2020 Iowa elections

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2020 Iowa elections
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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 3, 2020. [1]

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State offices

State senate

25 out of the 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, the even-numbered districts, were up for election. Out of the contested seats, the Republican Party won 19 districts and the Democratic Party won 6 districts. The resulting composition was 32 Republicans and 18 Democrats. The Republicans gained the 42nd district while the Democrats gained the 22nd district, resulting in no net seat change.

State House of Representatives

All 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans won 59 seats and Democrats won 41 seats. Republicans gained 6 seats.

State Supreme Court

4 out of the 7 justices in the Iowa Supreme Court were up for retention election for a new term of up to 8 years.

Retain Justice Susan Kay Christensen [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes859,88673.03
No317,59826.97
Valid votes1,177,48469.26
Invalid or blank votes522,64630.74
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Justice Edward Mansfield [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes802,35669.24
No356,37430.76
Valid votes1,158,73068.16
Invalid or blank votes541,40031.84
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Justice Christopher McDonald [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes825,66171.29
No332,49928.71
Valid votes1,158,16068.12
Invalid or blank votes541,97031.88
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Justice Thomas Waterman [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes809,05869.88
No348,66530.12
Valid votes1,157,72368.10
Invalid or blank votes542,40731.90
Total votes1,700,130100.00

State Court of Appeals

4 out of the 9 judges in the Iowa Court of Appeals were up for retention election for a new term of up to 6 years.

Retain Judge Thomas N. Bower [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes817,40973.44
No295,62826.56
Valid votes1,113,03765.47
Invalid or blank votes587,09334.53
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Judge David May [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes812,16273.17
No297,85426.83
Valid votes1,110,01665.29
Invalid or blank votes590,11434.71
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Judge Julie A. Schumacher [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes856,45076.19
No267,69923.81
Valid votes1,124,14966.12
Invalid or blank votes575,98133.88
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Retain Judge Sharon Soorholtz Greer [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes825,99974.20
No287,18625.80
Valid votes1,113,18565.48
Invalid or blank votes586,94534.52
Total votes1,700,130100.00

Federal offices

President and vice president of the United States

Iowa had 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Republican Donald Trump won all of them with 53% of the popular vote.

U.S. Senate

One of the two United States Senators of Iowa was up for election. Incumbent Republican Joni Ernst won re-election with 52% of the votes.

U.S. House of Representatives

All 4 of Iowa's representatives in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans won 3 seats and Democrats won 1 seat. The Republicans gained two seats, the 1st and 2nd districts.

Ballot measure

Constitutional Convention Question (2020)

Constitutional Convention Question (2020) [2]
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No972,93070.42
Yes408,74629.58
Valid votes1,381,67681.27
Invalid or blank votes318,45418.73
Total votes1,700,130100.00
Constitutional Convention Question results by county No: .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} 80-90% 70-80% 60-70% 2020 Iowa Constitutional Convention Question results map by county.svg
Constitutional Convention Question results by county
No:
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iowa elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.org . Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "State of Iowa - Canvass State - 2020 General" (PDF). State of Iowa. Iowa Secretary of State. November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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