1926 Iowa Senate election
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The 1926 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1926 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 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 1926 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 7, 1926 determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1926 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 45 seats, the Democrats had 4 seats, and 1 seat was held by an independent.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1926 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 49 seats and Democrats having 1 seat (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results
- Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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1st | Isaac N. Snook | Dem | Joseph R. Frailey | Rep | ||
7th | Sylvester Calvin Rees | Rep | Denver Loring Wilson | Rep | ||
9th | Edward William Romkey | Rep | Clyde Hamilton Topping | Rep | ||
10th | James L. Brookhart | Rep | William Carden | Rep | ||
12th | Theodore Charles Cessna | Rep | Frank M. Beatty | Rep | ||
13th | Frank B. Shane | Rep | Frank B. Shane | Rep | ||
18th | Julius A. Nelson | Rep | Charles D. Booth | Rep | ||
20th | Jonas DeMoss Buser | Rep | Samuel Franklin Wilson | Rep | ||
21st | David W. Kimberly | Rep | David W. Kimberly | Rep | ||
22nd | John O. Shaff | Rep | John O. Shaff | Rep | ||
29th | A. H. Bergman | Rep | A. H. Bergman | Rep | ||
30th | William J. Goodwin | Rep | George Allison Wilson | Rep | ||
34th | Andrew Jackson Shinn | Rep | Andrew Jackson Shinn | Rep | ||
35th | Bernard J. Horchem | Dem | Otto F. Lange | Rep | ||
37th | William Schmedika | Ind | Oscar Ulstad | Rep | ||
38th | Melville L. Bowman | Rep | Arch Wallace McFarlane | Rep | ||
42nd | Carl Webster Reed | Rep | William Henry Klemme | Rep | ||
44th | Ansel Taylor Brookins | Rep | Ansel Taylor Brookins | Rep | ||
45th | Harry Cook White | Dem | Samuel Albert Brush | Rep | ||
48th | George B. Perkins | Rep | John Grant Merritt | Rep | ||
50th | Fred Cramer Gilchrist | Rep | Fred Cramer Gilchrist | Rep |
Source:[3]
Detailed Results
- NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1926 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).[4][5]
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph R. Frailey | 5,614 | 55.82% | |
Democratic | H. J. Kennedy | 4,444 | 44.18% | |
Total votes | 10,058 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 7
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Denver L. Wilson | 2,990 | 52.12% | |
Republican | T. E. Powers | 2,747 | 47.88% | |
Total votes | 5,737 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Denver L. Wilson | 5,302 | 58.62% | |
Democratic | M. A. Krasehel | 3,742 | 41.38% | |
Total votes | 9,044 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 9
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Clyde H. Topping | 2,989 | 62.04% | |
Republican | E. W. Romkey (incumbent) | 1,829 | 37.96% | |
Total votes | 4,818 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Clyde H. Topping | 4,693 | 59.68% | |
Democratic | W. D. Dodds | 3,171 | 40.32% | |
Total votes | 7,864 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 10
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Carden | 4,723 | 60.71% | |
Republican | J. L. Brookhart (incumbent) | 3,057 | 39.29% | |
Total votes | 7,780 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William Carden | 6,387 | 64.18% | |
Democratic | Herman E. Elgar | 3,564 | 35.82% | |
Total votes | 9,951 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank M. Beatty | 4,029 | 57.53% | |
Republican | Robert J. Shaw | 2,974 | 42.47% | |
Total votes | 7,003 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank M. Beatty | 7,963 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,963 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 13
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank Shane (incumbent) | 6,067 | 64.33% | |
Democratic | J. E. Hull | 3,364 | 35.67% | |
Total votes | 9,431 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles D. Booth | 5,651 | 55.18% | |
Democratic | C. A. Zellmer | 4,590 | 44.82% | |
Total votes | 10,241 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 20
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam F. Wilson | 3,393 | 52.97% | |
Republican | Jonas D. Buser (incumbent) | 3,012 | 47.03% | |
Total votes | 6,405 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam F. Wilson | 4,819 | 51.52% | |
Independent | Jonas Buser[a] (incumbent) | 2,659 | 28.43% | |
Democratic | Henry Wildasin | 1,876 | 20.06% | |
