The 1936 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1936 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 32 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 1936 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 1, 1936, determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1936 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Democrats had control of the Iowa state Senate with 28 seats to Republicans' 22 seats. Due to some vacancies and special elections, by election day 1936, Democrats held 26 seats to Republicans' 24.
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 2 Senate seats.
Republicans gained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1936 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 28 seats and Democrats having 22 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Republicans).
Summary of Results Note: The 18 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 2nd John N. Calhoun Rep Sanford Zeigler Rep 3rd Hugh G. Guernsey Dem Hugh G. Guernsey Dem 4th Joseph E. Doze Dem Harold V. Levis Rep 5th Howard W. Edwards Rep Howard W. Edwards Rep 6th Claude Stanley Rep Ole John Kirketeg Rep 8th Homer Hush Rep Kenneth A. Evans Rep 11th William S. Beardsley Rep William S. Beardsley Rep 14th Albert Earl Augustine Dem Albert Earl Augustine Dem 15th Carl F. Aschenbrenner Dem Hugh W. Lundy Rep 16th Ora E. Husted Rep Ora E. Husted Rep 17th George M. Hopkins Rep George M. Hopkins Rep 18th Frank Pelzer Rep Frank Pelzer Rep 19th Morris W. Moore Dem Morris W. Moore Dem 23rd Carolyn Campbell Pendray Dem Frank E. Ellis Dem 24th Henry Delbert Miller Dem Henry Delbert Miller Dem 25th Paul W. Schmidt Dem Frederick Conrad Schadt Rep 26th Frank C. Byers Rep Frank C. Byers Rep 27th Paul H. Anderson Dem Edward Joseph Breen Dem 28th Benjamin Chase Whitehill Rep Benjamin Chase Whitehill Rep 30th James J. Gillespie Dem James J. Gillespie Dem 31st Fred William Nelson Rep Lant H. Doran Rep 32nd Vincent F. Harrington Dem Tom Ellis Murray Dem 33rd George L. Parker Rep George L. Parker Rep 36th Martin X. Geske Dem Martin X. Geske Dem 37th George Raymond Hill Rep George Raymond Hill Rep 39th Louis H. Meyer Dem Clermont Colfax Smith Rep 40th Thomas William Mullaney Dem Paul Palmer Stewart Rep 41st Leo Elthon Rep Leo Elthon Rep 43rd William C. McArthur Dem Earl M. Dean Dem 46th Mike G. Fisch Dem Winfred Mighell Dem 47th George William Patterson Rep Lester S. Gillette Dem 49th Garritt E. Roelofs Rep Charles Bernard Hoeven Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 18 districts that did not hold elections in 1936 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 18 • District 19 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 36 • District 37 • 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 18
District 19
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 36
District 37
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 43
District 46
District 47
District 49
See also United States elections, 1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1936 Elections in Iowa
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