Iowa elections, 2018

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The Iowa elections, 2018 were held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 6, 2018. A closed primary election was held on June 5, 2018. [1] All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as 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.

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Governorship

Incumbent Republican Governor Terry Branstad, who has served for two consecutive and six total terms as Iowa Governor, resigned to be the United States Ambassador to China in 2017. [2] Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds assumed the governorship and was seeking a full term.

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

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Results

Iowa gubernatorial election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent)667,22050.3
Democratic Fred Hubbell 630,95047.5
Libertarian Jake Porter21,4251.6
Independent Gary Siegwarth7,4630.6
n/a Write-ins4880.0
Total votes1,327,546100.0
Republican hold

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller has served in the position since 1995, and previously from 1979 to 1991. The Republican Party did not nominate anyone, but the Libertarian Party nominated Marco Battaglia

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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.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent)157,48399.7
Democratic Write-ins5460.3
Total votes158,029100.0

General election

Results

Iowa Attorney General election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent)880,53176.5
Libertarian Marco Battaglia262,13122.8
n/a Write-ins8,2370.7
Total votes1,150,899100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of State

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deidre DeJear82,22151.1
Democratic Jim Mowrer78,40948.7
Democratic Write-ins3120.2
Total votes160,942100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul D. Pate (incumbent)88,30399.6
Republican Write-ins3270.4
Total votes88,630100.0

General election

Endorsements

Deidre DeJear (D)
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Results

Iowa Secretary of State election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Pate (incumbent)685,78052.7
Democratic Deidre DeJear583,77444.9
Libertarian Jules Ofenbakh30,8812.4
n/a Write-ins4820.0
Total votes1,300,917
Republican hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office. [4] Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger, however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party.

Michael Fitzgerald (Iowa politician) American politician

Michael L. Fitzgerald is an American politician serving as the 25th and current Treasurer of Iowa since 1983. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving state treasurer in the United States.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent)156,22551.1
Democratic Write-ins4440.2
Total votes156,669100.0

General election

Results

Iowa State Treasurer election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent)710,42654.8
Republican Jeremy Davis553,69142.7
Libertarian Tim Hird31,2682.4
n/a Write-ins4650.1
Total votes1,295,850100.0
Democratic hold

Auditor

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rob Sand 147,84099.6
Democratic Write-ins5500.4
Total votes148,390100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent)85,20799.7
Republican Write-ins2780.3
Total votes88,630100.0

General election

Results

Iowa State Auditor election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rob Sand 660,16951.0
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent)601,32046.4
Libertarian Fred Perryman33,4212.6
n/a Write-ins4580.0
Total votes1,295,368100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of Agriculture

Republican Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey had served in the position since 2007. Northey was considering running for Iowa Governor, but after Governor Terry Branstad was nominated to be Ambassador to China he announced he would not run. [5] [6] Northey had not ruled out running for reelection in 2018, but he said he would be willing to serve as Lieutenant Governor instead if asked. [7] In 2018, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and has since rulled out reelection. The office is currently held by Mike Naig, serving in an acting capacity.

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Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Gannon148,25899.5
Democratic Write-ins7100.5
Total votes148,968100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent)30,87034.7
Republican Dan Zumbach 18,93821.3
Republican Craig Lang16,51418.6
Republican Ray Gaesser14,43716.2
Republican Chad Ingels7,9158.9
Republican Write-ins2100.3
Total votes88,884100.0

General election

Endorsements

Tim Gannon (D)
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Results

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent)651,55250.3
Democratic Tim Gannon602,91646.6
Libertarian Rick Stewart38,9653.0
n/a Write-ins5970.1
Total votes1,294,030100.0
Republican hold

United States House of Representatives

All of Iowa's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

Iowa General Assembly

The 25 odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2018, as were all 100 Iowa House seats.

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References

  1. ↑ "Candidate List - Certified June 5, 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Rucker, Philip; Denyer, Simon (December 7, 2016). "Trump picks Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad — a 'friend' of China's leader — as Beijing ambassador". The Washington Post . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 1, 2018). "Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent:" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2018– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Petroski, William (March 7, 2016). "Iowa Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will seek 10th term". The Des Moines Register . Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Borg, Dean (April 22, 2016). "Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey". Iowa Public Television . Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Henderson, O. Kay (December 7, 2016). "Branstad calls ambassadorship 'extraordinary opportunity…new mission'". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ Henderson, O. Kay (December 10, 2016). "Northey would be interested in lieutenant governor role". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 1, 2018). "Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent:" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2018– via Twitter.
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