Iowa elections, 2014

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 4, 2014. All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, all four of Iowa's seats in the United States House of Representatives, 25 (half) of the seats in the Iowa Senate, and all 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014. [1]

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Iowa State of the United States of America

Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest and Minnesota to the north.

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Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Terry Branstad ran for re-election to a second consecutive and sixth overall term as governor. [2]

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Governor of Iowa Chief executive of the U.S. state of Iowa

The Governor of Iowa is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Iowa. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The officeholder has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Iowa General Assembly, to convene the legislature, as well as to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment. The Governor of Iowa is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

Terry Branstad U.S. Ambassador to China, Governor of Iowa (1983–1999; 2011–2017)

Terry Edward Branstad is an American politician, university administrator, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to China since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Governor of Iowa. Branstad also previously served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.

He was challenged in the Republican primary by Tom Hoefling, a political activist and the America's Party and American Independent Party nominee for President in 2012. [3]

Thomas Conrad Hoefling is an American activist and politician. He is the founder and national chairman of America's Party and was the party's 2012 and 2016 presidential nominee. Hoefling has served as political director for Alan Keyes' political group America's Revival, and as a representative for the American Conservative Coalition.

Americas Party (political party) conservative populist political party

America's Party, founded as America's Independent Party, is a conservative American political party formed in August 2008 in an offshoot of the Constitution Party by supporters of Alan Keyes, with the goal of an alternative to the Republican and Democratic party system. It selected party leader Tom Hoefling in the 2012 presidential election, and Hoefling sought the party nomination again in the 2016 Presidential election.

American Independent Party political party

The American Independent Party (AIP) is a far right political party in the United States that was established in 1967. The AIP is best known for its nomination of former Governor George Wallace of Alabama, who carried five states in the 1968 presidential election running on a law and order platform against Richard M. Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey. The party split in 1976 into the modern American Independent Party and the American Party. From 1992 until 2008, the party was the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party. Its exit from the Constitution Party led to a leadership dispute during the 2016 election.

State Senator Jack Hatch ran for the Democrats. [4]

Jack Hatch American politician

Jack G. Hatch is an Iowa State Senator and American business owner. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in the 2014 election. A Democrat, Hatch has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and currently is an assistant majority leader. Prior to his election to the Iowa Senate, Hatch served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985-1993 and 2001-2003.

In Iowa, nominees for lieutenant governor are chosen at party conventions. They then run on a ticket with the gubernatorial nominee. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds is running for re-election to a second term in office. [5]

Kim Reynolds 43rd Governor of Iowa

Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving as the 43rd Governor of Iowa since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first female Governor of Iowa. Reynolds previously served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017. Before she was elected Lieutenant Governor, Reynolds served as Clarke County Treasurer for four terms and then served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2011.

Iowa gubernatorial election, 2014 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Terry Branstad/Kim Reynolds (incumbent)666,02359.0
Democratic Jack Hatch/Monica Vernon 420,77837.3
Libertarian Lee Deakins Hieb/Tim Watson20,3191.8
New IndependentJim Hennager/Mary Krieg10,5820.9
IowaJonathan R. Narcisse/Michael Richards10,2390.9
n/a Write-ins1,0930.1
Total votes1,129,034100.0
Republican hold

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller, who has served in the position since 1995, and previously from 1979 to 1991, ran for re-election to a sixth consecutive and ninth overall term in office. [7]

Tom Miller (politician) American politician, born 1944

Thomas John Miller is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 33rd and current Attorney General of Iowa. After the defeat of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012 when running for reelection, Miller became the longest continuously serving State Attorney General in the United States, having been in office since 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the same position from 1979 to 1991 as the state's 31st Attorney General.

Attorney and lobbyist Adam Gregg ran for the Republicans. [8]

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tom
Miller (D)		Adam
Gregg (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%55%36%—10%
Iowa Poll October 28–31, 2014701± 3.7%50%39%2%9%
Suffolk University October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%55%31%—14%
Public Policy Polling September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%53%33%—14%
Suffolk August 23–26, 2014500± 4%48%28%—24%
Public Policy Polling August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%55%31%—14%
Iowa Attorney General election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent)616,71156.1
Republican Adam Gregg481,04643.8
n/a Write-ins1,2490.1
Total votes1,099,006100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Matt Schultz, who has served in the position since 2011, did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Iowa's 3rd congressional district. [9]

Former Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate [10] and Democratic political consultant and former gubernatorial aide Brad Anderson are running. [11]

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Paul
Pate (R)		Brad
Anderson (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%38%44%6% [12] 13%
Iowa Poll October 28–31, 2014701± 3.7%44%41%3%12%
Loras College October 21–24, 20141,121± 2.93%39%40%1%20%
Gravis Marketing October 20–21, 2014964± 3%38%42%—19%
Suffolk University October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%33%32%4% [13] 32%
Gravis Marketing September 29–30, 2014522± 4%40%40%—21%
Public Policy Polling September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%36%33%6% [14] 25%
Suffolk August 23–26, 2014500± 4%31%31%4% [15] 33%
Public Policy Polling August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%35%34%7% [16] 24%
Gravis Marketing July 17–18, 20141,179± 3%38%38%—24%
Public Policy Polling May 15–19, 2014914± 3.3%32%34%—34%
Iowa Secretary of State election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Pate 529,27548.5
Democratic Brad Anderson509,20246.6
Libertarian Jake Porter32,8891.8
New IndependentSpencer Highland19,9451.8
n/a Write-ins7690.1
Total votes1,092,080100.0
Republican hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, is running for re-election to a ninth term in office.

