1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Iowa Senate District 39
Iowa State Senate · Iowa
Floyd Gilley (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating H. L. Heying (D) by 5.2 points.
Floyd GilleyRepublican · winner
52.6%10,662
H. L. HeyingDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%9,599
20,261 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET