1948 Iowa Senate election

1948 Iowa Senate election

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The 1948 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the

.

A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1948 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 3, 1948 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1948 general election ballot.^[1][2]

Following the previous election,

' 4 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from

needed to net 22 Senate seats.

having 7 seats (a net gain of 3 seats for Democrats).

Summary of Results

• Note: The 21 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd	Alden Loring Doud		Rep	Alden Loring Doud		Rep
3rd	James R. Barkley		Rep	Sherman West		Dem
4th	James Alonzo Newsome		Rep	Pearl Wayland McMurry		Rep
5th	Roy B. Hawkins		Rep	Xavier Thomas Prentis		Rep
6th	Kathlyn M. Kirketeg		Rep	Ernest L. Humbert		Rep
8th	Oscar N. Hultman		Rep	Oscar N. Hultman		Rep
11th	Floyd Arden Jones		Rep	Loyd Van Patten		Rep
14th	Albert Earl Augustine		Dem	Albert Earl Augustine		Dem
15th	Tunis H. Klein		Dem	Francis M. Roberts		Dem
16th	John Lyle Musmaker		Rep	Raymond R. Gillespie		Dem
17th	Ai Miller		Rep	Glenn Edwin Whitehead		Rep
19th	De Vere Watson		Rep	De Vere Watson		Rep
23rd	Edwin Charles Schluter		Rep	John Milton Tudor		Rep
24th	Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse		Rep	Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse		Rep
25th	Leroy Samuel Mercer		Dem	Leroy Samuel Mercer		Dem
26th	Frank C. Byers		Rep	Frank C. Byers		Rep
27th	Charles V. Findlay		Rep	Paul E. McCarville		Rep
28th	Robert A. Rockhill		Rep	Warren Eldon Walter		Rep
31st	Janious G. Lucas		Rep	John R. Hattery		Rep
32nd	Adrian D. Clem		Rep	Charles S. Van Eaton		Rep
33rd	Irving D. Long		Rep	Donald Alexander Risk		Rep
36th	Fern Eugene Sharp		Rep	Fern Eugene Sharp		Rep
39th	J. Kendall Lynes		Rep	J. Kendall Lynes		Rep
40th	Arthur H. Jacobson		Rep	Arthur H. Jacobson		Rep
41st	Leo Elthon		Rep	Leo Elthon		Rep
43rd	Herman M. Knudson		Rep	Herman M. Knudson		Rep
46th	Frederick James Ritchie		Rep	Edward S. Parker		Rep
47th	Robert Keir		Rep	Harry E. Watson		Rep
49th	Duane E. Dewel		Rep	Burl Nelson Ridout		Dem

Source:^[4]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1948 are not listed here.

District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49

• Note: If a district does not list a primary, then that district did not have a competitive primary (i.e., there may have only been one candidate file for that district).^[5]

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alden L. Doud (incumbent)	6,899	100.0
Total votes			6,899	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Iowa Senate, District 3

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherman West	7,389	53.0
	Republican	W. R. Fimmen	6,542	47.0
Total votes			13,931	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	P. W. McMurry	5,917	54.3
	Democratic	Joe W. Kridelbaugh	4,981	45.7
Total votes			10,898	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	X. T. Prentis	3,889	58.2
	Republican	Sam Holland	2,792	41.8
Total votes			6,681	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 5

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	X. T. Prentis	9,832	100.0
Total votes			9,832	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernest L. Humbert	5,515	100.0
Total votes			5,515	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	O. N. Hultman (incumbent)	7,318	100.0
Total votes			7,318	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Iowa Senate, District 11

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Loyd Van Patten	3,047	55.5
	Republican	Victor Felter	2,439	44.5
Total votes			5,486	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 11

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Loyd Van Patten	7,144	100.0
Total votes			7,144	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. E. Augustine (incumbent)	4,706	58.4
	Republican	G. R. Draper	3,350	41.6
Total votes			8,056	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dr. F. M. Roberts	8,728	55.5
	Republican	Hugh Lundy	6,999	44.5
Total votes			15,727	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virgil E. Smith	2,364	54.1
	Republican	Charles H. Neidt	2,007	45.9
Total votes			4,371	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 16

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. R. Gillespie	5,534	50.4
	Republican	V. E. Smith	5,444	49.6
Total votes			10,978	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. E. Whitehead	4,044	54.8
	Republican	Conway E. Morris	3,337	45.2
Total votes			7,381	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 17

