1950 United States Senate election in Iowa

The 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Albert J. Loveland.

Primary elections were held on June 5. Senator Hickenlooper faced nominal opposition for re-nomination in the Republican primary, while Loveland won a plurality over a five-man Democratic field including former Governor Nelson G. Kraschel and former U.S. Representative Otha Wearin.

Candidates

 * Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945
 * Harry B. Thompson
 * Earl F. Wisdom

Candidates

 * Nelson G. Kraschel, former Governor of Iowa (1937–1939)
 * Albert J. Loveland, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture
 * Alvin P. Meyer
 * Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate
 * W.M. Shaw, candidate for U.S. House in 1938
 * Otha Wearin, former U.S. Representative from Glenwood (1933–1939)

Results
After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election as a States' Rights candidate.

Candidates

 * Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
 * Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition)
 * Albert J. Loveland, United States Undersecretary of Agriculture (Democratic)
 * Leslie O. Ludwig (Socialist Labor)
 * Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate (States' Rights)