The 1952 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1952 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 30 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 1952 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.

The primary election on June 2, 1952, determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1952 general election ballot.

Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 41 seats to Democrats' 9 seats.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 17 Senate seats.

Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1952 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 46 seats and Democrats having 4 seats (a net gain of 5 seats for Republicans).

Summary of Results

  • Note: The 20 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.

Source:

Detailed Results

  • NOTE: The 20 districts that did not hold elections in 1952 are not listed here.
  • 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 22

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, 1952
  • United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1952
  • Elections in Iowa

References


1952 Election Campaign Eisenhower Presidential Library

Iowa Election Senate Results Live Joni Ernst Projected to Win

United States presidential election of 1952 United States government

Iowa Senate election results Joni Ernst projected to win

American History The Election of 1952