The 1964 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1964 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 39 of the state senate's 59 districts. At that time, the Iowa Senate still had several multi-member districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.
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The Iowa Senate was expanded from 50 to 59 members and new district maps were drawn for the 1964 election. The Iowa General Assembly provides statewide maps of each district. To compare the effect of the 1964 redistricting process on the location of each district, contrast the previous map with the map used for 1964 elections.
The primary election on June 1, 1964, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1964 general election ballot.[2][3]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 38 seats to Democrats' 12 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 18 Senate seats.
Democrats flipped control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1964 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding 34 seats and Republicans having 25 seats (a net gain of 22 seats for Democrats and net loss of 13 seats for Republicans).[a]
Summary of Results edit
- Note: The 20 holdover Senators not up for re-election are listed here with asterisks (*).[4]
Source:[5]
Detailed Results edit
- 39 of the 59 Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1964.[u]
District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 24 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 33 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 |
- 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).
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe N. Wilson (incumbent)[v] | 2,164 | 58.6 | |
Republican | William C. Ray | 1,531 | 41.4 | |
Total votes | 3,695 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Max E. Reno | 8,789 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Joe N. Wilson (incumbent)[v] | 7,102 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 15,891 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Howard Vincent (incumbent)[w] | 1,668 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Marion M. Coons | 1,660 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 3,328 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Don S. McGill | 7,673 | 53.2 | |
Republican | Howard Vincent (incumbent)[w] | 6,748 | 46.8 | |
Total votes | 14,421 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin S. Main (incumbent)[b] | 8,984 | 62.2 | |
Republican | Joseph G. Knock | 5,463 | 37.8 | |
Total votes | 14,447 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James E. Briles | 1,781 | 43.2 | |
Republican | Willis A. McAlpin | 1,173 | 28.5 | |
Republican | Edward A. Wearin (incumbent)[x] | 1,165 | 28.3 | |
Total votes | 4,119 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James E. Briles | 7,567 | 52.9 | |
Democratic | Orval C. Walter (incumbent)[y] | 6,744 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 14,311 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bass Van Gilst | 8,952 | 54.4 | |
Republican | John L. Campbell (incumbent)[z] | 7,519 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 16,471 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Vera H. Shivvers (incumbent)[aa] | 2,336 | 64.9 | |
Republican | George D. Fischer | 1,265 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 3,601 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stanley Heaberlin | 12,020 | 56.4 | |
Republican | Vera H. Shivvers (incumbent)[aa] | 9,243 | 43.4 | |
Independent | Harold Lee McClintic | 50 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 21,313 | 100.0 |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph B. Flatt (incumbent)[e] | 7,337 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Stanley E. Steele | 6,818 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 14,155 | 100.0 |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gilbert E. Klefstad | 1,418 | 58.4 | |
Democratic | John V. Stubblefield | 1,011 | 41.6 | |
Total votes | 2,429 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gilbert E. Klefstad | 16,093 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Richard C. Turner (incumbent)[ab] | 14,625 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 30,718 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Stanley | 12,381 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | Herschel Flater | 8,350 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 20,731 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 17 edit
- The 17th remained a 2-member district following the 1964 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election; however, Subdistrict No. 2 had a holdover Senator.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph W. Cassidy | 26,083 | 54.1 | |
Republican | Riley Dietz | 21,965 | 45.5 | |
Independent | William A. Dare, Sr. | 190 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 48,238 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard Tabor | 8,746 | 55.2 | |
Republican | Roy A. Miller | 7,099 | 44.8 | |
Total votes | 15,845 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 20 edit
- The 20th was a 2-member district following the 1964 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a four-year term; whereas, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election for a two-year term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Ely, Jr. | 35,664 | 59.6 | |
