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1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1968 election for Iowa Senate District 44

Iowa State Senate · Iowa

Wayne Keith (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Donald W. Murray (D) by 8.0 points.

Wayne KeithRepublican · winner
54.0%8,102
Donald W. MurrayDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%6,903
15,005 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

EvenR+34.11980R+1.31984R+6.91988D+20.71992R+21.21996R+30.12000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET