2010 Iowa gubernatorial election

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2010 Iowa gubernatorial election
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Nominee Terry Branstad Chet Culver
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Kim Reynolds Patty Judge
Popular vote592,494 [1] 484,798 [1]
Percentage52.8%43.2%
2010 Iowa gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Branstad:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Culver:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Chet Culver
Democratic

Elected Governor

Terry Branstad
Republican

The 2010 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor, to serve a four-year term beginning on January 14, 2011. In Iowa, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ballot.

Contents

The two major party candidates were first-term incumbent governor Chet Culver, a Democrat, who ran for re-election with first-term incumbent lieutenant governor Patty Judge, and former four-term governor Terry Branstad, who won a three-way primary for the Republican nomination and ran with State Senator Kim Reynolds.

Branstad defeated Culver in the general election, becoming the first challenger to unseat an incumbent Iowa governor since Harold Hughes in 1962. [1] [2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chet Culver (incumbent) 56,293 95.69
Democratic Write-ins2,5344.31
Total votes58,827 100

Republican primary

Candidates

On ballot

As listed by the Iowa Secretary of State's office: [4]

Withdrew

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredTerry
Branstad		Bob
Vander Plaats		Rod
Roberts
Selzer & Co. Inc of Des Moines Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today June 1–3, 201057%29%8%
Public Policy Polling May 25–27, 201046%31%13%

Results

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Results by county:
  Branstad
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Plaats
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Roberts
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Terry Branstad 114,450 50.30
Republican Bob Vander Plaats93,05840.90
Republican Rod Roberts19,8968.74
Republican Write-ins1210.05
Total votes227,525 100

General election

Branstad and Culver at a debate Debate (5103504072).jpg
Branstad and Culver at a debate

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [17] Likely R (flip)October 14, 2010
Rothenberg [18] Likely R (flip)October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [19] Likely R (flip)November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] Likely R (flip)October 28, 2010
CQ Politics [21] TossupOctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredChet
Culver (D)		Terry
Branstad (R)
Rasmussen Reports September 23, 201037%55%
Rasmussen Reports August 5, 201036%52%
Rasmussen Reports June 14, 201031%57%
Public Policy Polling May 25–27, 201037%52%
KCCI-TV May 3–5, 201041%48%
Rasmussen Reports April 29, 201038%53%
Rasmussen Reports March 17, 201036%52%
Rasmussen Reports February 18, 201037%53%
KCCI-TV February 15–17, 201038%54%
Selzer & Co. of Des Moines Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today January 31 – February 3, 201033%53%
Selzer & Co. of Des Moines Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today November 8–11, 200933%57%
Daily Kos/Research 2000 October 12–14, 200943%48%
Rasmussen Reports September 22, 200934%54%
Iowa First Foundation July 23–July 26, 200934%53%
Concordia Group LLC July 200937%53%

Results

2010 Iowa gubernatorial election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Terry Branstad 592,494 52.81% +8.43%
Democratic Chet Culver (incumbent)484,79843.21%-10.81%
Iowa Party [15] Jonathan Narcisse20,8591.86%n/a
Libertarian Eric Cooper14,3981.28%+0.74%
Independent [11] Gregory Hughes3,8840.35%n/a
Socialist Workers David Rosenfeld [16] 2,7570.25%+0.06%
Write-in 2,8230.25%n/a
Total votes1,122,013 100.00% n/a
Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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