1942 Iowa Senate election

1942 Iowa Senate election

←  1940 November 3, 1942 1944  →
23 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 45 5 Seats after 45 5 Seat change

The 1942 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1942 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 23 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 1942 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 1, 1942 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1942 general election ballot. ^{[1] [2]}

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 45 seats to Democrats' 5 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 21 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1942 general election with the balance of power remaining unchanged with Republicans holding 45 seats and Democrats having 5 seats.

Summary of Results

• Note: The 27 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table. ^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Stanley Lawrence Hart		Rep	Stanley Lawrence Hart		Rep
7th	Carl Oscar Sjulin		Rep	Carl Oscar Sjulin		Rep
9th	Frederick P. Cromwell		Rep	Frederick P. Cromwell		Rep
10th	Arthur Claire Dewey		Rep	Harlan C. Foster		Rep
12th	John Edwin Talbott		Rep	Luke Vittetoe		Rep
13th	Elmer K. Bekman		Rep	Elmer K. Bekman		Rep
18th	Frank Pelzer		Rep	Frank Pelzer		Rep
20th	Elmer Primer Corwin		Rep	Floyd J. Pine		Rep
21st	Frank D. Martin		Rep	Frank D. Martin		Rep
22nd	Otto H. Henningsen		Rep	Otto H. Henningsen		Rep
24th	Marion Claire Hamiel		Rep	Edwin Charles Schluter		Rep
29th	Ross Rutledge Mowry		Rep	Ross Rutledge Mowry		Rep
30th	George M. Faul		Rep	George M. Faul		Rep
32nd	Robert Prentis Munger		Rep	Adrian D. Clem		Rep
34th	Robert W. Harvey		Rep	Robert W. Harvey		Rep
35th	Howard C. Baldwin		Dem	Robert C. Reilly		Dem
37th	George Raymond Hill		Rep	George Raymond Hill		Rep
38th	John Peter Berg		Rep	John Peter Berg		Rep
42nd	Edward Henry Vrba		Dem	Edward Henry Vrba		Dem
44th	Edward P. Donohue		Rep	Ralph W. Zastrow		Rep
45th	Richard V. Leo		Rep	Richard V. Leo		Rep
48th	Ralph E. Benson		Rep	Ralph E. Benson		Rep
50th	Albert Josiah Shaw		Rep	Albert Josiah Shaw		Rep

Source: ^[4]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 27 districts that did not hold elections in 1942 are not listed here.

District 1 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 24 • District 29 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50

• 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 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 Republican Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stanley L. Hart (incumbent)	1,466	62.1
	Republican	Heinold	893	37.9
Total votes			2,359	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stanley L. Hart (incumbent)	7,582	100.0
Total votes			7,582	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl O. Sjulin (incumbent)	6,465	60.7
	Democratic	Mike Sondag	4,180	39.3
Total votes			10,645	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Cromwell (incumbent)	6,375	67.6
	Democratic	Henry M. Hartman	3,053	32.4
Total votes			9,428	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harlan C. Foster	8,325	100.0
Total votes			8,325	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Vittetoe	8,111	65.9
	Democratic	J. Forest Embree	4,194	34.1
Total votes			12,305	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 Democratic Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chester L. Johns	1,275	68.1
	Democratic	Bradley	596	31.9
Total votes			1,871	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. K. Bekman (incumbent)	6,488	55.5
	Democratic	Chester L. Johns	5,205	44.5
Total votes			11,693	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Pelzer (incumbent)	6,315	56.1
	Democratic	George M. Olsen	4,936	43.9
Total votes			11,251	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. J. Pine	7,383	68.6
	Democratic	C. R. Metcalf	3,376	31.4
Total votes			10,759	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank D. Martin (incumbent)	10,623	61.2
	Democratic	Henry O. Wichelmann	6,728	38.8
Total votes			17,351	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 Republican Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	O. H. Henningsen (incumbent)	1,340	67.8
	Republican	Harvey	636	32.2
Total votes			1,976	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	O. H. Henningsen (incumbent)	7,845	62.7
	Democratic	Jay G. Sullivan	4,671	37.3
Total votes			12,516	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24

Iowa Senate, District 24 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edwin C. Schluter	6,566	61.8
	Democratic	Thomas Stimpson	4,060	38.2
Total votes			10,626	100.0
	Republican hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ross R. Mowry (incumbent)	5,050	56.3
	Democratic	G. Frank Wilson	3,927	43.7
Total votes			8,977	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Faul (incumbent)	12,564	75.7
	Republican	Harrison	4,032	24.3
Total votes			16,596	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Faul (incumbent)	26,430	61.1
	Democratic	Vincent L. Browner	16,840	38.9
Total votes			43,270	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Iowa Senate, District 32 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. D. Clem	12,435	59.1
	Democratic	Arthur G. Hess	8,606	40.9
Total votes			21,041	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Harvey (incumbent)	9,574	59.1
	Democratic	Sewell E. Allen	6,612	40.9
Total votes			16,186	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert C. Reilly	3,891	59.9
	Democratic	Bitter	2,602	40.1
Total votes			6,493	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert C. Reilly	10,891	100.0
Total votes			10,891	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. R. Hill (incumbent)	11,231	100.0
Total votes			11,231	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 Republican Primary Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John P. Berg (incumbent)	3,433	55.7
	Republican	Galloway	2,726	44.3
Total votes			6,159	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John P. Berg (incumbent)	13,418	66.4
	Democratic	H. W. Bergey	6,784	33.6
Total votes			20,202	100.0
	Republican hold

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Vrba (incumbent)	7,016	53.3
	Republican	Ellis J. Hook	6,135	46.7
Total votes			13,151	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph W. Zastrow	6,433	60.3
	Democratic	Frank Brunner	4,242	39.7
Total votes			10,675	100.0
	Republican hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard V. Leo (incumbent)	8,076	62.6
	Democratic	Paul Mathern	4,815	37.4
Total votes			12,891	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph E. Benson (incumbent)	8,341	62.5
	Democratic	Claude Johnson	5,015	37.5
Total votes			13,356	100.0
	Republican hold

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Albert J. Shaw (incumbent)	8,203	72.4
	Democratic	Messer Leith	3,121	27.6
Total votes			11,324	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• United States elections, 1942
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1942
• Elections in Iowa

References

1. "Primary Election 1942 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "General Election 1942 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. "Holdover State Senators" (PDF). Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
4. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
5. "Primary Election for State Senator 1942" (PDF). Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 20, 2020.