Iowa 1978 Governor Election

Name: Iowa 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Jerome D. Fitzgerald vs. Robert E. Ray

Robert E. Ray won the Iowa 1978 governor election with 491,713 votes (58.3%), a margin of R+17.3.

Statewide Results

41.0%

58.3%

345,519

Jerome D. Fitzgerald (41.0%)

491,713

Robert E. Ray (58.3%)

Total Votes: 843,190|Margin: R+17.3

County Results

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County Results (99 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
CARROLL	D+11.6	R+11.6	R+0.6	6,217	R+0.7%
WEBSTER	D+7.2	R+6.8	D+1.6	14,670	D+19.9%
DUBUQUE	D+5.2	D+0.1	D+6.4	27,864	R+1.1%
CLARKE	D+4.0	R+18.2	R+5.4	3,194	D+8.0%
MONROE	D+3.7	R+3.3	D+9.7	3,118	D+7.4%
DAVIS	D+3.0	R+8.0	D+5.5	2,990	D+5.7%
WAPELLO	D+1.6	D+8.2	D+19.4	11,581	D+5.8%
DECATUR	R+2.6	R+3.5	R+0.1	3,599	D+8.5%
LUCAS	R+2.6	R+12.3	R+4.1	3,305	D+3.5%
PALO ALTO	R+3.0	R+9.4	D+5.2	4,136	D+9.5%
DALLAS	R+4.1	R+7.6	D+3.8	8,500	D+10.4%
POLK	R+5.4	R+1.5	D+2.7	88,810	D+8.1%
APPANOOSE	R+5.5	R+11.5	R+1.8	4,976	D+9.2%
WARREN	R+6.1	R+4.8	R+0.6	10,091	D+5.0%
BOONE	R+7.0	R+5.0	D+6.0	8,624	D+4.3%
POCAHONTAS	R+8.4	R+21.7	R+2.8	3,820	D+10.1%
MADISON	R+8.8	R+12.9	R+1.6	4,615	D+5.0%
KEOKUK	R+9.6	R+12.6	R+4.7	4,329	D+1.5%
WOODBURY	R+10.5	R+17.6	R+9.6	26,557	R+3.3%
WAYNE	R+10.6	R+14.5	R+3.3	2,815	D+7.5%
MARION	R+10.7	R+8.7	R+6.9	7,465	D+5.9%
GUTHRIE	R+11.9	R+24.4	R+5.0	3,990	R+0.7%
MAHASKA	R+12.0	R+16.2	R+19.2	7,288	D+8.4%
GREENE	R+12.4	R+15.9	D+4.5	4,385	D+7.6%
CALHOUN	R+12.4	R+23.4	R+13.1	4,990	D+8.0%
CHICKASAW	R+12.4	R+13.4	R+6.9	5,226	R+11.0%
LINN	R+13.1	R+5.5	R+3.2	46,797	R+2.6%
LEE	R+13.2	R+3.2	D+0.9	10,378	R+1.2%
ADAMS	R+13.7	R+28.1	R+16.4	2,328	D+9.1%
UNION	R+14.0	R+19.9	R+10.8	3,975	D+2.9%
CRAWFORD	R+14.1	R+29.8	R+14.4	4,795	R+25.7%
RINGGOLD	R+14.3	R+22.6	D+2.6	2,244	D+15.1%
JONES	R+14.4	R+11.1	R+12.3	6,788	R+4.3%
JASPER	R+14.8	R+6.1	R+3.3	11,319	D+0.4%
ADAIR	R+14.9	R+29.2	R+13.8	3,483	R+0.1%
KOSSUTH	R+15.0	R+17.1	R+0.3	7,782	D+0.2%
TAYLOR	R+15.8	R+35.3	R+24.8	2,658	D+8.4%
HUMBOLDT	R+16.0	R+29.4	R+16.9	4,517	D+8.8%
MONONA	R+16.1	R+30.4	R+11.8	3,367	R+23.6%
IOWA	R+16.2	R+20.6	R+21.2	5,330	R+3.9%
BLACK HAWK	R+16.8	R+3.4	R+1.2	39,549	R+4.3%
WRIGHT	R+16.9	R+18.1	R+10.4	4,744	D+4.2%
TAMA	R+17.1	R+20.8	R+9.1	6,134	R+4.3%
DES MOINES	R+17.3	D+4.0	D+7.7	12,433	R+8.4%
FREMONT	R+18.1	R+36.1	R+30.4	2,761	R+1.9%
