1962 Iowa Senate election

1962 Iowa Senate election

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27 out of 50 seats in the Iowa State Senate 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Robert R. Rigler Andrew G. Frommelt Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 44th 32nd Last election 35 15 Seats after 38 12 Seat change 3 3
Majority Leader before election Robert R. Rigler Republican Elected Majority Leader Robert R. Rigler Republican

The 1962 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1962 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 27 of the state senate's 50 districts. At that time, the Iowa Senate still had several multi-member districts. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.

The Iowa General Assembly provides statewide maps of each district. To compare the effect of the 1962 redistricting process on the location of each district, contrast the previous map with the map used for 1962 elections. ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

The primary election on June 4, 1962 determined which candidates appeared on the November 6, 1962 general election ballot. ^{[1] [2]}

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 35 seats to Democrats' 15 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 11 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1962 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 38 seats and Democrats having 12 seats (a net gain of 3 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

• Note: The 23 holdover Senators not up for re-election are listed here with asterisks (*). ^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Incoming Senator	Party
1st	Charles F. Eppers		Dem	Seeley G. Lodwick		Rep
2nd	Dewey Blake Phelps		Rep	Dewey Blake Phelps*		Rep
3rd	Joe N. Wilson		Rep	Joe N. Wilson*		Rep
4th	William C. Stuart		Rep	Howard Vincent		Rep
5th	Xavier Thomas Prentis		Rep	Franklin S. Main		Dem
6th [lower-alpha 1]	Orval C. Walter		Dem	Orval C. Walter*		Dem
	Newly created subdistrict			Charles Vernon "Vern" Lisle		Rep
7th	Frank Hoxie		Rep	Robert R. Dodds		Dem
8th [lower-alpha 1]	Edward Anderson Wearin		Rep	Edward Anderson Wearin*		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Clifford M. Vance [lower-alpha 3]		Rep
9th	Carl Hoschek		Dem	Jacob B. "Jake" Mincks [lower-alpha 4]		Dem
10th	Clifford M. Vance		Rep	Richard Lytle Stephens		Rep
11th	J. Louis Fisher		Rep	J. Louis Fisher*		Rep
12th	C. Edwin Gilmour		Dem	Vacant
13th	Jacob B. "Jake" Mincks		Dem	Vacant
14th [lower-alpha 1]	John Gray		Rep	John L. Campbell		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			John David Shoeman [lower-alpha 5]		Rep
15th	Carroll Price		Rep	Vera H. Shivvers		Rep
16th	Joseph B. Flatt		Rep	Joseph B. Flatt*		Rep
17th [lower-alpha 1]	Harry L. Cowden		Rep	Harry L. Cowden*		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Jack Schroeder [lower-alpha 6]		Rep
18th	John David Shoeman		Rep	David O. Shaff [lower-alpha 7]		Rep
19th	Richard C. Turner		Rep	Richard C. Turner*		Rep
20th	George W. Weber		Rep	Vacant
21st	Jack Schroeder		Rep	Vacant
22nd	David O. Shaff		Rep	Robert Orville "R. O." Burrows		Rep
23rd [lower-alpha 1]	David Earl Elijah		Rep	David Earl Elijah*		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Kenneth Benda		Rep
24th	Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse		Rep	Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse*		Rep
25th [lower-alpha 1]	Daniel Clifford "D. C." Nolan		Rep	Daniel Clifford "D. C." Nolan*		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Eugene Marshall Hill [lower-alpha 8]		Dem
26th	Martin Wiley		Rep	Martin Wiley*		Rep
27th [lower-alpha 1]	C. Joseph Coleman		Dem	C. Joseph Coleman*		Dem
	Newly created subdistrict			George E. O'Malley [lower-alpha 9]		Dem
28th	Howard C. Buck		Rep	Howard C. Buck*		Rep
29th	Eugene Marshall Hill		Dem	Vacant
30th	George E. O'Malley		Dem	Peter F. Hansen [lower-alpha 10]		Dem
31st [lower-alpha 1]	Clifford N. Nystrom		Rep	Alvin V. Doran		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Charles F. Griffin		Rep
32nd [lower-alpha 1]	Charles S. Van Eaton		Rep	Charles S. Van Eaton*		Rep
	Newly created subdistrict			Andrew G. Frommelt [lower-alpha 11]		Dem
33rd	Irving D. Long		Rep	Irving D. Long*		Rep
34th	Robert G. Moore		Dem	Robert D. Fulton		Dem
35th	Andrew G. Frommelt		Dem	John A. Walker [lower-alpha 12]		Rep
36th	Adolph W. Elvers		Dem	Adolph W. Elvers*		Dem
37th	John A. Walker		Rep	Donald G. Beneke [lower-alpha 13]		Rep
38th	Melvin Harlan Wolf		Dem	Vacant
39th	J. Kendall Lynes [lower-alpha 14]		Rep	Vernon Kyhl		Rep
40th	George Lindsey Scott		Rep	George Lindsey Scott*		Rep
41st	Jacob Grimstead		Rep	Jacob Grimstead*		Rep
42nd	Lynn Potter		Dem	Vacant
43rd	Leigh Raymond Curran		Rep	Leigh Raymond Curran*		Rep
44th	Robert R. Rigler		Rep	Robert R. Rigler		Rep
45th	Lawrence Putney		Rep	Leo Elthon		Rep
46th	J. Henry Lucken		Rep	J. Henry Lucken*		Rep
47th	LeRoy Getting		Rep	LeRoy Getting*		Rep
48th	Peter F. Hansen		Dem	Vacant
49th	John J. Brown		Dem	John J. Brown*		Dem
50th	Donald G. Beneke		Rep	Vacant

