The 1948 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1948 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 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 1948 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1948, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1948 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 1948 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 43 seats and Democrats having 7 seats (a net gain of 3 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results Note: The 21 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 2nd Alden Loring Doud Rep Alden Loring Doud Rep 3rd James R. Barkley Rep Sherman West Dem 4th James Alonzo Newsome Rep Pearl Wayland McMurry Rep 5th Roy B. Hawkins Rep Xavier Thomas Prentis Rep 6th Kathlyn M. Kirketeg Rep Ernest L. Humbert Rep 8th Oscar N. Hultman Rep Oscar N. Hultman Rep 11th Floyd Arden Jones Rep Loyd Van Patten Rep 14th Albert Earl Augustine Dem Albert Earl Augustine Dem 15th Tunis H. Klein Dem Francis M. Roberts Dem 16th John Lyle Musmaker Rep Raymond R. Gillespie Dem 17th Ai Miller Rep Glenn Edwin Whitehead Rep 19th De Vere Watson Rep De Vere Watson Rep 23rd Edwin Charles Schluter Rep John Milton Tudor Rep 24th Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse Rep Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse Rep 25th Leroy Samuel Mercer Dem Leroy Samuel Mercer Dem 26th Frank C. Byers Rep Frank C. Byers Rep 27th Charles V. Findlay Rep Paul E. McCarville Rep 28th Robert A. Rockhill Rep Warren Eldon Walter Rep 31st Janious G. Lucas Rep John R. Hattery Rep 32nd Adrian D. Clem Rep Charles S. Van Eaton Rep 33rd Irving D. Long Rep Donald Alexander Risk Rep 36th Fern Eugene Sharp Rep Fern Eugene Sharp Rep 39th J. Kendall Lynes Rep J. Kendall Lynes Rep 40th Arthur H. Jacobson Rep Arthur H. Jacobson Rep 41st Leo Elthon Rep Leo Elthon Rep 43rd Herman M. Knudson Rep Herman M. Knudson Rep 46th Frederick James Ritchie Rep Edward S. Parker Rep 47th Robert Keir Rep Harry E. Watson Rep 49th Duane E. Dewel Rep Burl Nelson Ridout Dem
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1948 are not listed here. District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 8 • District 11 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 43 • District 46 • District 47 • District 49__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 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 8
District 11
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 19
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 36
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 43
District 46
District 47
District 49
See also United States elections, 1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1948 Elections in Iowa
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