Thomas James Vilsack is an American politician serving as the 32nd United States secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 40th governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007.
Leonard Leroy Boswell was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 1997 to 2013,a district based in Des Moines. A member of the Democratic Party,he was defeated for reelection in 2012 by 4th district incumbent Tom Latham,who decided to run against him after redistricting. Boswell left Congress in January 2013.
Chester John Culver is an American politician who served one term as the 41st governor of Iowa,from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he had previously served as the 29th secretary of state of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. He was elected governor in the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election and ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 2010,losing to former Governor Terry Branstad.
William Howard Northey is an American politician who served as the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation in the United States Department of Agriculture from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa,first elected on November 7,2006 and sworn in on January 2,2007. In that position he led he led the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Kimberly Kay Reynolds is an American politician serving as the 43rd governor of Iowa since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Reynolds served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2011 to 2017.
Ross Paustian is an American politician and a farmer from Iowa. Paustian is a Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives for District 92 since 2015.
Megan Jones is an American politician from Iowa. Jones is a Republican member of Iowa House of Representatives from District 6 and has been a Representative since 2013.
Jake Chapman was an Iowa State Senator from the 10th District. A Republican,he served in the Iowa Senate after being elected in 2012 to a seat that had no incumbent due to redistricting. At the age of 28,Chapman won the election and served as the youngest State Senator in the 85th General Assembly.
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.
David Edmund Young is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th District,and previously served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a native and resident of Van Meter,a western suburb of Des Moines. He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2016;he lost reelection in 2018 to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young unsuccessfully challenged Axne in 2020 in a rematch,losing by 1.3%.
Dan Zumbach is an American politician and farmer from the state of Iowa. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013 as a member from the 34th district. He is the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Abby Lea Finkenauer is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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. 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.
Cynthia Lynne Axne is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2019 until 2023. She is currently a senior adviser to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden Administration.
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.
Theresa Greenfield is an American businesswoman,government official,and former political candidate. She was the Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa,losing to incumbent Republican Joni Ernst.
The 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won re-election to a second full term in a landslide,defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear.
The 2022 Iowa Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Iowa. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller,who was first elected Attorney General in 1978,ran for re-election to an eleventh term but was narrowly defeated by Republican nominee Brenna Bird,the county attorney for Guthrie County. Bird received 51% of the vote while Miller received 49% of the vote.
The 2022 Iowa Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Paul Pate ran for re-election,defeating democratic opponent Joel Miller.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 8,2022. 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 7,2022.
