November 7, 1972 General Election

Records do not list total voters. Highest number of votes cast was 36,222 in the presidential race.

President and Vice President
George McGovern/R Sargent Shriver (Dem) 20922 (58%)
Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (Rep) 14823 (41%)
John Schmitz/Thomas J Anderson (American) 360 (1%)
Gus Hall/Jarvis Tyner (Communist) 50 (0%)
Linda Jenness/Andrew Pulley (Soc. Work.) 29 (0%)
Gabriel Green/Daniel Fry (Universal) 12 (0%)
Louis Fisher/Genevieve Gunderson (Soc. Labor) 11 (0%)
scattered write in 15 (0%)


US Senator
Dick Clark (Dem) 25067 (70%)
Jack Miller (Rep) 10484 (29%)
William A Rocap Jr (American) 157 (0%)
Fred Richard Benton 31 (0%)


US Representative, 1st District
Ed Mezvinsky (Dem) 21750 (61%)
Fred Schwengel (Rep) 13819 (39%)
Lee E. Foster (American) 242 (1%)
scattered write in 6 (0%)


Governor of Iowa
Robert D. Ray (Rep) 19802 (55%)
Paul Franzenburg (Dem) 15696 (44%)
Robert D. Dilley (American) 296 (1%)
write in 6


Lieutenant Governor
William Gannon (Dem) 17954 (52%)
Arthur A. Neu (Rep) 16309 (48%)


Secretary of State
Daryl E. Beall (Dem) 17629 (54%)
Melvin D. Synhorst (Rep) 14957 (46%)


Auditor of State
F. Harold Forret (Dem) 17068 (53%)
Lloyd R. Smith (Rep) 15192 (47%)


Treasurer of State
Albert L. Anderson (Dem) 18311 (58%)
Maurice E. Baringer (Rep) 13308 (42%)


Secretary of Agriculture
Kenneth E. Owen (Dem) 19637 (62%)
Robert H. Lounsberry (Rep) 12282 (38%)
scattered write in 3


Attorney General
James H. Reynolds (Dem) 19820 (60%)
Richard C. Turner (Rep) 13356 (40%)
scattered write in 2


State Senate, District 12
Barbara Marland (Dem) 510 (54%)
Clifton C. Lamborn (Rep) 432 (46%)


State Senate, District 13
Tom Riley (Rep) 1834 (53%)
John M. Ely Jr. (Dem) 1606 (47%)


State Senate, District 36
Charles F. Balloun (Rep) 517 (50%)
Joan Orr (Dem) 516 (50%)


State Senate, District 37
Minnette Doderer (Dem) 18584 (65%)
Marion R. Neely (Rep) 9964 (35%)


State Senate, District 38
W.R. Rabedeaux (Rep) 319 (56%)
Eleanor Austey (Dem) 249 (44%)


State Representative, District 24
Doris I. Kolvoord (Dem) 452 (50%)
Edgar H. Holden (Rep) 449 (50%)


State Representative, District 25
John Patchett (Dem) 2462 (66%)
Ivor W. Stanley (Rep) 1243 (34%)


State Representative, District 72
Donald J. Friedman (Dem) 527 (52%)
Raymon D. Logue (Rep) 487 (48%)


State Representative, District 73
Arthur Small Jr (Dem) 9114 (61%)
Dave Stroder (Rep) 5923 (39%)


State Representative, District 74
William Hargrave (Dem) 8885 (63%)
Don Graham (Rep) 5234 (37%)
write in 2


State Representative, District 75
David Stanley (Rep) 372 (62%)
Robert Johnson (Dem) 228 (38%)


County Auditor
Dolores Rogers (Dem) 19842 (59%)
Mildred Eggers (Rep) 13944 (41%)
scattered write in 13


Clerk of Court
Ernest Wombacher (Dem) 21178 (65%)
Phyllis Goddard (Rep) 11338 (35%)


County Attorney
Carl Goetz (Dem) 19262 (59%)
Mike Bradley (Rep) 13315 (41%)
scattered write in 3


Sheriff
Gary Hughes (Rep) 17155 (48%)
William A. Kidwell (Dem) 13401 (38%)
Timothy Kane 5063 (14%)
scattered write in 3


County Board of Supervisors, 1973 Term
Richard Bartel (Dem) 14926 (45%)
P.C. Walters (Rep) 14823 (44%)
Ralph Prybil (Nom. Pet.) 3737 (11%)


County Board of Supervisors, 1974 Term
Lorada Cilek (Dem) 19498 (59%)
Jerry Zaiser (Rep) 13449 (41%)


State Constitutional Amendment - Retirement of judges for disability
Yes 26716 (92%)
No 2432 (8%)


State Constitutional Amendment - 4 year terms for state offices
Yes 21798 (75%)
No 7339 (25%)


State Constitutional Amendment -  Lotteries
Yes 21731 (73%)
No 8007 (27%)


Kent Park
Yes 17766 (61%)
No 11123 (39%)