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Elections in Iowa |
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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.
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]
State Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Incoming Senator | Party | ||
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1st | Seeley G. Lodwick | Rep | Seeley G. Lodwick* | Rep | ||
2nd | Dewey Blake Phelps | Rep | Max E. Reno | Dem | ||
3rd | Joe N. Wilson | Rep | Don S. McGill | Dem | ||
4th | Howard Vincent | Rep | Franklin S. Main[b] | Dem | ||
5th | Franklin S. Main | Dem | James E. Briles | Rep | ||
6th[c] | Orval C. Walter | Dem | Charles Vernon "Vern" Lisle* | Rep | ||
Charles Vernon "Vern" Lisle | Rep | |||||
7th | Robert R. Dodds | Dem | Robert R. Dodds* | Dem | ||
8th[d] | Clifford M. Vance | Rep | Clifford M. Vance* | Rep | ||
Edward Anderson Wearin | Rep | |||||
9th | Jacob B. "Jake" Mincks | Dem | Jacob B. "Jake" Mincks* | Dem | ||
10th | Richard Lytle Stephens | Rep | Richard Lytle Stephens* | Rep | ||
11th | J. Louis Fisher | Rep | Bass Van Gilst | Dem | ||
12th | Vacant | Stanley Heaberlin | Dem | |||
13th | Vacant | Joseph B. Flatt[e] | Rep | |||
14th[f] | John L. Campbell | Rep | John David Shoeman* | Rep | ||
John David Shoeman | Rep | |||||
15th | Vera H. Shivvers | Rep | Gilbert E. Klefstad | Dem | ||
16th | Joseph B. Flatt | Rep | David M. Stanley | Rep | ||
17th | Harry L. Cowden | Rep | Joseph W. Cassidy | Dem | ||
Jack Schroeder | Rep | Jack Schroeder* | Rep | |||
18th | David O. Shaff | Rep | David O. Shaff* | Rep | ||
19th | Richard C. Turner | Rep | Howard Tabor | Dem | ||
20th | Vacant | John M. Ely | Dem | |||
Vacant | Tom Riley | Rep | ||||
21st | Vacant | Robert J. Burns | Dem | |||
22nd | Robert Orville Burrows | Rep | Robert Orville Burrows* | Rep | ||
23rd[g] | Kenneth Benda | Rep | Kenneth Benda* | Rep | ||
David Earl Elijah | Rep | |||||
24th | Jans T. Dykhouse | Rep | Max Milo Mills | Rep | ||
25th[h] | Eugene Marshall Hill | Dem | Eugene Marshall Hill* | Dem | ||
Daniel Clifford "D. C." Nolan | Rep | |||||
26th | Martin Wiley | Rep | Daryl Hallett Nims | Dem | ||
27th[i] | C. Joseph Coleman | Dem | Howard Reppert | Dem | ||
George E. O'Malley | Dem | George E. O'Malley* | Dem | |||
Newly created subdistrict | William F. Denman | Dem | ||||
28th | Howard C. Buck | Rep | Warren J. Kruck | Dem | ||
29th | Vacant | Alan Shirley | Dem | |||
30th | Peter F. Hansen | Dem | Peter F. Hansen* | Dem | ||
31st[j] | Charles F. Griffin | Rep | Charles F. Griffin* | Rep | ||
Alvin V. Doran | Rep | |||||
32nd[k] | Andrew G. Frommelt | Dem | Andrew G. Frommelt* | Dem | ||
Charles S. Van Eaton | Rep | |||||
33rd | Irving D. Long | Rep | John W. Patton | Dem | ||
34th[l] | Robert D. Fulton | Dem | Gene F. Condon | Dem | ||
Newly created subdistrict | Francis LaVern Messerly | Rep | ||||
35th | John A. Walker | Rep | John A. Walker* | Rep | ||
36th | Adolph W. Elvers | Dem | C. Joseph Coleman[m] | Dem | ||
37th | Donald G. Beneke | Rep | Donald G. Beneke* | Rep | ||
38th | Vacant | J. Henry Lucken[n] | Rep | |||
39th[o] | Vernon Kyhl | Rep | Vincent S. Burke | Dem | ||
Newly created subdistrict | James M. McNally | Dem | ||||
40th | George Lindsey Scott | Rep | Adolph W. Elvers[p] | Dem | ||
41st | Jacob Grimstead | Rep | Hilarius Louis "H.L." Heying | Dem | ||
42nd | Vacant | Vernon Kyhl[q] | Rep | |||
43rd | Leigh Raymond Curran | Rep | Raymond W. "R. W." Hagie | Rep | ||
44th | Robert R. Rigler | Rep | Robert R. Rigler* | Rep | ||
45th | Leo Elthon | Rep | Leo Elthon* | Rep | ||
46th | J. Henry Lucken | Rep | Delbert W. Floy | Dem | ||
47th | LeRoy Getting | Rep | John Leonard Buren | Dem | ||
48th | Vacant | Jack Kibbie | Dem | |||
49th | John J. Brown | Dem | H. Kenneth Nurse | Dem | ||
50th | Vacant | Lucas DeKoster | Rep | |||
51st[r] | Newly created district | Merle W. Hagedorn | Dem | |||
52nd[s] | Newly created district | Elmer F. Lange | Rep | |||
53rd[t] | Newly created district | Donald W. Murray | Dem |
Source:[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph B. Flatt (incumbent)[e] | 7,337 | 51.8 | |
Democratic | Stanley E. Steele | 6,818 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 14,155 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Stanley | 12,381 | 59.7 | |
Democratic | Herschel Flater | 8,350 | 40.3 | |
Total votes | 20,731 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Riley | 30,688 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Howard Morton | 29,295 | 48.8 | |
Total votes | 59,983 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert J. Burns | 12,409 | 58.5 | |
Republican | D. C. Nolan (incumbent)[ad] | 8,789 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 21,198 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Max Milo Mills | 1,743 | 74.9 | |
Republican | John Knudson | 584 | 25.1 | |
Total votes | 2,327 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Max Milo Mills | 7,788 | 51.0 | |
Democratic | Carroll Paul | 7,494 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 15,282 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Alan Shirley | 9,675 | 58.5 | |
Republican | Kingsley M. Clarke | 6,868 | 41.5 | |
Total votes | 16,543 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. Henry Lucken (incumbent)[n] | 8,829 | 51.3 | |
Democratic | Charles V. Wiley | 8,371 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 17,200 | 100.0 |
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James M. McNally | 25,372 | 59.6 | |
Republican | Alden J. Erskine | 17,222 | 40.4 | |
Total votes | 42,594 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rodney Drewes | 1,977 | 52.0 | |
Republican | Everett G. Scott | 1,824 | 48.0 | |
Total votes | 3,801 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Vernon Kyhl (incumbent)[q] | 12,400 | 58.0 | |
Democratic | Herbert J. Max | 8,976 | 42.0 | |
Total votes | 21,376 | 100.0 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lucas J. DeKoster | 12,210 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,210 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Merle W. Hagedorn | 6,848 | 54.4 | |
Republican | Roy J. Smith | 5,732 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 12,580 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elmer F. Lange | 9,140 | 52.9 | |
Democratic | Henry C. Kitchen | 8,147 | 47.1 | |
Total votes | 17,287 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Donald W. Murray | 8,277 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Angus L. Cotton | 7,509 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 15,786 | 100.0 |