2018 Iowa elections

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2018 Iowa elections
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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.

Results

Iowa gubernatorial election, 2018 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent) 667,275 50.3
Democratic Fred Hubbell 630,98647.5
Libertarian Jake Porter21,4271.6
Independent Gary Siegwarth7,4630.6
Write-in 4880.0
Total votes1,327,638 100.0
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.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 157,483 99.7
Democratic Write-ins5460.3
Total votes158,029 100.0

General election

Results

Iowa Attorney General election, 2018 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 880,531 76.5
Libertarian Marco Battaglia262,13122.8
Write-in 8,2370.7
Total votes1,150,899 100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of state

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deidre DeJear 82,221 51.1
Democratic Jim Mowrer78,40948.7
Democratic Write-ins3120.2
Total votes160,942 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul D. Pate (incumbent) 88,303 99.6
Republican Write-ins3270.4
Total votes88,630 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing magazine [7] Lean RJune 4, 2018

Endorsements

Deidre DeJear (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

Results

Iowa Secretary of State election, 2018 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Pate (incumbent) 685,780 52.7
Democratic Deidre DeJear583,77444.9
Libertarian Jules Ofenbakh30,8812.4
Write-in 4820.0
Total votes1,300,917 100.0
Republican hold

Treasurer

2018 Iowa State Treasurer election
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Candidate Michael Fitzgerald Jeremy Davis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote710,426553,691
Percentage54.8%42.7%
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County results
Fitzgerald:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Davis:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
State Treasurer before election

Michael Fitzgerald
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Michael Fitzgerald
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office. [10] Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger, however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent) 156,225 51.1
Democratic Write-ins4440.2
Total votes156,669 100.0

General election

Results

Iowa State Treasurer election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent) 710,426 54.8
Republican Jeremy Davis553,69142.7
Libertarian Tim Hird31,2682.4
Write-in 4650.1
Total votes1,295,850 100.0
Democratic hold

Auditor

Incumbent Auditor Mary Mosiman, who has served since 2013 was eligible for re-election and was unopposed in the Republican primary. Attorney Rob Sand won the Democratic primary.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rob Sand 147,840 99.6
Democratic Write-ins5500.4
Total votes148,390 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent) 85,207 99.7
Republican Write-ins2780.3
Total votes88,630 100.0
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  Mosiman—80-90%
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General election

Results

Iowa State Auditor election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rob Sand 660,169 51.0
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent)601,32046.4
Libertarian Fred Perryman33,4212.6
Write-in 4580.0
Total votes1,295,368 100.0
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. [11] [12] 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. [13] In 2018, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and has since ruled out reelection. The office is currently held by Mike Naig, serving in an acting capacity.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Gannon 148,258 99.5
Democratic Write-ins7100.5
Total votes148,968 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent) 30,870 34.7
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 votes88,884 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Tim Gannon (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

Results

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent) 651,552 50.3
Democratic Tim Gannon602,91646.6
Libertarian Rick Stewart38,9653.0
Write-in 5970.1
Total votes1,294,030 100.0
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. ↑ "2018 Iowa Gubernatorial election results" . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2018 Iowa Attorney General election results" . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  5. ↑ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State Democratic primary results" . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State Republican primary results" . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (June 4, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State election results" . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Petroski, William (March 7, 2016). "Iowa Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will seek 10th term". The Des Moines Register . Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ Borg, Dean (April 22, 2016). "Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey". Iowa Public Television . Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ Henderson, O. Kay (December 7, 2016). "Branstad calls ambassadorship 'extraordinary opportunity…new mission'". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  13. ↑ Henderson, O. Kay (December 10, 2016). "Northey would be interested in lieutenant governor role". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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