The 1934 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1934 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 22 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 1934 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 4, 1934, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6, 1934 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans and Democrats each held 25 seats. Lieutenant Governor Nelson Kraschel was a Democrat and wielded power as President of the Iowa Senate. Following a special election in 1933 in district 45, Republicans flipped the forty-fifth district to their party. Therefore, on election day in November 1934, Republicans held 26 seats to Democrats' 24.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 2 Senate seats.
Democrats gained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1934 general election with the balance of power shifting to Democrats holding 28 seats and Republicans having 22 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results Note: The 28 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Joseph R. Frailey Rep Timothy Francis Driscoll Dem 7th Frank Iradelle Coykendall Dem Paul Lambert Millhone Rep 9th Clyde Hamilton Topping Rep James M. Bell Dem 10th William Carden Rep Arthur Claire Dewey Rep 12th Frank M. Beatty Rep Eugene Irving Mason Dem 13th Roy E. Stevens Dem Roy E. Stevens Dem 18th Charles D. Booth Rep Charles E. Malone Dem 20th Edwin R. Hicklin Rep Elmer Primer Corwin Rep 21st David W. Kimberly Rep David W. Kimberly Rep 22nd Harold L. Irwin Dem Harold L. Irwin Dem 29th D. Myron Tripp Dem John W. Billingsley Rep 30th George Allison Wilson Rep George Allison Wilson Rep 33rd Warren F. Miller Dem George L. Parker Rep 34th Oliver P. Bennett Rep Andrew Bell Dem 35th Howard C. Baldwin Dem Howard C. Baldwin Dem 37th Irving H. Knudson Rep Irving H. Knudson Rep 38th Edward J. Wenner Rep John Peter Berg Rep 42nd William Henry Klemme Rep Samuel D. Goetsch Dem 44th Lafe Hill Rep Edward P. Donohue Rep 45th Richard V. Leo Rep Henry Julius Grunewald Dem 48th I. G. Chrystal Dem I. G. Chrystal Dem 50th William Robert Ritchie Rep Albert Josiah Shaw Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 28 districts that did not hold elections in 1934 are not listed here. District 1 • District 7 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 18 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 29 • District 30 • District 33 • 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 7
District 9
District 10
District 12
District 13
District 18
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 29
District 30
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 37
District 38
District 42
District 44
District 45
District 48
District 50
See also United States elections, 1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1934 Elections in Iowa
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