Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician and former diplomat. A member of the Republican Party,he served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 before serving as governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and again from 2011 to 2017. He is the longest-serving governor in United States history. Branstad served as the United States Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2020 under President Donald Trump.
James Ross Lightfoot is an American businessman-broadcaster who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.
Robert Lee Vander Plaats is an American politician and political activist. Since 2010,he has been the president and CEO of The Family Leader,a socially conservative organization in Iowa.
John Henry Gear served as the 11th Governor of Iowa,a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate.
Geri D. Huser is an American lawyer and Democratic party politician. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1996 to 2011. Since 2015 she has been Chairwoman of the Iowa Utilities Board.
Jeff A. Kaufmann is a former Iowa State Representative from the 79th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2004 until his retirement in 2013. He served in House leadership for six years,serving as the assistant minority leader and speaker pro tem.
Lynn G. Berbano Finnegan,was a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives,representing the state's 32nd district from 2003 to 2011. The district includes the Lower Pearlridge,Aiea,Halawa,Hickam,Pearl Harbor and Moanalua Gardens on the island of Oahu.
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.
Randall Lee Feenstra is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district. The district covers the western border of the state,including Sioux City and Council Bluffs,but stretches as far east as Story County,Franklin County,and Marshall County,including Ames.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Iowa voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 2012 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses took place on January 3,2012.
The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Iowa. Republican incumbent Terry Branstad ran for reelection to a sixth overall and second consecutive four-year term. Branstad went on to win a historic sixth term as governor by defeating Democratic challenger and State Senator Jack Hatch,and on December 14,2015,he became the longest-serving governor in American history. He won 59.1% of the popular vote to Hatch's 37.3%,and carried every county in the state except Johnson,home to Iowa City and the University of Iowa.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Mike Huckabee,the 44th Governor of Arkansas,began on May 5,2015,at an event in his hometown of Hope,Arkansas. Huckabee's candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election was his second,after having previously run in 2008. Following a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses,Huckabee ended his run on February 1,2016.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Carly Fiorina was announced in a video message posted on May 4,2015. Fiorina was formerly chief executive officer of the technology company Hewlett-Packard,and was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in California in 2010.
The 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds ran for election to a full term,facing Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell,Libertarian Jake Porter,and independent candidate Gary Siegwarth.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 6,2018,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the State of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The state congressional delegation flipped from a 3–1 Republican majority to a 3–1 Democratic majority. The Democrats had last won the majority of Iowa's seats in the 2010 elections.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 8,2022 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Grassley faced Democratic nominee Michael Franken.
