1972 Iowa Senate election

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November 7, 1972

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50 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate
26 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Clifton C. Lamborn	Lee H. Gaudineer
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	12th	32nd (retired)
Last election	38	12
Seats before	37	13
Seats after	28	22
Seat change	9	9

Majority Leader before election

Clifton C. Lamborn
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Clifton C. Lamborn
Republican

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The 1972 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1972 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in all of the state senate's 50 districts—the 25 even-numbered seats were up for regularly-scheduled four-year terms and, due to the oddities of redistricting following the 1970 Census, the 25 odd-numbered seats were up for shortened two-year terms. State senators typically serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats traditionally up for election each cycle. The decennial census and redistricting process disrupts one cycle each decade.

The Iowa General Assembly provides statewide maps of each district. To compare the effect of the 1971 redistricting process on the location of each district, contrast the previous map with the map used for the 1972 elections.

The primary election on June 6, 1972 determined which candidates appeared on the November 7, 1972 general election ballot. The Iowa Secretary of State only provides the names of candidates who ran in the 1972 primaries and does not report vote tallies. The primary candidates' names can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate, with 38 seats, and Democrats had12 seats. In March 1971, a special election in district 11 resulted in G. William "Bill" Gross flipping a seat in favor of the Democrats. Therefore, on election day in November 1972, Republicans controlled 37 seats and Democrats had 13.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 13 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1972 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 28 seats and Democrats having 22 seats (a net gain of 9 seats for the Democrats).

Summary of Results

NOTE: The 25 even-numbered districts were up for four-year terms and the 25 odd-numbered districts were up for two-year terms due to the 1971 redistricting process.
Also note, an asterisk (*) after a Senator's name indicates they were an incumbent re-elected, but to a new district number due to redistricting.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Lucas DeKoster	Rep	Lucas DeKoster	Republican
2nd	Marvin Wesley Smith	Rep	Irvin L. Bergman	Republican
3rd	Wayne Dalton Keith	Rep	Warren E. Curtis	Republican
4th	Herbert Luther Ollenburg	Rep	Berl Priebe	Democratic
5th	Vernon Kyhl	Rep	Ray Taylor	Republican
6th	George L. Shawver	Rep	Kenneth D. Scott	Democratic
7th	Floyd Arthur Gilley	Rep	Ralph Farnham McCartney	Republican
8th	S. J. Brownlee	Rep	Hilarius Louis Heying	Democratic
9th	Leigh Raymond Curran	Rep	Dale L. Tieden	Republican
10th	Ralph Wilson Potter	Rep	Mike Blouin	Democratic
11th	George William Gross	Dem	Gene Kennedy*	Democratic
12th	Alden J. Erskine	Rep	Clifton C. Lamborn*	Republican
13th	John Wesley Graham	Rep	Tom Riley*	Republican
14th	Arthur Neu	Rep	Cloyd E. Robinson*	Democratic
15th	C. Joseph Coleman	Dem	Ralph Wilson Potter*	Republican
16th	James A. Potgeter	Rep	James V. Gallagher	Democratic
17th	Rudy Van Drie	Rep	Barton L. Schwieger	Republican
18th	John L. Mowry	Rep	Bill Hansen	Republican
19th	Francis Messerly	Rep	Vernon Kyhl*	Republican
20th	Willa Charlene Conklin	Rep	Elizabeth Ruby Miller	Republican
21st	Charles Balloun	Rep	John S. Murray	Republican
22nd	Cloyd E. Robinson	Dem	Jack Nystrom	Republican
23rd	Tom Riley	Rep	C. Joseph Coleman*	Democratic
24th	Clifton C. Lamborn	Rep	William P. Winkelman	Republican
25th	John M. Walsh	Rep	E. Kevin Kelly	Republican
26th	Gene Kennedy	Dem	Leonard C. Andersen	Republican
27th	James Schaben	Dem	James Schaben	Democratic
28th	R. Dean Arbuckle	Rep	Karl Nolin	Democratic
29th	Reinhold O. Carlson	Rep	Norman Rodgers	Democratic
30th	William D. Palmer	Dem	William N. Plymat	Republican
31st	George F. Milligan	Rep	Earl Willits	Democratic
32nd	Lee H. Gaudineer	Dem	William D. Palmer*	Democratic
33rd	John E. Tapscott	Dem	George F. Milligan*	Republican
34th	Eugene Marshall Hill	Dem	George Kinley	Democratic
35th	Minnette Doderer	Dem	Eugene Marshall Hill*	Democratic
36th	William R. Rabedeaux	Rep	Joann Yessler Orr	Democratic
37th	Roger John Shaff	Rep	Minnette Doderer*	Democratic
38th	Edward E. Nicholson	Rep	William R. Rabedeaux*	Republican
39th	Harold A. Thordsen	Rep	Roger John Shaff*	Republican
40th	James W. Griffin	Rep	Elizabeth Orr Shaw	Republican
41st	Earl G. Bass	Rep	Bill Gluba	Democratic
42nd	James E. Briles	Rep	Charles Peter Miller*	Democratic
43rd	John C. Rhodes	Rep	Lowell Junkins	Democratic
44th	Bass Van Gilst	Dem	Forrest Schwengels	Republican
45th	Richard Lytle Stephens	Rep	Gene W. Glenn*	Democratic
46th	Charles Peter Miller	Dem	Bass Van Gilst*	Democratic
47th	Charles O. Laverty	Rep	Richard Ramsey	Republican
48th	Quentin V. Anderson	Rep	James E. Briles*	Republican
49th	Gene W. Glenn	Dem	Calvin Hultman	Republican
50th	Wilson Lloyd Davis	Rep	James W. Griffin*	Republican