Source: ^[4]

Detailed Results

• 27 of the 50 Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 1962. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} 21 of the races were in newly drawn seats with the borders from this map. However, there were six races for unexpired terms in districts that were using the prior map here. ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

District 1 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 14 • District 15 • District 17 • District 18 • District 22 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 34 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 44 • District 45

• 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).

District 1

Iowa Senate, District 1 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Seeley G. Lodwick	6,810	50.6
	Democratic	Joseph L. Phelan	6,654	49.4
Total votes			13,464	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

Iowa Senate, District 4 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Vincent	4,024	51.9
	Democratic	Bob Hellyer	3,731	48.1
Total votes			7,755	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Iowa Senate, District 5 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marshall F. Camp	2,101	40.6
	Republican	Charles O. Nelson	1,716	33.2
	Republican	Robert E. Maggert	1,359	26.2
Total votes			5,176	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 5 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin S. Main	6,211	51.4
	Republican	Marshall F. Camp	5,872	48.6
Total votes			12,083	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

• The 6th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 6 Subdistrict No. 2 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Lisle	2,443	45.7
	Republican	Frank Hoxie (incumbent) [lower-alpha 15]	1,798	33.7
	Republican	William H. Harbor	1,101	20.6
Total votes			5,342	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 6 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Lisle	7,515	63.3
	Democratic	Mrs. Paul Scott	4,348	36.7
Total votes			11,863	100.0

District 7

Iowa Senate, District 7 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	T. K. Ford	1,599	50.7
	Republican	Howard Waters	1,557	49.3
Total votes			3,156	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 7 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert R. Dodds	7,941	57.3
	Republican	T. K. Ford	5,929	42.7
Total votes			13,870	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

• The 8th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 8 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clifford M. Vance (incumbent) [lower-alpha 3]	6,525	100.0
Total votes			6,525	100.0

District 9

Iowa Senate, District 9 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jake B. Mincks (incumbent) [lower-alpha 4]	8,484	53.8
	Republican	George R. Barcus	7,272	46.2
Total votes			15,756	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Iowa Senate, District 10 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard L. Stephens	4,964	59.0
	Democratic	Dale H. Rickert	3,452	41.0
Total votes			8,416	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

• The 14th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a two-year term using the prior district boundaries map; ^{[lower-alpha 2]} however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election for a four-year term using the redrawn district boundaries. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 14 Subdistrict No. 1 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Campbell	1,270	44.9
	Republican	E. Royd McCurdy	1,029	36.3
	Republican	Gerald Gay	533	18.8
Total votes			2,832	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 14 Subdistrict No. 1 Democratic Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bass Van Gilst	596	59.0
	Democratic	John B. Heslinga	414	41.0
Total votes			1,010	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 14 Subdistrict No. 1 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Campbell	3,712	52.0
	Democratic	Bass Van Gilst	3,421	48.0
Total votes			7,133	100.0
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 14 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John D. Shoeman (incumbent) [lower-alpha 5]	8,060	57.6
	Democratic	Duane Orton	5,921	42.4
Total votes			13,981	100.0

District 15

Iowa Senate, District 15 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. C. Shivvers	6,167	52.4
	Democratic	Paul W. Eggers	5,613	47.6
Total votes			11,780	100.0
	Republican hold

• Though he won the general election, L. C. Shivvers was deceased. This necessitated a special election on January 10, 1963.

