November
7, 1972
General Election
Total Votes for
President: 36,222
|
President and Vice President |
| George McGovern/R Sargent Shriver (Dem) |
20,922 |
58% |
| Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Rep) |
14,823 |
41% |
| John Schmitz/Thomas J Anderson (American) |
360 |
1% |
| Gus Hall/Jarvis Tyner (Communist) |
50 |
0% |
| Linda Jenness/Andrew Pulley (Soc. Work.) |
29 |
0% |
| Gabriel Green/Daniel Fry (Universal) |
12 |
0% |
| Louis Fisher/Genevieve Gunderson (Soc. Labor) |
11 |
0% |
| scattered write in |
15 |
0% |
|
US Senator |
| Dick Clark (Dem) |
25,067 |
70% |
| Jack Miller (Rep) |
10,484 |
29% |
| William A Rocap Jr (American) |
157 |
0% |
| Fred Richard Benton |
31 |
0% |
|
US Representative, 1st District |
| Ed Mezvinsky (Dem) |
21,750 |
61% |
| Fred Schwengel (Rep) |
13,819 |
39% |
| Lee E. Foster (American) |
242 |
1% |
| scattered write in |
6 |
0% |
|
Governor of Iowa |
| Robert D. Ray (Rep) |
19,802 |
55% |
| Paul Franzenburg (Dem) |
15,696 |
44% |
| Robert D. Dilley (American) |
296 |
1% |
| write in |
6 |
|
|
Lieutenant Governor |
| William Gannon (Dem) |
17,954 |
52% |
| Arthur A. Neu (Rep) |
16,309 |
48% |
|
Secretary of State |
| Daryl E. Beall (Dem) |
17,629 |
54% |
| Melvin D. Synhorst (Rep) |
14,957 |
46% |
|
Auditor of State |
| F. Harold Forret (Dem) |
17,068 |
53% |
| Lloyd R. Smith (Rep) |
15,192 |
47% |
|
Treasurer of State |
| Albert L. Anderson (Dem) |
18,311 |
58% |
| Maurice E. Baringer (Rep) |
13,308 |
42% |
|
Secretary of Agriculture |
| Kenneth E. Owen (Dem) |
19,637 |
62% |
| Robert H. Lounsberry (Rep) |
12,282 |
38% |
| scattered write in |
3 |
|
|
Attorney General |
| James H. Reynolds (Dem) |
19,820 |
60% |
| Richard C. Turner (Rep) |
13,356 |
40% |
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
State Senate, District 12 |
| Barbara Marland (Dem) |
510 |
54% |
| Clifton C. Lamborn (Rep) |
432 |
46% |
|
State Senate, District 13 |
| Tom Riley (Rep) |
1,834 |
53% |
| John M. Ely Jr. (Dem) |
1,606 |
47% |
|
State Senate, District 36 |
| Charles F. Balloun (Rep) |
517 |
50% |
| Joan Orr (Dem) |
516 |
50% |
|
State Senate, District 37 |
| Minnette Doderer (Dem) |
18,584 |
65% |
| Marion R. Neely (Rep) |
9,964 |
35% |
|
State Senate, District 38 |
| W.R. Rabedeaux (Rep) |
319 |
56% |
| Eleanor Austey (Dem) |
249 |
44% |
|
State Representative, District 24 |
| Doris I. Kolvoord (Dem) |
452 |
50% |
| Edgar H. Holden (Rep) |
449 |
50% |
|
State Representative, District 25 |
| John Patchett (Dem) |
2,462 |
66% |
| Ivor W. Stanley (Rep) |
1,243 |
34% |
|
State Representative, District 72 |
| Donald J. Friedman (Dem) |
527 |
52% |
| Raymon D. Logue (Rep) |
487 |
48% |
|
State
Representative, District 73 |
| Arthur Small Jr (Dem) |
9,114 |
61% |
| Dave Stroder (Rep) |
5,923 |
39% |
|
State Representative, District 74 |
| William Hargrave (Dem) |
8,885 |
63% |
| Don Graham (Rep) |
5,234 |
37% |
| write in |
2 |
|
|
State Representative, District 75 |
| David Stanley (Rep) |
372 |
62% |
| Robert Johnson (Dem) |
228 |
38% |
|
County Auditor |
| Dolores Rogers (Dem) |
19,842 |
59% |
| Mildred Eggers (Rep) |
13,944 |
41% |
| scattered write in |
13 |
|
|
Clerk of Court |
| Ernest Wombacher (Dem) |
21,178 |
65% |
| Phyllis Goddard (Rep) |
11,338 |
35% |
|
County Attorney |
| Carl Goetz (Dem) |
19,262 |
59% |
| Mike Bradley (Rep) |
13,315 |
41% |
| scattered write in |
3 |
|
|
Sheriff |
| Gary Hughes (Rep) |
17,155 |
48% |
| William A. Kidwell (Dem) |
13,401 |
38% |
| Timothy Kane |
5,063 |
14% |
| scattered write in |
3 |
|
|
County Board of Supervisors, 1973 Term |
| Richard Bartel (Dem) |
14,926 |
45% |
| P.C. Walters (Rep) |
14,823 |
44% |
| Ralph Prybil (Nom. Pet.) |
3,737 |
11% |
|
County Board of Supervisors, 1974 Term |
| Lorada Cilek (Dem) |
19,498 |
59% |
| Jerry Zaiser (Rep) |
13,449 |
41% |
|
State Constitutional Amendment -
Retirement of
judges for disability |
 Yes |
26,716 |
92% |
| No |
2,432 |
8% |
|
State Constitutional Amendment -
4 year terms for
state offices |
| Yes |
21,798 |
75% |
| No |
7,339 |
25% |
|
State Constitutional Amendment - Lotteries |
| Yes |
21,731 |
73% |
| No |
8,007 |
27% |
|
Kent Park |
| Yes |
17,766 |
61% |
| No |
11,123 |
39% |
|
