August 1, 1972 Primary Election
Primary delayed from traditional June date due to redistricting.
Democratic Party
US Senator
Dick Clark 5328 (100%)
write in 1
US Representative, 1st District
Edward Mezvinsky 4390 (59%)
John Schmidhauser 3021 (41%)
write in 1
Governor of Iowa
John Tapscott 3658 (52%)
Paul Franzenburg 3371 (48%)
Lieutenant Governor
William Gannon 5410 (100%)
write in 1
Secretary of State
Daryl E. Beall 4777 (100%)
write in 1
Auditor of State
F. Harold Forret 4740 (100%)
write in 1
Treasurer of State
Albert L. Anderson 4826 (100%)
write in 1
Secretary of Agriculture
Kenneth E. Owen 2889 (53%)
James L. Murphy 2520 (47%)
scattered write in 3
Attorney General
James H. Reynolds 4623 (100%)
scattered write in 1
State Senate, District 12
Barbara Marland 162 (100%)
State Senate, District 13
John M. Ely Jr. 645 (100%)
State Senate, District 36
Janet McCune Moseby 194 (70%)
Joan Orr 82 (30%)
State Senate, District 37
Minnette Doderer 3811 (68%)
Donald J. Schliesman Jr. 1792 (32%)
State Senate, District 38
Eleanor Austey 110 (100%)
State Representative, District 24
Doris I. Kolvoord 166 (100%)
State Representative, District 25
John Patchett 696 (81%)
Richard M. Radl 163 (19%)
State Representative, District 72
Donald J. Friedman 225 (100%)
State Representative, District 73
Arthur Small Jr 1630 (100%)
State Representative, District 74
William Hargrave 1701 (53%)
Joseph Johnston 1537 (47%)
State Representative, District 75
Robert Johnson 127 (100%)
County Attorney
Carl Goetz 4956 (100%)
write in 3 (0%)
County Auditor
Dolores Rogers 5430 (100%)
write in 9 (0%)
Clerk of Court
E.J. Wombacher 3835 (61%)
Harold E. Smith 2416 (39%)
Sheriff
William A. Kidwell 3746 (52%)
Maynard Schneider 3513 (48%)
scattered write in 5
County Board of Supervisors (1973 term)
Richard Bartel 2857 (40%)
William C. Hubbard 2210 (31%)
Ralph Prybil 2040 (28%)
County Board of Supervisors (1974 term)
Lorada Cilek 3248 (45%)
Robert Lenz 1487 (21%)
Ed Kessler 1471 (20%)
Matt Eckermann 983 (14%)
Republican Party
US Senator
Jack Miller 2032 (86%)
Ralph Scott 318 (14%)
scattered write in 2
US Representative, 1st District
Fred Schwengel 2192 (100%)
scattered write in 8
Governor of Iowa
Robert Ray 2256 (100%)
Lieutenant Governor
Arthur Neu 1569 (68%)
William H. Harbor 736 (32%)
Secretary of State
Melvin D. Synhorst 2046 (100%)
Auditor of State
Lloyd R. Smith 1960
write in 1
Treasurer of State
Maurice E. Baringer 1920 (100%)
write in 1
Secretary of Agriculture
Robert H. Lounsberry 1359 (65%)
Neil H. Stadlman 721 (35%)
Attorney General
Richard C. Turner 1765 (100%)
write in 5
State Senate, District 12
Clifton C. Lamborn 58 (100%)
State Senate, District 13
Tom Riley 246 (100%)
State Senate, District 36
Charles F. Balloun 64 (100%)
State Senate, District 37
Marion R. Neely 1570 (100%)
write in 1
State Senate, District 38
W.R. Rabedeaux 44 (100%)
State Representative, District 24
Edgar H. Holden 45 (55%)
William Penningroth 37 (45%)
State Representative, District 25
Ivor W. Stanley 240 (100%)
State Representative, District 72
Raymon D. Logue 59 (100%)
State Representative, District 73
Dave Stroder 663 (100%)
State Representative, District 74
Don Graham 141
State Representative, District 75
David Stanley 50 (100%)
Scattered Republican Write Ins for County Offices
Auditor 40
Clerk Of Court 158
Sheriff 14
County Attorney 38
Board of Supervisors (1973) 89
Board of Supervisors (1974) 103
American Party
The American Party won official party status following the 1968 presidential election and lost party status following the 1972 general election.
US Senator
William A. Rocap Jr. 28 (100%)
US Representative, 1st District
Lee E. Foster 26 (100%)
Governor of Iowa
Robert D. Dilley 27 (100%)