Iowa Senate, District 15 Special Election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vera H. Shivvers	2,921	53.0
	Democratic	Howard H. Myers	2,586	47.0
Total votes			5,507	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

• The 17th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 17 Subdistrict No. 2 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Schroeder (incumbent) [lower-alpha 6]	3,247	64.0
	Republican	Frank C. Clark	1,829	36.0
Total votes			5,076	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 17 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Schroeder (incumbent) [lower-alpha 6]	16,931	58.3
	Democratic	James B. McGrath	12,099	41.7
Total votes			29,030	100.0

District 18

Iowa Senate, District 18 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David O. Shaff (incumbent) [lower-alpha 7]	8,212	58.2
	Democratic	John E. Taylor	5,896	41.8
Total votes			14,108	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Iowa Senate, District 22 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	R. O. Burrows, Sr.	7,115	100.0
Total votes			7,115	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

• The 23rd was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 23 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth Benda	6,144	57.2
	Democratic	David M. Ahrens	4,590	42.8
Total votes			10,734	100.0

District 25

• The 25th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 25 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene M. Hill (incumbent) [lower-alpha 8]	5,483	51.6
	Republican	Jack M. Wormley	5,149	48.4
Total votes			10,632	100.0

District 27

• The 27th was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 27 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George E. O'Malley (incumbent) [lower-alpha 9]	48,201	62.9
	Republican	George E. Flagg	28,378	37.1
Total votes			76,579	100.0

District 30

Iowa Senate, District 30 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Conner	2,009	50.3
	Republican	Hugo P. Saggau	1,986	49.7
Total votes			3,995	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 30 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter F. Hansen (incumbent) [lower-alpha 10]	10,021	56.4
	Republican	Thomas Conner	7,755	43.6
Total votes			17,776	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

• The 31st was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 held an election for a two-year term using the prior district boundaries map; ^{[lower-alpha 2]} however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election for a four-year term using the redrawn district boundaries. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 31 Subdistrict No. 1 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	A. V. Doran	12,127	52.8
	Democratic	Conrad E. Lawlor	10,844	47.2
Total votes			22,971	100.0
	Republican hold

Iowa Senate, District 31 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles F. Griffin	4,790	50.7
	Democratic	Robert G. Moore (incumbent) [lower-alpha 16]	4,665	49.3
Total votes			9,455	100.0

District 32

• The 32nd was a 2-member district following the 1962 election. Subdistrict No. 1 had a holdover Senator; however, Subdistrict No. 2 held an election. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Iowa Senate, District 32 Subdistrict No. 2 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew G. Frommelt (incumbent) [lower-alpha 11]	14,997	100.0
Total votes			14,997	100.0

District 34

Iowa Senate, District 34 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert D. Fulton	16,974	50.4
	Republican	Willard R. Hansen	16,715	49.6
Total votes			33,689	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Iowa Senate, District 35 Republican Primary Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Walker (incumbent) [lower-alpha 12]	2,332	56.8
	Republican	John P. Whitesell	1,775	43.2
Total votes			4,107	100.0

Iowa Senate, District 35 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John A. Walker (incumbent) [lower-alpha 12]	7,320	100.0
Total votes			7,320	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 37

Iowa Senate, District 37 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald G. Beneke (incumbent) [lower-alpha 13]	8,940	60.3
	Democratic	Anthony T. Halligan	5,892	39.7
Total votes			14,832	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

Iowa Senate, District 39 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vernon H. Kyhl	8,408	57.0
	Democratic	Herbert Max	6,332	43.0
Total votes			14,740	100.0
	Republican hold

District 44

Iowa Senate, District 44 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert R. Rigler (incumbent)	6,402	57.5
	Democratic	Paul Erb	4,738	42.5
Total votes			11,140	100.0
	Republican hold

District 45

Iowa Senate, District 45 General Election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leo Elthon	6,344	51.3
	Democratic	Lynn Potter (incumbent) [lower-alpha 17]	6,032	48.7
Total votes			12,376	100.0
	Republican hold

1. Multi-member districts following the 1962 elections were: 6th with 2 seats; 8th with 2 seats; 14th with 2 seats; 17th with 2 seats; 23rd with 2 seats; 25th with 2 seats; 27th with 2 seats; 31st with 2 seats; and, 32nd with 2 seats.
2. Districts using the old district boundaries map were: 4th, 5th, 14th (subdistrict won by Senator Campbell), 15th, 31st (subdistrict won by Senator Doran), and 39th.
3. Redistricted from district 10 to 8.
4. Redistricted from district 13 to 9.
5. Redistricted from district 18 to 14.
6. Redistricted from district 21 to 17.
7. Redistricted from district 22 to 18.
8. Redistricted from district 29 to 25.
9. Redistricted from district 30 to 27.
10. Redistricted from district 48 to 30.
11. Redistricted from district 35 to 32.
12. Redistricted from district 37 to 35.
13. Redistricted from district 50 to 37.
14. Deceased in 1962 prior to general election.
15. Redistricted from district 7 to 6.
16. Redistricted from district 34 to 31.
17. Redistricted from district 42 to 45.

See also

• United States elections, 1962
• United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1962
• Elections in Iowa

References

1. "Primary Election 1962 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. "General Election 1962 For State Senator" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
3. "Holdover State Senators" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
4. "Legislators". Iowa State Senate . Retrieved May 18, 2020.