1912 Iowa Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1912 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?

George W. Clarke won the 1912 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. George W. Clarke received 184,150 popular votes (39.93%). The main challenger was Edward G. Dunn (39.56%).

See the full head-to-head between Clarke and Dunn

Clarke +0.4 pts · won by 1,701 votes
184,150 votes
182,449 votes
John L. StevensProgressive15.59%
71,879 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.