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2018 Iowa elections

The 2018 Iowa elections 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.

2018 Iowa elections
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Governorship

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Main article: 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Terry Branstad, who had 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

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Iowa gubernatorial election, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent) 667,275 50.3
Democratic Fred Hubbell 630,986 47.5
Libertarian Jake Porter 21,427 1.6
Independent Gary Siegwarth 7,463 0.6
Write-in 488 0.0
Total votes 1,327,638 100.0
Republican hold

Attorney general

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Main article: 2018 Iowa Attorney General election

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Tom Miller had 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

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 157,483 99.7
Democratic Write-ins 546 0.3
Total votes 158,029 100.0

General election

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Results

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Iowa Attorney General election, 2018[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 880,531 76.5
Libertarian Marco Battaglia 262,131 22.8
Write-in 8,237 0.7
Total votes 1,150,899 100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of state

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2018 Iowa Secretary of State election
 
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Candidate Paul Pate Deidre DeJear
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 685,780 583,774
Percentage 52.7% 44.9%
 
 
Pate:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
DeJear:      50–60%      60–70%
Secretary of State before election

Paul Pate
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Paul Pate
Republican

Democratic primary

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  • Deidre DeJear
  • Jim Mowrer

Results

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Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deidre DeJear 82,221 51.1
Democratic Jim Mowrer 78,409 48.7
Democratic Write-ins 312 0.2
Total votes 160,942 100.0

Republican primary

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Results

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Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul D. Pate (incumbent) 88,303 99.6
Republican Write-ins 327 0.4
Total votes 88,630 100.0

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Governing magazine[7] Lean R June 4, 2018

Endorsements

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Deidre DeJear (D)
U.S. executive branch officials

Results

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Iowa Secretary of State election, 2018[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Pate (incumbent) 685,780 52.7
Democratic Deidre DeJear 583,774 44.9
Libertarian Jules Ofenbakh 30,881 2.4
Write-in 482 0.0
Total votes 1,300,917 100.0
Republican hold

Treasurer

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2018 Iowa State Treasurer election
 
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Candidate Michael Fitzgerald Jeremy Davis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 710,426 553,691
Percentage 54.8% 42.7%
 
 
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 had served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office.[10] Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and did not have a Republican challenger, but did have a challenger from the Libertarian party.

Democratic primary

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent) 156,225 51.1
Democratic Write-ins 444 0.2
Total votes 156,669 100.0

General election

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Results

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Iowa State Treasurer election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael L. Fitzgerald (incumbent) 710,426 54.8
Republican Jeremy Davis 553,691 42.7
Libertarian Tim Hird 31,268 2.4
Write-in 465 0.1
Total votes 1,295,850 100.0
Democratic hold

Auditor

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2018 Iowa State Auditor election
 
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Candidate Rob Sand Mary Mosiman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 660,169 601,320
Percentage 51.0% 46.4%
 
 
Sand:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mosiman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
State Auditor before election

Mary Mosiman
Republican

Elected State Auditor

Rob Sand
Democratic

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

Democratic primary

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rob Sand 147,840 99.6
Democratic Write-ins 550 0.4
Total votes 148,390 100.0

Republican primary

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Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent) 85,207 99.7
Republican Write-ins 278 0.3
Total votes 88,630 100.0

General election

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Results

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Iowa State Auditor election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rob Sand 660,169 51.0
Republican Mary Mosiman (incumbent) 601,320 46.4
Libertarian Fred Perryman 33,421 2.6
Write-in 458 0.0
Total votes 1,295,368 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of Agriculture

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2018 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election
 
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Candidate Mike Naig Tim Gannon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 651,552 602,916
Percentage 50.3% 46.6%
 
County results
Naig:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Gannon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Secretary of Agriculture before election

Mike Naig
Republican

Elected Secretary of Agriculture

Mike Naig
Republican

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 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 subsequently ruled out reelection. The office was then held by Mike Naig, serving in an acting capacity.

Democratic primary

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Gannon 148,258 99.5
Democratic Write-ins 710 0.5
Total votes 148,968 100.0

Republican primary

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  • Ray Gaesser, farmer and soybean producer
  • Chad Ingels
  • Craig Lang, former president of the Farm Bureau
  • Mike Naig, incumbent
  • Dan Zumbach, state senator

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent) 30,870 34.7
Republican Dan Zumbach 18,938 21.3
Republican Craig Lang 16,514 18.6
Republican Ray Gaesser 14,437 16.2
Republican Chad Ingels 7,915 8.9
Republican Write-ins 210 0.3
Total votes 88,884 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Tim Gannon (D)
U.S. executive branch officials

Results

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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent) 651,552 50.3
Democratic Tim Gannon 602,916 46.6
Libertarian Rick Stewart 38,965 3.0
Write-in 597 0.1
Total votes 1,294,030 100.0
Republican hold

United States House of Representatives

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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

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

Iowa General Assembly

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

Main article: 2018 Iowa Senate election
Main article: 2018 Iowa House of Representatives election

References

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  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. ^ a b 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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Official State Auditor campaign websites

Official Secretary of Agriculture campaign websites

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