The Republican nominee is Sam Clovis, a radio host who finished second in the Senate primary, before being nominated as the Republican candidate for treasurer. [17] [7]

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Michael
Fitzgerald (D)		Sam
Clovis (R)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%48%38%5% [18] 8%
Loras College October 21–24, 20141,121± 2.93%47%35%1%17%
Gravis Marketing October 20–21, 2014964± 3%46%33%—21%
Suffolk University October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%47%32%3% [18] 19%
Gravis Marketing September 29–30, 2014522± 4%48%32%—20%
Public Policy Polling September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%47%35%5% [18] 13%
Suffolk August 23–26, 2014500± 4%41%28%2% [18] 29%
Public Policy Polling August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%47%33%5% [18] 16%
Gravis Marketing July 17–18, 20141,179± 3%50%34%—17%
Iowa State Treasurer election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Fitzgerald (incumbent)576,94252.9
Republican Sam Clovis476,63343.7
Libertarian Keith Laube36,9453.4
n/a Write-ins6700.1
Total votes1,091,190100.0
Democratic hold

Auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Mary Mosiman, who was appointed to the position in 2013 after incumbent State Auditor David A. Vaudt resigned, is running for election to a first full term in office. [19]

Attorney and former Des Moines School Board member Jon Neiderbach is running for the Democrats. [20]

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Mary
Mosiman (R)		Jon
Neiderbach (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%46%41%—14%
Loras College October 21–24, 20141,121± 2.93%37%30%2%30%
Suffolk University October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%40%35%—25%
Public Policy Polling September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%41%35%—24%
Suffolk August 23–26, 2014500± 4%32%30%—39%
Public Policy Polling August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%39%35%—26%
Iowa State Auditor election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent)604,10356.9
Democratic Jon Neiderbach509,20246.6
n/a Write-ins1,4770.1
Total votes1,062,105100.0
Republican hold

Secretary of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, who has served in the position since 2007, is running for re-election to a third term in office. [21]

Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner Sherrie Taha is running for the Democrats. [22]

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Bill
Northey (R)		Sherrie
Taha (D)		OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–3, 20141,265± 2.8%51%33%5% [23] 10%
Loras College October 21–24, 20141,121± 2.93%49%29%2%20%
Suffolk University October 11–14, 2014500± 4.4%52%30%2% [23] 16%
Public Policy Polling September 25–28, 20141,192± 2.8%49%29%6% [23] 15%
Suffolk August 23–26, 2014500± 4%41%28%2% [23] 29%
Public Policy Polling August 22–24, 2014915± 3.2%46%28%6% [23] 19%
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Northey (incumbent)675,78162.2
Democratic Sherrie Taha370,20934.1
New IndependentLevi Benning39,3493.6
n/a Write-ins8910.1
Total votes1,086,230100.0
Republican hold

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Harkin is retiring rather than run for re-election to a sixth term in office. [24]

U.S. Representative Bruce Braley is the only Democratic to file to run and thus the de facto nominee. [25]

Five Republicans filed to run: radio host Sam Clovis, [26] State Senator Joni Ernst, [27] former CEO of Reliant Energy Mark Jacobs, [28] businessman Scott Schaben [29] and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa and nominee for Treasurer of Iowa in 2002 Matthew Whitaker. [30]

United State Senate election in Iowa, 2014 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joni Ernst 588,57552.1
Democratic Bruce Braley494,37043.8
Independent Rick Stewart26,8152.4
Libertarian Douglas Butzier8,2320.7
Independent Bob Quast5,8730.5
Independent Ruth Smith4,7240.4
n/a Write-Ins1,1110.1
Total votes1,129,700100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

United States House of Representatives

All of Iowa's four seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2014 and are contested.

Iowa General Assembly

The 25 odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats are up for election in 2014, as are all 100 Iowa House seats. As of the primary filing deadline for the two major parties, there are 11 Senate seats and 58 House seats that only have candidates from one party, though several of these seats have contested primaries. [32] These numbers are from the primary election candidate listing, [33] so do not take into account candidates nominated by third parties, candidates nominated by petition, or candidates nominated by a major party after the primary. Such candidates file during the general election filing period, which runs from July 28 – August 15, 2014.. [34]

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  13. ↑ Spencer Highland (NIP) 2%, Jake Porter (L) 1%
  14. ↑ Spencer Highland (NIP) 3%, Jake Porter (L) 3%
  15. ↑ Spencer Highland (NIP) 3%, Jake Porter (L) 1%
  16. ↑ Spencer Highland (NIP) 5%, Jake Porter (L) 2%
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