2022 Iowa elections explained

Election Name:2022 Iowa elections
Country:Iowa
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Iowa elections
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2024 Iowa elections
Next Year:2024

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.[1]

Governor and lieutenant governor

See main article: 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election.

Incumbent Republican governor Kim Reynolds ran for re-election to a second full term as governor.[2] Reynolds won the Republican primary unopposed.[3]

Deidre DeJear, a small business owner and nominee for Secretary of State of Iowa in 2018, won the Democratic primary unopposed.[4]

In Iowa, nominees for lieutenant governor are chosen at party conventions. They then run on a ticket with the gubernatorial nominee. Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Adam Gregg ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Attorney general

See main article: 2022 Iowa Attorney General election.

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Tom Miller, who had served in the position since 1995, and previously from 1979 to 1991, ran for re-election to an eighth consecutive and eleventh overall term in office.[5]

Guthrie County attorney Brenna Bird won the Republican primary unopposed.

Bird defeated incumbent attorney general Tom Miller with 50.9% of votes.

Secretary of state

See main article: 2022 Iowa Secretary of State election.

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Paul Pate,[6] Democratic Linn County auditor Joel Miller,[7] and Clinton County auditor Eric Van Lancker ran. Miller defeated Van Lancker in the primary election on June 7.

Pate defeated Miller in the general election with 60.06% of votes.

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, who had served in the position since 1983, ran for re-election to an eleventh term in office.

The Republican nominee was Roby Smith, a state senator.[8]

Smith defeated Fitzgerald in the general election with 51.27% of the votes.

Auditor

Incumbent Democratic state auditor Rob Sand ran for re-election to a second term in office.[9]

Republican businessman Todd Halbur defeated former state representative Mary Ann Hanusa in the primary election.

Halbur conceded defeat on November 18.[10]

Secretary of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig ran for re-election to a second term in office.[11]

Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner John Norwood ran for the Democrats.

Naig defeated Norwood in the general election with 61.14% of the votes. This was the only Iowa statewide election where Linn County voted for the Republican nominee.

United States Senate

See main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa.

Incumbent Republican senator Chuck Grassley ran for reelection to an eighth term[12] in office.

Five Democrats filed to run: retired U.S. Navy admiral Michael Franken,[13] former U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer,[14] Minden city councilor Glenn Hurst,[15] former Crawford County supervisor Dave Muhlbauer (withdrawn),[16] and former state representative Bob Krause (withdrawn).[17]

Grassley defeated Franken in the general election with 56.03% of votes.

United States House of Representatives

See main article: 2022 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 2022 and were contested. Republicans won all four seats following the defeat of Democratic incumbent Cindy Axne in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which she narrowly lost to Zach Nunn.[18]

Iowa General Assembly

See main article: 2022 Iowa Senate election.

See main article: 2022 Iowa House of Representatives election.

Ballot measures

See main article: 2022 Iowa Amendment 1.

Amendment 1

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Initiative would enshrine in the state constitution a fundamental right to keep and bear arms.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Primary election. Iowa Secretary of State Paul D. Pate. November 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: Dress. Brad. Iowa's GOP governor Reynolds launches reelection bid. March 9, 2022. The Hill. en-US. March 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220310031023/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/597638-iowas-gop-governor-reynolds-launches-reelection-bid. live.
  3. Web site: Official Results - 2022 Primary Election . IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE . June 11, 2022.
  4. Web site: May 2, 2022 . 2022 Iowa Primary Election guide . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420070030/https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-primary-election-results-2022/39501498#:~:text=Deidre%20DeJear%20is%20the%20only%20Democrat%20running%20for%20the%20office. . April 20, 2022 . April 19, 2022.
  5. Web site: Pfannenstiel . Brianne . September 18, 2022 . Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, announces 2022 re-election campaign . November 15, 2022 . Des Moines Register.
  6. Web site: Paul Pate Announces Bid for Secretary of State . KCRG.com . January 9, 2014 . March 21, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322030120/http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Pate-Announces-Bid-for-Secretary-of-State-239468041.html . March 22, 2014 .
  7. Web site: Coltrain . Nick . 16 September 2021 . Iowa 2022 elections: Two seek to replace Secretary of State Paul Pate . 10 January 2022 . www.desmoinesregister.com . The Des Moines Register.
  8. Web site: Candidate List: June 7, 2022 Primary Election. Iowa Secretary of State. March 25, 2022.
  9. Web site: Democrat Rob Sand to seek reelection as Iowa state auditor, won't run for governor in 2022 . 2022-08-19 . The Des Moines Register.
  10. News: 2022-11-08 . Iowa Auditor Election Results . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-15 . 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: Eller . Donnelle . Democrat John Norwood challenges Republican incumbent Mike Naig in race for Iowa agriculture secretary . 2022-11-15 . The Des Moines Register . en-US.
  12. Web site: Everett . Burgess . Grassley will seek reelection, boosting GOP's majority hopes . 2022-11-15 . POLITICO . en.
  13. Web site: Greenwood . Max . 2021-10-14 . Democrat Mike Franken launches challenge to Grassley in Iowa . 2022-11-15 . The Hill . en-US.
  14. Web site: Gruber-Miller . Stephen . US Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on primary ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules . 2022-11-15 . The Des Moines Register . en-US.
  15. Web site: Gruber-Miller . Stephen . Democrat Glenn Hurst, a rural Iowa doctor and city council member, is running for U.S. Senate . 2022-11-15 . The Des Moines Register . en-US.
  16. Web site: Dave Muhlbauer drops out of 2022 Senate race . 2022-11-15 . www.thegazette.com . en-US.
  17. Web site: Pfannenstiel . Brianne . Former Iowa State Rep. Bob Krause announces U.S. Senate campaign . 2022-11-15 . The Des Moines Register . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2022-11-09 . Congresswoman Axne concedes 3rd district congressional race . 2022-11-15 . Radio Iowa . en-US.
  19. Web site: Iowa Amendment 1, Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment (2022). December 28, 2022 . Ballotpedia .