Republican | Martin Wiley (incumbent)[ac] | 24,184 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 59,848 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Riley | 30,688 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Howard Morton | 29,295 | 48.8 | |
Total votes | 59,983 | 100.0 |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert J. Burns | 2,533 | 49.8 | |
Democratic | Scott Swisher | 1,300 | 25.6 | |
Democratic | Don McComas | 878 | 17.3 | |
Democratic | William L. Meardon | 373 | 7.3 | |
Total votes | 5,084 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert J. Burns | 12,409 | 58.5 | |
Republican | D. C. Nolan (incumbent)[ad] | 8,789 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 21,198 | 100.0 |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Max Milo Mills | 1,743 | 74.9 | |
Republican | John Knudson | 584 | 25.1 | |
Total votes | 2,327 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Max Milo Mills | 7,788 | 51.0 | |
Democratic | Carroll Paul | 7,494 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 15,282 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William A. Singer | 1,777 | 54.1 | |
Republican | David A. Norris | 1,013 | 30.8 | |
Republican | Samuel H. Thompson | 495 | 15.1 | |
Total votes | 3,285 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daryl H. Nims | 9,681 | 50.02 | |
Republican | William A. Singer | 9,675 | 49.98 | |
Total votes | 19,356 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 27 edit
- The 27th was a 3-member district following the 1964 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a four-year term. Subdistrict No. 2 had a holdover Senator . Subdistrict No. 3 held an election for a two-year term.[i]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Howard C. Reppert, Jr. | 68,894 | 65.6 | |
Republican | Robert E. Dreher | 35,673 | 33.9 | |
Independent | Robert W. Kernes | 557 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 105,124 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William F. Denman | 65,023 | 61.5 | |
Republican | Robert E. Mannheimer | 39,976 | 37.8 | |
Independent | Norman W. Richardson | 693 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 105,692 | 100.0 |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | R. K. Richardson | 2,073 | 64.4 | |
Republican | John N. "Jack" Nystrom | 1,148 | 35.6 | |
Total votes | 3,221 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Warren J. Kruck | 8,101 | 50.7 | |
Republican | R. K. Richardson | 7,889 | 49.3 | |
Total votes | 15,990 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alan Shirley | 9,675 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Kingsley M. Clarke | 6,868 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 16,543 | 100.0 |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenneth L. Parker | 2,262 | 54.0 | |
Republican | Betty A. O'Brien | 1,927 | 46.0 | |
Total votes | 4,189 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John W. Patton | 8,813 | 54.9 | |
Republican | Kenneth L. Parker | 7,238 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 16,051 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 34 edit
- The 34th was a 2-member district following the 1964 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a four-year term; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held a special election due to the resignation of holdover Senator Robert D. Fulton who was elected lieutenant governor in 1964.[l]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gene F. Condon | 26,958 | 54.9 | |
Republican | Willard R. Hansen | 22,114 | 45.1 | |
Total votes | 49,072 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Francis Messerly | 8,913 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Frederick G. White | 8,342 | 48.1 | |
Independent | Ernest J. Seeman | 107 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 17,362 | 100.0 |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent)[m] | 11,799 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Fred E. Reese | 6,637 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 18,436 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | J. Henry Lucken (incumbent)[n] | 8,829 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Charles V. Wiley | 8,371 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 17,200 | 100.0 |
District 39 edit
- The 39th was a 2-member district following the 1964 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a four-year term; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election for a two-year term.[o]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Vincent S. Burke | 24,184 | 56.5 | |
Republican | Charles S. Van Eaton (incumbent)[ae] | 18,432 | 43.1 | |
Independent | Ruth E. Haafke | 168 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 42,784 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alden J. Erksine | 3,001 | 57.2 | |
Republican | Harold Lum Nelson | 2,242 | 42.8 | |
Total votes | 5,243 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James M. McNally | 25,372 | 59.6 | |
Republican | Alden J. Erskine | 17,222 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 42,594 | 100.0 |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adolph W. Elvers (incumbent)[p] | 1,503 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | Lloyd G. F. Schroeder | 1,016 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 2,519 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adolph W. Elvers (incumbent)[p] | 9,233 | 57.9 | |
Republican | Leslie C. Klink | 6,709 | 42.1 | |
Total votes | 15,942 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 41 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rodney Drewes | 1,977 | 52.0 | |
