2018 Iowa Attorney General election explained

Election Name:2018 Iowa Attorney General election
Percentage1:76.5%
Type:Presidential
Previous Election:2014 Iowa Attorney General election
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 Iowa Attorney General election
Next Year:2022
Election Date:November 6, 2018
Image1:File:Tom Miller (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:Tom Miller
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:880,531
Country:Iowa
Candidate2:Marco Battaglia
Party2:Libertarian Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:262,131
Percentage2:22.8%
Map Size:230px
Attorney General
Before Election:Tom Miller
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Tom Miller
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Ongoing:no

The 2018 Iowa Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Iowa. The election was held concurrently with that year's gubernatorial election.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller won re-election with 76.5% of the vote.[1] The Republican Party did not nominate anyone, but the Libertarian Party nominated Marco Battaglia.[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

General election

Results

Tom Miller won re-election in landslide victory with 76.51% of the vote.[4]

By congressional district

Miller won all 4 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[5]

DistrictMillerBattagliaRepresentative
78%22%Abby Finkenauer
76%24%Dave Loebsack
76%24%Cindy Axne
75%25%Steve King

References

  1. News: 6 November 2018. Iowa Election Results. The New York Times . live. March 31, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181106191924/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-iowa-elections.html . 2018-11-06 .
  2. Web site: Iowa Attorney General election, 2018. live. March 31, 2021. Ballotpedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523135659/https://ballotpedia.org/Iowa_attorney_general_election,_2018 . 2017-05-23 .
  3. Web site: Marco Battaglia. live. Ballotpedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107180123/https://ballotpedia.org/Marco_Battaglia . 2018-11-07 .
  4. Web site: Official Results. live. March 31, 2021. Iowa Secretary of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040642/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IA/91323/Web02-state.216038/ . 2018-11-10 .
  5. Web site: DRA 2020 . 2024-08-19 . Daves Redistricting.