The 1912 Iowa Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1912 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in 29 of the senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa Senate.
A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the 1912 elections is provided by the Iowa General Assemblyhere.
The primary election on June 3, 1912, determined which candidates appeared on the November 5, 1912 general election ballot.[1][2]
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 34 seats to Democrats' 16 seats.
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 10 Senate seats.
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1912 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 32 seats and Democrats having 18 seats (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats).
Summary of Results
Note: 21 districts with holdover Senators not up for re-election are not listed on this table.
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).[5][6]
Originally the 1912 general election in the nineteenth senatorial district was deemed a victory for Democrat Mack C. Goodwin.[a] Goodwin would serve for a month in 1913.[b] However, the senators would remove Goodwin and replace him with Republican Clem F. Kimball following Kimball's contestation of the results.[c]
^ abOriginally, Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was declared the victor of the general election in the 19th senatorial district. Goodwin would serve in the Iowa Senate from January 13 to February 14, 1913. However, Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the election results. The state senators decided in Kimball's favor, removed Goodwin, and installed Kimball in the seat.[3]
^ abDemocrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate after Republican Clem F. Kimball contested the results.
^ abRepublican Clem F. Kimball was installed in the 19th district senate seat after Democrat Mack C. Goodwin was removed by the members of the senate. The senators agreed with Republican Clem F. Kimball, who contested the election's results.
^ abCoburn won the Republican primary, but he ran as a Socialist in the general election.
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