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Governor (PDF) STORY COUNTY TOTALS - GOVERNOR YEAR REPUBLICAN VOTES DEMOCRATIC VOTES OTHER** VOTES WINNER 2018 Kim Reynolds 16535 Fred Hubbell 25155 Jake Porter 847 Reynolds 2014 Terry Branstad 16725 Jack Hatch 14566 Lee Deakins Hieb 918 Branstad 2010 Terry Branstad 14729 Chet Culver 15795 Jon Narcisse 796 Branstad 2006 Jim Nussle 12369 Chet Culver 16886 Kevin Litten 301 Culver 2002 Doug Gross 11263 Tom Vilsack 16211 Jay Robinson 666 Vilsack 1998 Jim Ross Lightfoot 10108 Tom Vilsack 14599 Jim Hennager 170 Vilsack 1994 Terry Branstad 11843 Bonnie Campbell 13626 Richard Hughes 143 Branstad 1990 Terry Branstad 14167 Donald Avenson 10945 F. Nan Bailey 144 Branstad 1986 Terry Branstad 11247 Lowell Junkins 12127 Branstad 1982 Terry Branstad 13639 Roxanne Conlin 14447 Branstad 1978 Robert Ray 14549 Jerome Fitzgerald 8079 Ray 1974 Robert Ray 16586 James Schaben 6876 Ray 1972 Robert Ray 18881 Paul Franzenburg 11658 Robert Dilley 380 Ray 1970 Robert Ray 8971 Robert Fulton 6587 Robert Dilley 418 Ray 1968 Robert Ray 12907 Paul Franzenburg 10425 Ray 1966 William Murray 6930 Harold Hughes 9349 David Quiner 113 Hughes 1964 Evan Hultman 5874 Harold Hughes 14369 Robert Dilley 199 Hughes 1962 Norman Erbe 7530 Harold Hughes 7674 Hughes 1960 Norman Erbe 12020 E.J. McManus 8350 Erbe 1958 William Murray 8588 Herschel Loveless 5363 Loveless 1956 Leo Hoegh 11876 Herschel Loveless 7421 Loveless 1954 Leo Hoegh 7037 Clyde E. Herring 4649 Hoegh 1952 William Beardsley 9633 Herschel Loveless 8489 Beardsley 1950 William Beardsley 7041 Lester Gillette 4079 Beardsley 1948 William Beardsley 9145 Carroll Switzer 4868 Beardsley 1946 Robert Blue 4387 Frank Miles 2813 E.P. Gabriel 41 Blue 1944 Robert Blue 7841 R.F. Mitchell 4901 Glen Williamson 33 Blue 1942 Bourke Hickenlooper 5648 Nelson Kraschel 2466 Ward Hall 27 Hickenlooper 1940 George Wilson 7930 John Valentine 6425 M.M. Heptonstall Wilson 1938 George Wilson 5117 Nelson Kraschel 3888 Wallace Short 55 Wilson 1936 George Wilson 7013 Nelson Kraschel 5087 Wallace Short 569 Kraschel 1934 Dan Turner 5219 Clyde L. Herring 5226 Herring 1932 Dan Turner 7279 Clyde L. Herring 4450 Herring 1930 Dan Turner 3246 Fred Hagemann 582 Turner 1928 John Hammill 8016 L.W. Housel 2303 Hammill 1926 John Hammill 3913 Alex Miller 478 Hammill 1924 John Hammill 7165 James Murtaugh 1369 Hammill 1922 Nathan Kendall 4288 J.R. Files 907 Kendall 1920 Nathan Kendall 7113 Clyde L. Herring 3493 George Peck 32 Kendall 1918 William Harding 1925 Claude Porter 1609 Andrew Engle 31 Harding 1916 William Harding 3210 E.T. Meredith 2474 J.W. Bennett 26 Harding 1914 George Clarke 2047 John Hamilton 759 George White 822 Clarke 1912 George Clarke 2395 Edward Dunn 1298 John Stevens 901 Clarke 1910 Beryl F. Carroll 2653 Claude Porter 1086 A. MacEachron 292 Carroll 1908 Beryl F. Carroll 3506 Frederick White 1049 Kendrick Brown 266 Carroll 1906 Albert Cummins 2482 Claude Porter 1082 Lorenzo Coffin 225 Cummins 1903 Albert Cummins 2817 J.B. Sullivan 640 John Hanson 253 Cummins 1901 Albert Cummins 2508 T.J. Phillips 571 A.U. Coates 206 Cummins 1899 Leslie Shaw 2917 F.E. White 887 M.W. Atwood 175 Shaw 1897 Leslie Shaw 2747 F.E. White 1245 S.P. Leland 130 Shaw 1895 Francis Drake 2587 W.I. Babb 700 S.B. Crane 129 Drake 1893 Frank Jackson 2008 Horace Boies 1522 J.M. Joseph 92 Jackson 1891 Hiram Wheeler 2592 Horace Boies 1338 A.J. Westfall 55 Boies 1889 Joseph Hutchinson 2196 Horace Boies 939 S.B. Downing 37 Boies 1887 William Larrabee 1897 T.J. Anderson 991 M.J. Cain 51 Larrabee 1885 William Larrabee 1978 Charles Whiting 1088 James Michelwait 22 Larrabee **Leading vote-getter among third-party candidates, where known.
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