ɪn ɐ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ᵻlˈɛkʃən ɪnwˌɪtʃ dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk pɹˈɛzɪdənt hˈæɹi ˈɛs. tɹˈuːmən sɚpɹˈaɪzɪŋli kˈæɹid ˈaɪəwə ænd ˈaɪəwə dˈɛməkɹˌæt ɡˈaɪ dʒɪlˈɛt ˈaʊstᵻd ɹᵻpˈʌblɪkən dʒˈɔːɹdʒ ˈeɪ. wˈɪlsən fɹʌmðə jˈuː.ˈɛs. sˈɛnət, ɡɹˈoʊs wˈʌn hɪz fˈɜːst ʌv mˈɛni lˈændslaɪd vˈɪktɚɹiz.
In a 1948 general election in which Democratic President Harry S. Truman surprisingly carried Iowa and Iowa Democrat Guy Gillette ousted Republican George A. Wilson from the U.S. Senate, Gross won his first of many landslide victories.