Year[4] |
Party Affiliation |
Winner |
Number of Votes |
Party Affiliation |
Loser |
Number of Votes |
Percentage of Votes |
1920 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
38,100 |
Democrat |
E.W. McManus |
20,977 |
64% - 36% |
1922 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
26,651 |
Democrat |
John M. Lindley |
14,056 |
65% - 34% |
1924 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
42,711 |
Democrat |
James M. Bell |
17,110 |
71% - 29% |
1926 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
27,358 |
Democrat |
James M. Bell |
11,408 |
71% - 29% |
1928 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
45,806 |
N/A |
No Opponent |
N/A |
100% - 0% |
1930 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
27,053 |
Democrat |
Max A. Conrad |
15,538 |
63% - 36% |
1932 |
Democrat |
Edward C. Eicher |
55,378 |
Republican |
William F. Kopp |
46,738 |
54% - 46% |
1934 |
Democrat |
Edward C. Eicher |
48,544 |
Republican |
E. R. Hicklin |
39,047 |
55% - 44% |
1936 |
Democrat |
Edward C. Eicher |
55,721 |
Republican |
John N. Calhoun |
53,474 |
51% - 49% |
1938 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
46,636 |
Democrat |
James P. Gaffney |
33,765 |
58% - 42% |
1940 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
70,120 |
Democrat |
Mrs. Zoe S. Nabers |
46,040 |
60% - 40% |
1942 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
55,139 |
Democrat |
Vern W. Nall |
32,893 |
61% - 37% |
1944 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
72,729 |
Democrat |
Clair A. Williams |
60,048 |
55% - 45% |
1946 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
52,488 |
Democrat |
Clair A. Williams |
32,849 |
62% - 38% |
1948 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
70,959 |
Democrat |
James D. France |
60,860 |
53% - 46% |
1950 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
70,058 |
Democrat |
James D. France |
43,140 |
62% - 38% |
1952 |
Republican |
Thomas E. Martin |
105,526 |
Democrat |
Clair A. Williams |
62,011 |
63% - 37% |
1954 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
67,128 |
Democrat |
John O'Connor |
50,577 |
57% - 43% |
1956 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
94,223 |
Democrat |
Ronald O. Bramhall |
68,287 |
58% - 42% |
1958 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
59,577 |
Democrat |
Thomas J. Dailey |
51,996 |
53% - 47% |
1960 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
104,737 |
Democrat |
Walter J. Guenther |
67,287 |
61% - 39% |
1962 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
65,975 |
Democrat |
Harold Stephens |
42,000 |
61% - 39% |
1964 |
Democrat |
John R. Schmidhauser |
84,042 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
80,697 |
51% - 49% |
1966 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
64,795 |
Democrat |
John R. Schmidhauser |
60,534 |
51% - 48% |
1968 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
91,419 |
Democrat |
John R. Schmidhauser |
81,049 |
53% - 47% |
1970 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
60,270 |
Democrat |
Edward Mezvinsky |
59,505 |
50% - 49% |
1972 |
Democrat |
Edward Mezvinsky |
107,099 |
Republican |
Fred Schwengel |
91,609 |
53% - 46% |
1974 |
Democrat |
Edward Mezvinsky |
75,687 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
63,540 |
54% - 46% |
1976 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
109,694 |
Democrat |
Edward Mezvinsky |
101,024 |
52% - 48% |
1978 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
79,940 |
Democrat |
Richard E. Meyers |
45,037 |
63% - 36% |
1980 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
133,349 |
Democrat |
Jim Larew |
72,602 |
64% - 35% |
1982 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
89,595 |
Democrat |
Bill Gluba |
61,734 |
59% - 41% |
1984 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
131,182 |
Democrat |
Kevin Ready |
65,293 |
68% - 33% |
1986 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
86,834 |
Democrat |
John R. Whitaker |
43,985 |
66% - 34% |
1988 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
112,746 |
Democrat |
Bill Gluba |
71,280 |
61% - 38% |
1990 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
90,042 |
Scattering |
Scattering |
151 |
99% - 1% |
1992 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
178,042 |
Democrat |
Jan J. Zonneveld |
81,600 |
68% - 31% |
1994 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
110,448 |
Democrat |
Glen Winekauf |
69,461 |
60% - 38% |
1996 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
129,242 |
Democrat |
Bob Rush |
111,595 |
53% - 46% |
1998 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
106,419 |
Democrat |
Bob Rush |
79,529 |
57% - 42% |
2000 |
Republican |
James A. Leach |
164,972 |
Democrat |
Bob Simpson |
96,283 |
62% - 36% |
2002 |
Republican |
Jim Nussle |
112,280 |
Democrat |
Ann Hutchinson |
83,779 |
57% - 43% |
2004 |
Republican |
Jim Nussle |
159,993 |
Democrat |
Bill Gluba |
125,490 |
55% - 44% |
2006 |
Democrat |
Bruce Braley |
113,724 |
Republican |
Mike Whalen |
89,471 |
56% - 44% |
2008 |
Democrat |
Bruce Braley |
178,229 |
Republican |
David Hartsuch |
99,447 |
64% - 35% |
2010 |
Democrat |
Bruce Braley |
103,931[5] |
Republican |
Ben Lange |
99,976 |
49% - 48% |