1946 Iowa Senate election
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← 1944 | November 5, 1946 | 1948 → |
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23 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority |
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| Majority party | Minority party | | | | Party | Republican | Democratic | Last election | 45 | 5 | Seats after | 46 | 4 | Seat change | 1 | 1 | |
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The 1946 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1946 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 23 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1946 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1946 determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1946 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 45 seats to Democrats' 5 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 21 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1946 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 46 seats and Democrats having 4 seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Republicans).
Summary of Results
- Note: The 27 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.[3]
Source:[4]
Detailed Results
- NOTE: The 27 districts that did not hold elections in 1946 are not listed here.
- 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 1
Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Stanley L. Hart (incumbent) | 6,445 | 56.9 |
| Democratic | Orville Meyer | 4,877 | 43.1 |
Total votes | 11,322 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 6
Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Kathlyn M. Kirketeg | 4,486 | 100.0 |
Total votes | 4,486 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 7
Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr. | 5,896 | 100.0 |
Total votes | 5,896 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 9
Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | W. N. Skourup | 4,859 | 52.5 |
| Democratic | John Dunn Martin | 4,399 | 47.5 |
Total votes | 9,258 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 10
Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Harlan C. Foster (incumbent) | 6,394 | 68.8 |
| Democratic | Ralph H. Smutz | 2,900 | 31.2 |
Total votes | 9,294 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 12
District 13
Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | E. K. Bekman (incumbent) | 6,583 | 53.6 |
| Democratic | John B. Shea | 5,700 | 46.4 |
Total votes | 12,283 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 16
Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | J. Lyle Musmaker | 4,621 | 69.1 |
| Democratic | John K. Sawyer | 2,071 | 30.9 |
Total votes | 6,692 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 18
Iowa Senate, District 18 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Jay C. Colburn | 1,493 | 50.7 |
| Republican | Julius A. Lensch | 1,451 | 49.3 |
Total votes | 2,944 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Jay C. Colburn | 6,243 | 65.6 |
| Democratic | Lars P. Nielsen | 3,274 | 34.4 |
Total votes | 9,517 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 20
Iowa Senate, District 20 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Herman B. Lord | 2,415 | 52.2 |
| Republican | F. A. (Ted) Latchaw | 2,211 | 47.8 |
Total votes | 4,626 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Herman B. Lord | 6,285 | 67.2 |
| Democratic | Gale McClean | 3,069 | 32.8 |
Total votes | 9,354 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 21
Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Frank D. Martin (incumbent) | 12,226 | 59.9 |
| Democratic | Walter Dietz | 8,181 | 40.1 |
Total votes | 20,407 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 22
Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | O. H. Henningsen (incumbent) | 8,140 | 64.5 |
| Democratic | Robert C. Redman | 4,482 | 35.5 |
Total votes | 12,622 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 29
Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Fred Maytag | 4,799 | 60.7 |
| Democratic | W. Russell Hayes | 3,108 | 39.3 |
Total votes | 7,907 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 30
Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | George Faul (incumbent) | 9,168 | 54.2 |
| Republican | Harris M. Coggeshall | 7,737 | 45.8 |
Total votes | 16,905 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | George Faul (incumbent) | 24,563 | 56.7 |
| Democratic | George E. O'Malley | 18,721 | 43.3 |
Total votes | 43,284 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 34
Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | E. C. Myrland | 7,726 | 52.2 |
| Democratic | William M. Tatum | 7,065 | 47.8 |
Total votes | 14,791 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 35
District 37
- Senator Hill resigned from the Senate before being sworn in to another term. This necessitated a special election.
Iowa Senate, District 37 Special Election, January 6, 1947 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | R. R. Bateson | 2,440 | 47.8 |
| Democratic | Frank J. Lund | 2,258 | 44.2 |
| Independent | William Schmedika | 409 | 8.0 |
Total votes | 5,107 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 38
Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John P. Berg (incumbent) | 12,246 | 64.1 |
| Democratic | Emery W. Loomis | 6,859 | 35.9 |
Total votes | 19,105 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 42
Iowa Senate, District 42 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | William Linnevold | 2,166 | 65.4 |
| Republican | E. T. Haugen | 1,148 | 34.6 |
Total votes | 3,314 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | William Linnevold | 6,560 | 54.1 |
| Democratic | Ed Vrba (incumbent) | 5,568 | 45.9 |
Total votes | 12,128 | 100.0 |
| Republican gain from Democratic |
District 44
Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Ralph W. Zastrow (incumbent) | 5,347 | 58.5 |
| Democratic | Stanley Keating | 3,800 | 41.5 |
Total votes | 9,147 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 45
District 48
Iowa Senate, District 48 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Ralph E. Benson (incumbent) | 1,968 | 50.6 |
| Republican | Carroll A. Lane | 1,924 | 49.4 |
Total votes | 3,892 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Ralph E. Benson (incumbent) | 6,711 | 55.2 |
| Democratic | Peter F. Hansen | 5,442 | 44.8 |
Total votes | 12,153 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
District 50
Iowa Senate, District 50 Republican Primary Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | J. F. Miller | 3,209 | 51.4 |
| Republican | Guy E. Mack | 3,033 | 48.6 |
Total votes | 6,242 | 100.0 |
Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1946 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | J. F. Miller | 6,253 | 61.0 |
| Democratic | LeRoy A. Rader | 3,999 | 39.0 |
Total votes | 10,252 | 100.0 |
| Republican hold |
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