The 1940 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1940 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 1940 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1940, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1940 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 38 seats to Democrats' 12 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 14 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1940 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 45 seats and Democrats having 5 seats (a net gain of 7 seats for Republicans).
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 Sanford Zeigler Rep Sanford Zeigler Rep 3rd Hugh G. Guernsey Dem Dewey Emmitt Goode Rep 4th Harold V. Levis Rep Clarence L. Clark Rep 5th Howard W. Edwards Rep Stephen Ray Emerson Rep 6th Ole John Kirketeg Rep William Oliver Turner Rep 8th Kenneth A. Evans Rep Kenneth A. Evans Rep 11th William S. Beardsley Rep Floyd Arden Jones Rep 14th Albert Earl Augustine Dem Albert Earl Augustine Dem 15th Hugh W. Lundy Rep Hugh W. Lundy Rep 16th Ora E. Husted Rep Harry Samuel Love Rep 17th George M. Hopkins Rep Ai Miller Rep 19th Morris W. Moore Dem De Vere Watson Rep 23rd Frank E. Ellis Dem DuFay D. Fuller Rep 24th Henry Delbert Miller Dem Marion Claire Hamiel Rep 25th Frederick Conrad Schadt Rep Leroy Samuel Mercer Dem 26th Frank C. Byers Rep Frank C. Byers Rep 27th Edward Joseph Breen Dem Charles V. Findlay Rep 28th Benjamin Chase Whitehill Rep Benjamin Chase Whitehill Rep 31st Lant H. Doran Rep John R. Hattery Rep 32nd Linus Forsling Rep Robert Prentis Munger Rep 33rd George L. Parker Rep Irving D. Long Rep 36th Martin X. Geske Dem Gerald W. Hunt Rep 39th Clermont Colfax Smith Rep J. Kendall Lynes Rep 40th Paul Palmer Stewart Rep Paul Palmer Stewart Rep 41st Leo Elthon Rep Leo Elthon Rep 43rd Earl M. Dean Dem Oscar E. Johnson Dem 46th Winfred Mighell Dem Raymond Edward Hess Rep 47th Lester S. Gillette Dem Robert Keir Rep 49th Charles Bernard Hoeven Rep Jans T. "J. T." Dykhouse Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 21 districts that did not hold elections in 1940 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, 1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1940 Elections in Iowa
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