|
November 7, 1978 General Election
| Registered Voters |
51,773 |
| Total Voters |
23,516 |
| Turnout |
45.42% |
| Early Voters |
771 |
| % of votes cast early |
3.28% |
|
US Senator |
| Dick Clark (Dem) |
14,962 |
66% |
| Roger Jepsen
(Rep) |
7,375 |
33% |
| Gerald Baker |
161 |
1% |
| Ben L. Olsen |
165 |
1% |
| scattered write in |
3 |
|
|
US Representative, 1st District |
| Jim Leach (Rep) |
12,490 |
56% |
| Dick Myers (Dem) |
9,069 |
41% |
| Bill Douglas (Socialist) |
649 |
3% |
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
Governor of Iowa |
| Robert D. Ray
(Rep) |
14,348 |
63% |
| Jerome D. Fitzgerald (Dem) |
7,888 |
35% |
| Joseph W. Grant |
592 |
3% |
| John H. Ball |
211 |
1% |
| scattered write in |
9 |
|
|
Lieutenant Governor |
| William D. Palmer (Democrat) |
10,632 |
50% |
| Terry Branstad
(Rep) |
10,243 |
48% |
| Minnette Doderer (write in) |
421 |
2% |
| scattered write in |
8 |
|
|
Secretary of State |
| Walter R. Griffin (Dem) |
10,424 |
51% |
| Melvin D.
Synhorst (Rep) |
9,470 |
46% |
| Leighton V. Berryhill |
651 |
3% |
| scattered write in |
10 |
|
|
Auditor of State |
| Lloyd R. Smith
(Rep) |
10,334 |
51% |
| John B. Brunow (Dem) |
9,392 |
46% |
| Thomas J. Oliver |
556 |
3% |
|
Incumbent Auditor Smith died shortly after
the election. Governor Ray appointed Richard Johnson as Smith's
successor. A special election for Auditor of State was held with the
1980 general election.
|
|
Treasurer of State |
| Robert A. Krause (Dem) |
10,157 |
52% |
| Maurice E.
Baringer (Rep) |
9,385 |
48% |
| scattered write in |
4 |
0% |
|
Secretary of Agriculture |
| Robert H.
Lounsberry (Rep) |
11,244 |
55% |
| James D. Jordan (Dem) |
8,711 |
42% |
| James Dubert |
532 |
3% |
| scattered write in |
15 |
|
|
Attorney General |
| Tom Miller (Dem) |
14,622 |
67% |
| Richard C. Turner (Rep) |
6,761 |
31% |
| Steve Wilson |
357 |
2% |
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
State Senate, District 13 |
| Nick Berry (Dem) |
1,345 |
53% |
| A.R. Bud Kudart
(Rep) |
1,213 |
47% |
|
State Senate, District 37 |
| Arthur A. Small
Jr. (Dem) |
10,781 |
64% |
| Victor V. Woolums II (Rep) |
5,817 |
34% |
| David Manuel (Socialist) |
357 |
2% |
| scattered write in |
5 |
|
|
State Representative, District 24 |
| Herbert Hinkhouse
(Dem) |
464 |
69% |
| Vic Stueland (Rep) |
204 |
31% |
|
State Representative, District 25 |
| John Patchett
(Dem) |
1,533 |
58% |
| Michael D. Jones (Rep) |
1,118 |
42% |
|
State Representative, District 72 |
| Linda Svoboda (Dem) |
416 |
57% |
| Phillip E. Tyrell
(Rep) |
311 |
43% |
| scattered write in |
1 |
|
|
State Representative, District 73 |
| Jean Lloyd-Jones
(Dem) |
4,444 |
62% |
| Wes Dunbar (Rep) |
2,549 |
35% |
| David A. Smithers |
226 |
3% |
| scattered write in |
7 |
|
|
State Representative, District 74 (Full Term) |
| Dale Hibbs (Rep) |
4,456 |
53% |
| Pat Gilroy (Dem) |
3,996 |
47% |
|
State Representative, District 74 (Unexpired
Term)
|
| Dale Hibbs (Rep) |
4,701 |
53% |
| Pat Gilroy (Dem) |
4,149 |
47% |
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
Special election required by resignation of
Rep. William Hargrave.
|
|
State Representative, District 75 |
| Betty Hoffmann
(Rep) |
186 |
56% |
| Jim Kramer (Dem) |
148 |
44% |
|
County Treasurer |
| Donald J. Krall
(Dem) |
14,235 |
|
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
County Recorder |
| John E. O'Neill
(Dem) |
13,867 |
|
| scattered write in |
2 |
|
|
County Attorney |
| Jack W. Dooley
(Dem) |
13,808 |
|
| scattered write in |
17 |
|
|
County Board of Supervisors - 2 Year Term
|
| Janet Shipton
(Dem) |
10,543 |
52% |
| Hal D. Knowling (Rep) |
9,830 |
48% |
| scattered write in |
8 |
|
|
In 1976 Johnson
County voters approved an expansion of the Board of Supervisors from three
to five members effective with this election.
|
|
County Board of Supervisors - 4 Year Term
(2 to be elected) |
| Harold M.
Donnelly (Dem) |
12,585 |
53.52% |
| Dennis J.
Langenberg (Dem) |
10,889 |
46.30% |
| H. John Dane Jr. (Rep) |
10,878 |
46.26% |
| scattered write in |
21 |
|
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State Constitutional Amendment: County Home Rule
Article III, legislative department,
Constitution of the State of Iowa is hereby amended by adding the following
new section:
Counties home rule. Sec. 39A. Counties or
joint county-municipal corporation governments are granted home rule power
and authority, not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly, to
determine their local affairs and government, except that they shall not
have power to levy any tax unless expressly authorized by the general
assembly. The general assembly may provide for the creation and dissolution
of joint county-municipal corporation governments. The general assembly may
provide for the establishment of charters in county or joint-municipal
corporation governments.
If the power or authority of a county
conflicts with the power and authority of a municipal corporation, the power
and authority exercised by a municipal corporation shall prevail within its
jurisdiction.
The proposition or rule of law that a
county or joint county-municipal corporation government possesses and can
exercise only those powers granted in express words is not a part of the law
of this state.
|
 Yes |
11,485 |
72% |
| No |
4,375 |
28% |
|
Iowa City Hotel Motel Tax
Shall the City of Iowa City, Iowa, be authorized to
impose a 5 percent tax upon the gross receipts from the renting of any and
all rooms, apartments, or sleeping quarters within the corporate limits of
the City of Iowa City, Iowa? |
| Yes |
4,678 |
37% |
| No |
8,032 |
63% |
|
Iowa City Library Bond (60% required)
Shall the City of Iowa City, Iowa, issue its bonds in
an amount not exceeding the amount of $3,500,000 for the purpose of
acquiring, constructing and equipping a city public library? |
| Yes |
8,424 |
63% |
| No |
5,007 |
37% |
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