R+6.1
Ida 1,438 43.6% 1,856 56.3% 1 3,295 R+12.7
Louisa 1,334 41.5% 1,877 58.4% 3 3,214 R+16.9
Decatur 1,517 47.2% 1,692 52.7% 3 3,212 R+5.4
Wayne 1,400 44.5% 1,743 55.4% 3 3,146 R+10.9
Fremont 1,066 33.9% 2,072 66.0% 3 3,141 R+32.0
Monroe 1,546 51.1% 1,475 48.8% 2 3,023 D+2.3
Van Buren 1,449 48.2% 1,559 51.8% 3,008 R+3.7
Davis 1,578 54.1% 1,338 45.9% 2 2,918 D+8.2
Audubon 1,348 46.5% 1,548 53.4% 1 2,897 R+6.9
Taylor 1,004 36.6% 1,738 63.3% 2 2,744 R+26.7
Osceola 984 36.6% 1,706 63.4% 2,690 R+26.8
Ringgold 1,042 44.4% 1,307 55.6% 2,349 R+11.3
Adams 821 36.7% 1,417 63.3% 1 2,239 R+26.6

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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