1936 Iowa Senate election explained

Election Name:	1936 Iowa Senate election
Country:	Iowa
Flag Image:	Flag of Iowa (variant).svg
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1934 Iowa Senate election
Previous Year:	1934
Next Election:	1938 Iowa Senate election
Next Year:	1938
Seats For Election:	32 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
Majority Seats:	26
Election Date:	November 3, 1936
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:	22
Seats Before1:	24
Seat Change1:	4
Seats After1:	28
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:	28
Seats Before2:	26
Seat Change2:	4
Seats After2:	22

The 1936 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1936 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 32 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 1936 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 1, 1936 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1936 general election ballot.^{[1] [2]}

Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Republicans' 22 seats. Due to some vacancies and special elections, by election day 1936, Democrats held 26 seats to Republicans' 24.

To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.

Republicans gained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1936 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 28 seats and Democrats having 22 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

• Note: The 18 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd	John N. Calhoun		Rep	Sanford Zeigler		Rep
3rd	Hugh G. Guernsey		Dem	Hugh G. Guernsey		Dem
4th	Joseph E. Doze		Dem	Harold V. Levis		Rep
5th	Howard W. Edwards		Rep	Howard W. Edwards		Rep
6th	Claude Stanley		Rep	Ole John Kirketeg		Rep
8th	Homer Hush		Rep	Kenneth A. Evans		Rep
11th	William S. Beardsley		Rep	William S. Beardsley		Rep
14th	Albert Earl Augustine		Dem	Albert Earl Augustine		Dem
15th	Carl F. Aschenbrenner		Dem	Hugh W. Lundy		Rep
16th	Ora E. Husted		Rep	Ora E. Husted		Rep
17th	George M. Hopkins		Rep	George M. Hopkins		Rep
18th	Frank Pelzer		Rep	Frank Pelzer		Rep
19th	Morris W. Moore		Dem	Morris W. Moore		Dem
23rd	Carolyn Campbell Pendray		Dem	Frank E. Ellis		Dem
24th	Henry Delbert Miller		Dem	Henry Delbert Miller		Dem
25th	Paul W. Schmidt		Dem	Frederick Conrad Schadt		Rep
26th	Frank C. Byers		Rep	Frank C. Byers		Rep
27th	Paul H. Anderson		Dem	Edward Joseph Breen		Dem
28th	Benjamin Chase Whitehill		Rep	Benjamin Chase Whitehill		Rep
30th	James J. Gillespie		Dem	James J. Gillespie		Dem
31st	Fred William Nelson		Rep	Lant H. Doran		Rep
32nd	Vincent F. Harrington		Dem	Tom Ellis Murray		Dem
33rd	George L. Parker		Rep	George L. Parker		Rep
36th	Martin X. Geske		Dem	Martin X. Geske		Dem
37th	George Raymond Hill		Rep	George Raymond Hill		Rep
39th	Louis H. Meyer		Dem	Clermont Colfax Smith		Rep
40th	Thomas William Mullaney		Dem	Paul Palmer Stewart		Rep
41st	Leo Elthon		Rep	Leo Elthon		Rep
43rd	William C. McArthur		Dem	Earl M. Dean		Dem
46th	Mike G. Fisch		Dem	Winfred Mighell		Dem
47th	George William Patterson		Rep	Lester S. Gillette		Dem
49th	Garritt E. Roelofs		Rep	Charles Bernard Hoeven		Rep

Source:^[4]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 18 districts that did not hold elections in 1936 are not listed here.

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District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 37 • 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 49

See also

• United States elections, 1936
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1936
• Elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Primary Election 1936 For State Senator . . June 24, 2020.
2. Web site: General Election 1936 For State Senator . . June 24, 2020.
3. Web site: Hold-Over State Senators . . June 24, 2020.
4. Web site: Legislators . . June 24, 2020.
5. Web site: Primary Election for State Senator 1936 . . June 24, 2020.