Total votes | 9,354 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | D. W. Kimberly (incumbent) | 8,778 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 8,778 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. O. Shaff (incumbent) | 7,076 | 58.40% | |
Democratic | John W. Smith | 5,041 | 41.60% | |
Total votes | 12,117 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 29
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. H. Bergman (incumbent) | 2,578 | 65.07% | |
Republican | Richard M. Burroughs | 1,384 | 34.93% | |
Total votes | 3,962 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | O. P. Meyers | 386 | 59.38% | |
Democratic | J. E. Craven | 264 | 40.62% | |
Total votes | 650 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. H. Bergman (incumbent) | 3,477 | 51.19% | |
Democratic | O. P. Meyers | 3,315 | 48.81% | |
Total votes | 6,792 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 30
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George A. Wilson | 7,713 | 33.35% | |
Republican | Guy A. Miller | 5,110 | 22.10% | |
Republican | E. A. Lingenfelter | 4,469 | 19.32% | |
Republican | John B. Hammond | 2,972 | 12.85% | |
Republican | David W. Fletcher | 2,862 | 12.38% | |
Total votes | 23,126 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | George A. Wilson | 16,241 | 84.23% | |
Democratic | C. N. O. Leir | 3,040 | 15.77% | |
Total votes | 19,281 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 34
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. J. Shinn (incumbent) | 2,884 | 46.08% | |
Republican | P. J. Klinker | 2,213 | 35.36% | |
Republican | L. A. Longman | 1,162 | 18.57% | |
Total votes | 6,259 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Levi McNeill | 1,061 | 50.60% | |
Democratic | George L. Harrison | 1,036 | 49.40% | |
Total votes | 2,097 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. J. Shinn (incumbent) | 8,421 | 52.36% | |
Democratic | Levi McNeill | 7,662 | 47.64% | |
Total votes | 16,083 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 35
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Otto F. Lange | 6,153 | 51.19% | |
Democratic | B. J. Horchem (incumbent) | 5,867 | 48.81% | |
Total votes | 12,020 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 37
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Oscar Ulstad | 4,316 | 37.07% | |
Republican | W. F. Cole | 3,955 | 33.97% | |
Republican | William Schmedika[b] (incumbent) | 3,371 | 28.96% | |
Total votes | 11,642 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Oscar Ulstad | 8,191 | 86.79% | |
Democratic | J. L. Peppers | 1,247 | 13.21% | |
Total votes | 9,438 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Independent |
District 38
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Arch W. McFarlane | 6,042 | 49.19% | |
Republican | H. A. Willoughby | 4,794 | 39.03% | |
Republican | W. Minor Lemon | 1,448 | 11.79% | |
Total votes | 12,284 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Arch W. McFarlane | 8,686 | 71.63% | |
Democratic | Sherman W. DeWolf | 3,440 | 28.37% | |
Total votes | 12,126 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 42
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William H. Klemme | 3,308 | 57.19% | |
Republican | O. Gilbertson | 2,476 | 42.81% | |
Total votes | 5,784 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William H. Klemme | 6,549 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 6,549 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 44
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. T. Brookins (incumbent) | 3,868 | 72.46% | |
Republican | W. C. Kingfield | 1,470 | 27.54% | |
Total votes | 5,338 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. T. Brookins (incumbent) | 5,269 | 58.34% | |
Democratic | Grover H. Galvin | 3,762 | 41.66% | |
Total votes | 9,031 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 45
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | S. A. Brush | 3,736 | 58.79% | |
Republican | Werner Strippel | 2,619 | 41.21% | |
Total votes | 6,355 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | S. A. Brush | 7,412 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,412 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 48
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. G. Merritt | 3,708 | 47.15% | |
Republican | George L. Miller | 2,223 | 28.27% | |
Republican | Paul N. Robson | 1,933 | 24.58% | |
Total votes | 7,864 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. G. Merritt | 7,610 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,610 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
District 50
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | F. C. Gilchrist (incumbent) | 7,669 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 7,669 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
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