The 1930 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1930 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 21 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 1930 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assembly here.
The primary election on June 2, 1930, determined which candidates appeared on the November 4, 1930 general election ballot.
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 48 seats to Democrats' 2 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 24 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1930 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 44 seats and Democrats having 6 seats (a net gain of 4 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results Note: The 29 holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
State Senate DistrictIncumbent PartyElected Senator Party 1st Joseph R. Frailey Rep Joseph R. Frailey Rep 7th Denver Loring Wilson Rep Frank Iradelle Coykendall Rep 9th Clyde Hamilton Topping Rep Clyde Hamilton Topping Rep 10th William Carden Rep William Carden Rep 12th Frank M. Beatty Rep Frank M. Beatty Rep 13th Frank B. Shane Rep Roy E. Stevens Dem 18th Charles D. Booth Rep Charles D. Booth Rep 20th Ralph U. Thompson Dem Edwin R. Hicklin Rep 21st David W. Kimberly Rep David W. Kimberly Rep 22nd John O. Shaff Rep Harold L. Irwin Dem 29th A. H. Bergman Rep Oliver Perry Myers Dem 30th George Allison Wilson Rep George Allison Wilson Rep 34th Oliver P. Bennett Rep Oliver P. Bennett Rep 35th Otto F. Lange Rep Matt D. Cooney Dem 37th Oscar Ulstad Rep Irving H. Knudson Rep 38th Charles Theodore Rogers Rep Edward J. Wenner Rep 42nd William Henry Klemme Rep William Henry Klemme Rep 44th Ansel Taylor Brookins Rep Lafe Hill Rep 45th Samuel Albert Brush Rep Harry Cook White Dem 48th John Grant Merritt Rep Lewis Thomas Quirk Rep 50th Fred Cramer Gilchrist Rep William Robert Ritchie Rep
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Detailed Results NOTE: The 29 districts that did not hold elections in 1930 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 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 Though Coykendall won the general election running as a Democrat, he switched parties to Republican as he was sworn into the Iowa State Senate.
District 9
District 10
District 12
District 13
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
See also United States elections, 1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 1930 Elections in Iowa
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