The 1954 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1954 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 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 1954 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 7, 1954, determined which candidates appeared on the November 2, 1954 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 46 seats to Democrats' 4 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 22 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1954 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 44 seats and Democrats having 6 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyIncoming Senator Party 1st Stanley Lawrence Hart Rep Edward Joseph McManus Dem 7th Earl C. Fishbaugh Rep Frank Hoxie Rep 9th Thomas J. Dailey Dem Thomas J. Dailey Dem 10th Carl T. Anderson Rep Carl T. Anderson Rep 12th Wilbur Cleland Molison Rep Wilbur Cleland Molison Rep 13th Elmer K. Bekman Rep Samuel H. Burton Dem 18th Jay C. Colburn Rep John David Shoeman Rep 20th Herman B. Lord Rep George W. Weber Rep 21st Philip T. Hedin Rep Jack Schroeder Rep 22nd Erwin A. Schoening Rep David O. Shaff Rep 29th James Harold Nesmith Rep Jack Morris Wormley Rep 30th George E. O'Malley Dem George E. O'Malley Dem 34th Eli Clarence Myrland Rep Albert Weiss Rep 35th Arnold Utzig Dem Arnold Utzig Dem 37th Rex R. Bateson Rep John A. Walker Rep 38th John Peter Berg Rep Arch Wallace McFarlane Rep 42nd William Linnevold Rep Frank D. Elwood Rep 44th Ralph W. Zastrow Rep Robert R. Rigler Rep 45th Harry E. Weichman Rep Lawrence Putney Rep 48th Alan William Vest Rep Alan William Vest Rep 50th R. J. Oltman Rep Guy G. Butler Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1954 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 44 • District 45 • District 48 • District 50__NOTOC__ 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
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 44
District 45
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1954 Elections in Iowa
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