1958 Iowa Senate election

1958 Iowa Senate election

←  1956 November 4, 1958 1960  →
22 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Daniel Clifford "D. C." Nolan George E. O'Malley Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 25th 30th Last election 40 10 Seats after 33 17 Seat change 7 7
Majority Leader before election D. C. Nolan Republican Elected Majority Leader Jack Schroeder Republican

The 1958 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1958 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 22 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 year 1958 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 2, 1958 determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1958 general election ballot. ^{[1] [2]}

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 40 seats to Democrats' 10 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 16 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1958 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 33 seats and Democrats having 17 seats (a net gain of 7 seats for Democrats).

Summary of Results

• Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table. ^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Incoming Senator	Party
1st	Edward Joseph McManus		Dem	Charles F. Eppers		Dem
7th	Frank Hoxie		Rep	Frank Hoxie		Rep
9th	Thomas J. Dailey		Dem	Carl Hoschek		Dem
10th	Carl T. Anderson		Rep	Clifford M. Vance		Rep
12th	Wilbur Cleland Molison		Rep	C. Edwin Gilmour		Dem
13th	Samuel H. Burton		Dem	Jacob B. "Jake" Mincks		Dem
18th	John David Shoeman		Rep	John David Shoeman		Rep
20th	George W. Weber		Rep	George W. Weber		Rep
21st	Jack Schroeder		Rep	Jack Schroeder		Rep
22nd	David O. Shaff		Rep	David O. Shaff		Rep
29th	Jack Morris Wormley		Rep	Eugene Marshall Hill		Dem
30th	George E. O'Malley		Dem	George E. O'Malley		Dem
34th	Albert Weiss		Rep	Robert G. Moore		Dem
35th	Arnold Utzig		Dem	Andrew G. Frommelt		Dem
37th	John A. Walker		Rep	John A. Walker		Rep
38th	Arch Wallace McFarlane		Rep	Melvin Harlan Wolf		Dem
42nd	Frank D. Elwood		Rep	Lynn Potter		Dem
43rd	William H. Tate		Rep	Walter E. Edelen		Dem
44th	Robert R. Rigler		Rep	Robert R. Rigler		Rep
45th	Lawrence Putney		Rep	Lawrence Putney		Rep
48th	Alan William Vest		Rep	Peter F. Hansen		Dem
50th	Guy G. Butler		Rep	Guy G. Butler		Rep

Source: ^[4]

Detailed Results

• NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1958 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 29 • District 30 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50

• Note: The Iowa Secretary of State's website does not document any competitive intra-party primaries for state Senate races in 1958. ^[5]

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles F. Eppers	7,326	54.0
	Republican	Charles O. Frazier	6,232	46.0
Total votes			13,558	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Hoxie (incumbent)	6,081	60.2
	Democratic	Ralph H. Greenwood	4,028	39.8
Total votes			10,109	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Hoschek	7,200	50.1
	Republican	Blythe C. Conn	7,158	49.9
Total votes			14,358	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clifford M. Vance	6,633	60.6
	Democratic	Virgil F. Trabert	4,309	39.4
Total votes			10,942	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Iowa Senate, District 12 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Edwin Gilmour	5,689	50.1
	Republican	Wilbur C. Molison (incumbent)	5,665	49.9
Total votes			11,354	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

Iowa Senate, District 13 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jake B. Mincks	8,585	59.4
	Republican	Elmer K. Bekman	5,860	40.6
Total votes			14,445	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John D. Shoeman	6,571	53.5
	Democratic	George P. Christensen	5,700	46.5
Total votes			12,271	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Iowa Senate, District 20 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George W. Weber (incumbent)	6,758	54.2
	Democratic	Harold O. Keele	5,701	45.8
Total votes			12,459	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Iowa Senate, District 21 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Schroeder (incumbent)	15,756	57.5
	Democratic	Richard T. Foley	11,622	42.5
Total votes			27,378	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David O. Shaff (incumbent)	8,330	55.5
	Democratic	Robert J. Soesbe	6,686	44.5
Total votes			15,016	100.0
	Republican hold

District 29

Iowa Senate, District 29 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene M. Hill	6,119	52.3
	Republican	Jack M. Wormley (incumbent)	5,570	47.7
Total votes			11,689	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. O'Malley (incumbent)	45,460	60.1
	Republican	Herbert H. Hauge	30,170	39.9
Total votes			75,630	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. G. Moore	8,445	53.3
	Republican	Albert Weiss (incumbent)	7,403	46.7
Total votes			15,848	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew G. Frommelt	14,096	100.0
Total votes			14,096	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Walker (incumbent)	9,991	56.2
	Democratic	Martin H. Morrissey	7,792	43.8
Total votes			17,783	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

Iowa Senate, District 38 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melvin H. Wolf	17,067	51.0
	Republican	Arch W. McFarlane (incumbent)	16,367	49.0
Total votes			33,434	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 42

Iowa Senate, District 42 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Potter	6,744	52.8
	Republican	Marion Ringoen	6,037	47.2
Total votes			12,781	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 43

Iowa Senate, District 43 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter E. Edelen	10,253	51.8
	Republican	James B. Conroy	9,541	48.2
Total votes			19,794	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert R. Rigler (incumbent)	6,289	54.2
	Democratic	John C. Sebern	5,304	45.8
Total votes			11,593	100.0
	Republican hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lawrence Putney (incumbent)	9,356	53.0
	Democratic	Hugo H. Joens	8,282	47.0
Total votes			17,638	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

Iowa Senate, District 48 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter F. Hansen	9,426	53.2
	Republican	William R. Ferguson	8,294	46.8
Total votes			17,720	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 50

Iowa Senate, District 50 General Election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy G. Butler (incumbent)	8,670	55.0
	Democratic	Dean Loos	7,080	45.0
Total votes			15,750	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• United States elections, 1958
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1958
• Elections in Iowa

References

1. "Primary Election 1958 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 4, 2020.
2. "General Election 1958 For State Senator". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 4, 2020.
3. "Holdover State Senators". Iowa Official Register . Retrieved June 4, 2020.
4. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved June 4, 2020.
5. "State Senate Primary Canvass 1958" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved June 4, 2020.