Source:

Detailed Results

Reminder: All even-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for four-year terms and all odd-numbered seats were up for two-year terms in 1972 due to the oddities caused by redistricting.

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50

Note: The Iowa Secretary of State only lists the names of 1972 primary candidates, instead of actual election results. Only general election vote tallies are provided.

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lucas DeKoster (incumbent)	17,128	70.6
	Democratic	Harry G. Kobes	7,129	29.4
Total votes			24,257	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Iowa Senate, District 2 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Irvin L. Bergman	13,566	59.1
	Democratic	H. Kenneth Nurse	9,405	40.9
Total votes			22,971	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Iowa Senate, District 3 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren E. Curtis	13,281	57.8
	Democratic	Elwood Lund	9,700	42.2
Total votes			22,981	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Berl Priebe	14,008	56.2
	Republican	Wayne D. Keith (incumbent)	10,939	43.8
Total votes			24,947	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Taylor	13,091	58.1
	Democratic	Rocky LaValle	9,445	41.9
Total votes			22,536	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Iowa Senate, District 6 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth D. Scott	13,303	52.9
	Republican	Leigh R. Curran (incumbent)	11,834	47.1
Total votes			25,137	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph F. McCartney	14,073	59.6
	Democratic	Orley J. Mayfield	9,531	40.4
Total votes			23,604	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Iowa Senate, District 8 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	H. L. Heying	12,363	49.9
	Republican	George L. Shawver (incumbent)	11,995	48.5
	Independent	Kenneth V. Fink	395	1.6
Total votes			24,753	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale L. Tieden	13,529	61.7
	Democratic	George Leonard	8,393	38.3
Total votes			21,922	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael T. Blouin	12,500	53.8
	Republican	John M. Walsh (incumbent)	10,753	46.2
Total votes			23,253	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

Iowa Senate, District 11 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene V. Kennedy (incumbent)	11,358	53.4
	Republican	Raymond J. Taylor	9,909	46.6
Total votes			21,267	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clifton C. Lamborn (incumbent)	13,025	61.1
	Democratic	Barbara Marland	8,278	38.9
Total votes			21,303	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Riley (incumbent)	14,334	59.5
	Democratic	John M. Ely, Jr.	9,747	40.5
Total votes			24,081	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Iowa Senate, District 14 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cloyd E. Robinson (incumbent)	11,827	54.3
	Republican	Gay Dahn	9,939	45.7
Total votes			21,766	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph W. Potter (incumbent)	13,307	58.8
	Democratic	Bernard Beuter	9,308	41.2
Total votes			22,615	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 16

