The 1946 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1946 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 23 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 1946 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 3, 1946, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1946 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 45 seats to Democrats' 5 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 21 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1946 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 46 seats and Democrats having 4 seats (a net gain of 1 seat for Republicans).
Summary of Results Note: The 27 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyIncoming Senator Party 1st Stanley Lawrence Hart Rep Stanley Lawrence Hart Rep 6th Ole John Kirketeg Rep Kathlyn M. Kirketeg Rep 7th Carl Oscar Sjulin Rep Earl C. Fishbaugh Rep 9th Frederick P. Cromwell Rep William Nielsen Skourup Rep 10th Harlan C. Foster Rep Harlan C. Foster Rep 12th Luke Vittetoe Rep Luke Vittetoe Rep 13th Elmer K. Bekman Rep Elmer K. Bekman Rep 16th Harry Samuel Love Rep John Lyle Musmaker Rep 18th Edward Speer White Rep Jay C. Colburn Rep 20th Floyd J. Pine Rep Herman B. Lord Rep 21st Frank D. Martin Rep Frank D. Martin Rep 22nd Otto H. Henningsen Rep Otto H. Henningsen Rep 29th Ross Rutledge Mowry Rep Fred Maytag Rep 30th George M. Faul Rep George M. Faul Rep 34th Robert W. Harvey Rep Eli Clarence Myrland Rep 35th Robert C. Reilly Dem Robert C. Reilly Dem 37th George Raymond Hill Rep Rex R. Bateson Rep 38th John Peter Berg Rep John Peter Berg Rep 42nd Edward Henry Vrba Dem William Linnevold Rep 44th Ralph W. Zastrow Rep Ralph W. Zastrow Rep 45th Richard V. Leo Rep Richard V. Leo Rep 48th Ralph E. Benson Rep Ralph E. Benson Rep 50th Albert Josiah Shaw Rep Jacob Frederick Miller Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 27 districts that did not hold elections in 1946 are not listed here. District 1 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 16 • 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 6
District 7
District 9
District 10
District 12
District 13
District 16
District 18
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 29
District 30
District 34
District 35
District 37
Senator Hill resigned from the Senate before being sworn in to another term. This necessitated a special election.
District 38
District 42
District 44
District 45
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1946 Elections in Iowa
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