Republican | Everett G. Scott | 1,824 | 48.0 | |
Total votes | 3,801 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | H. L. Heying | 11,292 | 52.9 | |
Republican | Rodney Drewes | 10,055 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 21,347 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 42 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Vernon Kyhl (incumbent)[q] | 12,400 | 58.0 | |
Democratic | Herbert J. Max | 8,976 | 42.0 | |
Total votes | 21,376 | 100.0 |
District 43 edit
- The 43rd held an election for a two-year term.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | R. W. Hagie | 2,262 | 56.7 | |
Republican | Verne A. Freie | 1,729 | 43.3 | |
Total votes | 3,991 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | R. W. Hagie | 6,713 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | A. T. Keough | 6,264 | 48.3 | |
Total votes | 12,977 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 46 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Delbert Floy | 11,129 | 54.0 | |
Republican | Leigh R. Curran (incumbent)[af] | 9,479 | 46.0 | |
Total votes | 20,608 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 47 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Leonard Buren | 5,752 | 50.3 | |
Republican | Jacob Grimstead (incumbent)[ag] | 5,690 | 49.7 | |
Total votes | 11,442 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 48 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John P. Kibbie | 7,097 | 58.8 | |
Republican | Jack B. White | 4,917 | 40.7 | |
Independent | Ray C. Haman | 61 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 12,075 | 100.0 |
District 49 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | LeRoy Getting (incumbent)[ah] | 1,952 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Merrill H. Fritts | 1,246 | 39.0 | |
Total votes | 3,198 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | H. Kenneth Nurse | 6,468 | 52.1 | |
Republican | LeRoy Getting (incumbent)[ah] | 5,956 | 47.9 | |
Total votes | 12,424 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 50 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lucas J. DeKoster | 3,090 | 65.1 | |
Republican | J. T. Dykhouse (incumbent)[ai] | 1,653 | 34.9 | |
Total votes | 4,743 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lucas J. DeKoster | 12,210 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,210 | 100.0 |
District 51 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Merle W. Hagedorn | 6,848 | 54.4 | |
Republican | Roy J. Smith | 5,732 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 12,580 | 100.0 |
District 52 edit
- The 52nd held an election for a two-year term.[s]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Elmer F. Lange | 9,140 | 52.9 | |
Democratic | Henry C. Kitchen | 8,147 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 17,287 | 100.0 |
District 53 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald W. Murray | 8,277 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Angus L. Cotton | 7,509 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 15,786 | 100.0 |
- ^ a b c In 1964, the size of the Iowa state Senate increased from 50 to 59 seats.[1]
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 5 to 4.
- ^ The 6th transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ The 8th transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 16 to 13.
- ^ The 14th transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ The 23rd transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ The 25th transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ a b The 27th transitioned from a 2- to 3-member district.
- ^ The 31st transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ The 32nd transitioned from a 2- to 1-member district.
- ^ a b The 34th transitioned from a 1- to 2-member district.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 27 to 36.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 46 to 38.
- ^ a b The 39th transitioned from a 1- to 2-member district.
- ^ a b c Redistricted from district 36 to 40.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 39 to 42.
- ^ The 51st district was newly created following redistricting.
- ^ a b The 52nd district was newly created following redistricting.
- ^ The 53rd district was newly created following redistricting.
- ^ Multi-member districts in the electoral map of 1964 elections were: 17th with 2 seats; 20th with 2 seats; 27th with 3 seats; 34th with 2 seats; and, 39th with 2 seats. Remember, in 1964, multi-member districts still existed in the Iowa Senate.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 3 to 2.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 4 to 3.
- ^ Redistricted from district 8 to 5.
- ^ Redistricted from district 6 to 5.
- ^ Redistricted from district 14 to 11.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 15 to 12.
- ^ Redistricted from district 19 to 15.
- ^ Redistricted from district 26 to 20.
- ^ Redistricted from district 25 to 21.
- ^ Redistricted from district 32 to 39.
- ^ Redistricted from district 43 to 46.
- ^ Redistricted from district 41 to 47.
- ^ a b Redistricted from district 47 to 49.
- ^ Redistricted from district 24 to 50.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The Sixtieth General Assembly Extraordinary Session". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Primary Election 1964 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "General Election 1964 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Holdover State Senators". Iowa Official Register. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved May 11, 2020.