Iowa Senate, District 16 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Gallagher	10,827	53.4
	Republican	Fred Cherry	9,437	46.6
Total votes			20,264	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 17

Iowa Senate, District 17 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barton L. Schwieger	13,045	57.7
	Democratic	Stephen M. Peterson	9,570	42.3
Total votes			22,615	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Willard R. "Bill" Hansen	13,419	58.0
	Democratic	Charles J. Uban	9,726	42.0
Total votes			23,145	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Iowa Senate, District 19 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vernon H. Kyhl (incumbent)	15,917	69.2
	Democratic	William Hamm	6,960	30.2
	Independent	Robert Lauer	133	0.6
Total votes			23,010	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth R. Miller	13,879	61.1
	Democratic	Robert E. Rider	8,847	38.9
Total votes			22,726	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John S. Murray	13,841	52.0
	Democratic	Barbara A. Koerber	12,787	48.0
Total votes			26,628	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John N. "Jack" Nystrom	13,658	59.0
	Democratic	George E. Uthe	9,510	41.0
Total votes			23,168	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 23

Iowa Senate, District 23 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Joseph Coleman (incumbent)	13,587	60.1
	Republican	William H. Goodrich	9,026	39.9
Total votes			22,613	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William P. Winkelman	10,386	62.1
	Democratic	W. E. Conard	6,328	37.9
Total votes			16,714	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

Iowa Senate, District 25 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Kevin Kelly	12,487	56.3
	Democratic	Vincent S. Burke	9,711	43.7
Total votes			22,198	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Iowa Senate, District 26 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leonard C. Andersen	10,556	50.8
	Democratic	William Gross (incumbent)	10,207	49.2
Total votes			20,763	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

Iowa Senate, District 27 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Schaben (incumbent)	13,724	60.3
	Republican	Jewell Waugh	9,022	39.7
Total votes			22,746	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Iowa Senate, District 28 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karl Nolin	12,248	54.4
	Republican	R. Dean Arbuckle (incumbent)	10,257	45.6
Total votes			22,505	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norman G. Rodgers	13,718	54.9
	Republican	Gene Summerson	11,281	45.1
Total votes			24,999	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William N. Plymat	14,616	52.4
	Democratic	Charles H. Day	13,260	47.6
Total votes			27,876	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Iowa Senate, District 31 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl M. Willits	13,577	59.3
	Republican	Charles W. Vanderlinden, Jr.	9,306	40.7
Total votes			22,883	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William D. Palmer (incumbent)	15,791	74.7
	Republican	James E. Blaney	5,336	25.3
Total votes			21,127	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Iowa Senate, District 33 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George F. Milligan (incumbent)	16,733	60.5
	Democratic	Kenneth Larson	10,912	39.5
Total votes			27,645	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George R. Kinley	14,056	68.4
	Republican	Joseph S. Kelly	6,494	31.6
Total votes			20,550	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene M. Hill (incumbent)	13,011	51.6
	Republican	Gerrit Van Roekel	11,760	46.6
	American Independent	Lorin Oxley	447	1.8
Total votes			25,218	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Iowa Senate, District 36 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Orr	12,471	54.7
	Republican	Charles F. Balloun (incumbent)	10,309	45.3
Total votes			22,780	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Minnette Doderer (incumbent)	18,584	65.1
	Republican	Marion R. Neely	9,964	34.9
Total votes			28,548	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	W. R. Rabedeaux (incumbent)	12,111	60.0
	Democratic	Eleanor Anstey	8,089	40.0
Total votes			20,200	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger J. Shaff (incumbent)	12,537	56.6
	Democratic	Donald R. Arenz	9,609	43.4
Total votes			22,146	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