BENTON	R+18.2	R+10.4	R+5.4	7,317	R+11.2%
HENRY	R+19.3	R+13.2	R+14.3	4,927	D+12.4%
POWESHIEK	R+19.4	R+11.7	R+6.9	6,329	R+0.3%
HARRISON	R+19.5	R+33.3	R+27.0	4,670	R+36.8%
AUDUBON	R+19.5	R+22.4	R+10.8	2,687	R+14.4%
HOWARD	R+19.8	R+13.6	R+11.9	4,492	R+15.6%
CLAYTON	R+19.8	R+19.7	R+18.5	7,211	D+1.1%
BUCHANAN	R+20.1	R+15.2	R+9.1	6,457	R+10.7%
MARSHALL	R+20.8	R+18.3	R+10.2	13,206	D+7.5%
CLINTON	R+20.9	R+13.2	R+10.5	16,816	R+0.9%
DELAWARE	R+21.0	R+21.1	R+20.1	4,770	R+3.1%
SCOTT	R+21.9	R+12.2	R+7.7	40,449	D+7.6%
FAYETTE	R+22.4	R+17.3	R+16.2	8,490	R+5.1%
IDA	R+22.6	R+36.5	R+25.2	3,371	R+9.1%
VAN BUREN	R+23.6	R+22.6	R+14.1	2,325	D+3.5%
HAMILTON	R+23.9	R+24.2	R+12.3	6,022	D+5.5%
CHEROKEE	R+24.2	R+18.2	R+9.3	5,164	R+1.9%
JACKSON	R+24.4	R+11.0	R+4.4	6,376	R+1.0%
HARDIN	R+24.7	R+15.8	R+7.4	6,876	D+3.2%
FLOYD	R+25.5	R+11.3	R+2.2	6,116	R+9.7%
SAC	R+25.6	R+27.9	R+16.3	3,718	R+6.3%
PLYMOUTH	R+26.4	R+34.3	R+30.1	6,844	R+9.8%
SHELBY	R+26.7	R+34.8	R+29.2	4,264	R+31.8%
BUENA VISTA	R+27.7	R+18.6	R+11.5	6,781	R+1.1%
JOHNSON	R+28.0	D+15.1	D+16.3	23,049	R+3.8%
STORY	R+28.1	R+6.2	R+4.0	23,056	D+13.0%
POTTAWATTAMIE	R+28.4	R+28.7	R+27.0	18,825	R+25.1%
CERRO GORDO	R+28.5	R+8.0	D+1.6	14,498	R+15.1%
WORTH	R+28.7	R+12.2	D+6.5	3,133	R+13.8%
FRANKLIN	R+28.8	R+24.1	R+14.1	3,668	D+6.4%
EMMET	R+30.4	R+15.9	R+3.5	3,890	R+1.9%
WASHINGTON	R+30.6	R+14.3	R+19.7	4,805	R+0.4%
DICKINSON	R+31.1	R+18.9	R+14.5	4,522	D+0.3%
CLAY	R+31.3	R+14.8	R+8.1	5,913	D+2.9%
MUSCATINE	R+32.2	R+14.7	R+20.3	8,058	D+4.3%
HANCOCK	R+32.6	R+28.9	R+13.9	3,907	R+10.8%
JEFFERSON	R+33.3	R+20.9	R+22.9	4,275	R+0.3%
ALLAMAKEE	R+33.6	R+27.8	R+27.0	4,192	R+8.1%
OSCEOLA	R+33.9	R+32.3	R+32.9	2,057	R+3.8%
CEDAR	R+33.9	R+23.2	R+19.8	5,255	R+4.1%
MILLS	R+33.9	R+45.1	R+46.7	3,262	R+9.8%
WINNESHIEK	R+34.1	R+19.7	R+17.1	5,682	R+9.1%
BREMER	R+34.5	R+28.1	R+25.4	6,461	R+0.5%
CASS	R+34.8	R+39.6	R+35.0	5,235	R+8.1%
MONTGOMERY	R+36.4	R+42.3	R+43.2	3,781	D+6.9%
MITCHELL	R+37.0	R+23.2	R+10.7	4,177	R+19.3%
LOUISA	R+37.1	R+18.1	R+15.2	2,677	R+6.9%
GRUNDY	R+37.1	R+39.5	R+40.1	4,361	R+4.9%
BUTLER	R+39.8	R+38.2	R+32.5	4,238	R+5.9%
OBRIEN	R+41.9	R+35.1	R+33.4	4,490	R+5.1%
PAGE	R+42.1	R+49.2	R+50.6	4,914	R+6.6%
LYON	R+44.5	R+47.0	R+49.2	3,560	R+4.5%
WINNEBAGO	R+46.3	R+24.7	R+15.0	4,433	R+14.6%
SIOUX	R+57.5	R+57.0	R+63.5	8,601	R+4.1%

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