2018 Iowa elections

2018 Iowa State Treasurer election
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	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

2018 Iowa Secretary of State election
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	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

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.

Governorship

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

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

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

Results

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

Results

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

Democratic primary

Deidre DeJear
Jim Mowrer

Results

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

Paul Pate, incumbent

Results

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

Predictions

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

Endorsements

Deidre DeJear (D)

U.S. executive branch officials

Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[8]

Results

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

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

Results

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

Results

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

2018 Iowa State Auditor election

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2022 →


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

Results

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

Results

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

Results

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

2018 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election

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2022 →


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

Results

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

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

Results

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

Endorsements

Tim Gannon (D)

U.S. executive branch officials

Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[8]

Results

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

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.

References

^ "Candidate List - Certified June 5, 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ 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.
^ "2018 Iowa Gubernatorial election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "2018 Iowa Attorney General election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State Democratic primary results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State Republican primary results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ Jacobson, Louis (June 4, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ ^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.
^ "2018 Iowa Secretary of State election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ Petroski, William (March 7, 2016). "Iowa Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will seek 10th term". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ Borg, Dean (April 22, 2016). "Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey". Iowa Public Television. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ Henderson, O. Kay (December 7, 2016). "Branstad calls ambassadorship 'extraordinary opportunity…new mission'". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^ Henderson, O. Kay (December 10, 2016). "Northey would be interested in lieutenant governor role". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

External links

Official Attorney General campaign websites

Official Secretary of State campaign websites

Official State Auditor campaign websites

Official Secretary of Agriculture campaign websites

Tim Gannon (D) for Secretary of Agriculture Archived 2018-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
Mike Naig (R) for Secretary of Agriculture

[:0-1] "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.

[obamaTweet-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.

[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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