Iowa Senate, District 40 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth Shaw	15,517	59.2
	Democratic	Bruce Q. Buerkens	9,953	38.0
	Independent	Frank L. Volante	734	2.8
Total votes			26,204	100.0
	Republican hold

District 41

Iowa Senate, District 41 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William E. "Bill" Gluba	11,545	58.8
	Republican	Harold A. Thordsen (incumbent)	8,082	41.2
Total votes			19,627	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles P. Miller (incumbent)	12,046	53.6
	Republican	Dean O. Corey	10,422	46.4
Total votes			22,468	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lowell L. Junkins	11,467	50.1
	Republican	Wilson L. Davis (incumbent)	11,407	49.9
Total votes			22,874	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Forrest V. Schwengels	14,787	62.5
	Democratic	Norbert J. Flanders	8,885	37.5
Total votes			23,672	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene W. Glenn (incumbent)	14,956	61.9
	Republican	Arthur E. Minor	8,795	36.5
	American Independent	Eric Bremen	393	1.6
Total votes			24,144	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 46

Iowa Senate, District 46 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bass Van Gilst (incumbent)	13,162	54.0
	Republican	John C. Rhodes (incumbent)	11,230	46.0
Total votes			24,392	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

Iowa Senate, District 47 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James B. Turner	13,177	52.3
	Democratic	Arlo Hullinger	12,000	47.7
Total votes			25,177	100.0
	Republican hold

James Turner died and this necessitated a special election.

Iowa Senate, District 47 Special Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Ramsey	4,016	50.2
	Democratic	Arlo Hullinger	3,989	49.8
Total votes			8,005	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James E. Briles (incumbent)	16,905	69.5
	Democratic	Varel Dodge	7,404	30.5
Total votes			24,309	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

Iowa Senate, District 49 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Calvin O. Hultman	15,797	74.1
	Democratic	Jennie Lee Bonnichsen	5,523	25.9
Total votes			21,320	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Griffin (incumbent)	10,171	61.2
	Democratic	John P. Ryan	6,453	38.8
Total votes			16,624	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat George William "Bill" Gross won a special election in March 1971 to fill a vacancy in District 11 that had been held by Republican Charles K. Sullivan.
^ Redistricted from district 26 to 11.
^ Redistricted from district 24 to 12.
^ Redistricted from district 23 to 13.
^ Redistricted from district 22 to 14.
^ Redistricted from district 10 to 15.
Messerly was redistricted to district 18, but lost the 18th district Republican primary to Bill Hansen.
^ Redistricted from district 5 to 19.
^ Redistricted from district 15 to 23.
^ Redistricted from district 30 to 32.
^ Redistricted from district 31 to 33.
^ Redistricted from district 34 to 35.
^ Redistricted from district 35 to 37.
^ Redistricted from district 36 to 38.
^ Redistricted from district 37 to 39.
Bass was redistricted to district 49, but lost the 49th district Republican primary to Calvin Hultman.
^ Redistricted from district 46 to 42.
Stephens was redistricted to district 44, but lost the 44th district Republican primary to Forrest Schwengels.
^ Redistricted from district 49 to 45.
^ Redistricted from district 44 to 46.
Republican James B. Turner was deceased and won the November general election in district 47. In a December special election, Richard Ramsey won to hold the seat for the Republican Party.
^ Redistricted from district 42 to 48.
^ Redistricted from district 40 to 50.
Redistricted from district 3 to 4.
Redistricted from district 9 to 6.
Redistricted from district 6 to 8.
Redistricted from district 25 to 10.
Redistricted from district 11 to 26.
Redistricted from district 21 to 36.
Redistricted from district 39 to 41.
Redistricted from district 50 to 43.
Redistricted from district 43 to 46.

References

"Ex-mayor, senator loses cancer bout" (PDF). Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
"Primary Election 1972 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
"General Election 1972 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
"Legislators". Iowa State Senate. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

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