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. E. Whitehead	10,601	52.3
	Democratic	H. R. Hefley	9,676	47.7
Total votes			20,277	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Iowa Senate, District 19

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	De Vere Watson (incumbent)	12,777	100.0
Total votes			12,777	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

Iowa Senate, District 23

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. M. Tudor	10,685	52.0
	Democratic	T. E. Stimpson	9,864	48.0
Total votes			20,549	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. T. Dykhouse (incumbent)	2,647	59.2
	Republican	Cloy F. McKeegan	1,823	40.8
Total votes			4,470	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 24

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. T. Dykhouse (incumbent)	11,044	100.0
Total votes			11,044	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

Iowa Senate, District 25

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. C. Nolan	2,696	58.9
	Republican	Frederick C. Schadt	1,878	41.1
Total votes			4,574	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 25

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	L. S. Mercer (incumbent)	10,841	51.2
	Republican	D. C. Nolan	10,339	48.8
Total votes			21,180	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. C. Byers (incumbent)	21,496	53.6
	Democratic	D. O. Stentz	18,640	46.4
Total votes			40,136	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

Iowa Senate, District 27

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul E. McCarville	2,673	36.7
	Republican	B. H. Wilder	2,444	33.6
	Republican	Melvin Wilson	2,157	29.7
Total votes			7,274	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 27

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	P. E. McCarville	10,563	52.1
	Democratic	E. C. Hovey	9,716	47.9
Total votes			20,279	100.0
	Republican hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. Eldon Walter	2,160	51.8
	Republican	Robert A. Rockhill (incumbent)	2,013	48.2
Total votes			4,173	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 28

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. Eldon Walter	7,620	100.0
Total votes			7,620	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Iowa Senate, District 31

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John R. Hattery	4,623	55.5
	Republican	Albert Steinberg	3,708	44.5
Total votes			8,331	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 31

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. R. Hattery	12,707	60.4
	Democratic	D. F. Horning	8,325	39.6
Total votes			21,032	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Van Eaton	4,722	50.1
	Republican	A. D. Clem (incumbent)	4,710	49.9
Total votes			9,432	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 32

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. S. Van Eaton	18,842	51.7
	Democratic	Gale Stevens	17,616	48.3
Total votes			36,458	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

Iowa Senate, District 33

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Risk	2,659	50.7
	Republican	R. A. Nelson	2,587	49.3
Total votes			5,246	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 33

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Risk	9,668	100.0
Total votes			9,668	100.0
	Republican hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. E. Sharp (incumbent)	1,345	51.9
	Republican	Robert E. Coon	1,249	48.1
Total votes			2,594	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 36

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. E. Sharp (incumbent)	4,851	50.3
	Democratic	S. E. Myers	4,786	49.7
Total votes			9,637	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Kendall Lynes (incumbent)	8,145	100.0
Total votes			8,145	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur H. Jacobson (incumbent)	4,194	65.3
	Republican	W. Lloyd Bruce	2,226	34.7
Total votes			6,420	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 40

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. H. Jacobson (incumbent)	11,034	58.5
	Democratic	Lorenz Willman	7,827	41.5
Total votes			18,861	100.0
	Republican hold

District 41

Iowa Senate, District 41

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leo Elthon (incumbent)	8,373	59.6
	Democratic	Ira E. Link	5,675	40.4
Total votes			14,048	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herman M. Knudson (incumbent)	14,620	100.0
Total votes			14,620	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward S. Parker	2,915	54.7
	Republican	R. E. Hess	2,415	45.3
Total votes			5,330	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 46

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. S. Parker	10,037	53.1
	Democratic	E. F. Kieffer	8,871	46.9
Total votes			18,908	100.0
	Republican hold

District 47

Iowa Senate, District 47

Republican Primary Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry E. Watson	2,792	59.2
	Republican	David G. Ainsworth	1,924	40.8
Total votes			4,716	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 47

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	H. E. Watson	8,422	50.1
	Democratic	W. A. Yager	8,378	49.9
Total votes			16,800	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Iowa Senate, District 49

General Election, 1948

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	B. N. Ridout	9,974	51.3
	Republican	D. E. Dewel (incumbent)	9,467	48.7
Total votes			19,441	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• United States elections, 1948
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1948
• Elections in Iowa

References