2014 Iowa Attorney General election

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2014 Iowa Attorney General election
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 2010November 4, 2014 2018  
  Tom Miller (cropped).jpg Adam Gregg on EPA Iowa state action tour.jpg
Candidate Tom Miller Adam Gregg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote616,711481,046
Percentage56.12%43.77%

2014 Iowa Attorney General election results map.svg
2018 Iowa state auditor election by congressional district.svg
Miller:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Gregg:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Attorney General before election

Tom Miller
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Tom Miller
Democratic

The 2014 Iowa Attorney General election took place on 4 November 2014 in order to elect the Attorney General of Iowa. The election was held concurrently with that year's gubernatorial election. Democratic nominee and incumbent Attorney General Tom Miller won re-election to a sixth consecutive and ninth overall term in office against Republican candidate Adam Gregg. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 61,456 99.63
Democratic Write-ins2300.37
Total votes61,686 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Gregg 0 0.00
Write-ins3,708100.0
Total votes3,708 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Miller (D)
Adam
Gregg (R)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [6] November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%55%36%10%
Iowa Poll [7] October 28–31, 2014701± 3.7%50%39%2%9%
Suffolk University [8] October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%55%31%14%
Public Policy Polling [9] September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%53%33%14%
Suffolk [10] August 23–26, 2014500± 4%48%28%24%
Public Policy Polling [11] August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%55%31%14%

Results

Tom Miller won re-election with 56.12% of the vote.

2014 Iowa Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 616,711 56.12
Republican Adam Gregg 481,04643.77
Write-in 1,2490.11
Total votes1,099,006 100%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Miller won 3 of 4 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans. [12]

DistrictMillerGreggRepresentative
1st 60%40% Bruce Braley (113th Congress)
Rod Blum (114th Congress)
2nd 58%42% Dave Loebsack
3rd 57%43% Tom Latham (113th Congress)
David Young (114th Congress)
4th 49%51% Steve King

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