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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]

The Republican Party of Iowa had a very successful election. All three statewide incumbent Republicans (governor, secretary of agriculture, and secretary of state) won reelection by more than 18%, two of three statewide incumbent Democrats (28-year incumbent attorney general and 40-year incumbent treasurer) lost to Republican challengers, and the remaining incumbent Democrat (4-year incumbent auditor) won by less than 3,000 votes and 0.23%. Republicans also won all 4 of Iowa's U.S. House seats.[2][3]

Governor and lieutenant governor

Main article: 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Kim Reynolds ran for re-election to a second full term as governor.[4] Reynolds won the Republican primary unopposed.[5]

Deidre DeJear, a small business owner and nominee for Secretary of State of Iowa in 2018, won the Democratic primary unopposed.[6]

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.

Results by county:
  Reynolds
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  DeJear
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Iowa gubernatorial election, 2022[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kim Reynolds/Adam Gregg (incumbent) 709,198 58.0
Democratic Deidre DeJear/Eric Van Lacker 482,950 39.5
Libertarian Rick Stewart/Marco Battaglia 28,998 2.4
Write-in 718 0.1
Total votes 1,221,864 100.0
Republican hold

Attorney general

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.[8]

Guthrie County attorney Brenna Bird won the Republican primary unopposed.[1]

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

Results by county:
  Bird
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  T. Miller
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
2022 Iowa Attorney General election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brenna Bird 611,432 50.82%
Democratic Tom Miller (incumbent) 590,890 49.11%
Write-in 801 0.07%
Total votes 1,203,123 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of state

Main article: 2022 Iowa Secretary of State election

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Paul Pate,[9] Democratic Linn County auditor Joel Miller,[10] 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.

Results by county:
  Pate
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  J. Miller
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2022 Iowa Secretary of State election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul D. Pate (incumbent) 723,250 60.05%
Democratic Joel Miller 480,474 39.89%
Write-in 708 0.06%
Total votes 1,204,432 100.0%
Republican hold

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.[11]

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

Results by county:
  Smith
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  Fitzgerald
  •   40-50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
2022 Iowa Treasurer election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roby Smith 614,943 51.26%
Democratic Michael Fitzgerald (incumbent) 584,021 48.68%
Write-in 667 0.06%
Total votes 1,199,631 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

Auditor

Incumbent Democratic state auditor Rob Sand ran for re-election to a second term in office.[12]

Republican businessman Todd Halbur defeated former state representative Mary Ann Hanusa in the primary election.[1]

Halbur conceded defeat on November 18.[13]

Results by county:
  Sand
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Halbur
  •   40-50%
  •   50-60%
      60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
Iowa State Auditor election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rob Sand (incumbent) 600,719 50.09%
Republican Todd Halbur 597,826 49.84%
Write-in 826 0.07%
Total votes 1,199,371 100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig ran for re-election to a second term in office.[14]

Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner John Norwood ran for the Democrats.[14]

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.

Results by county:
  Naig
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  •   >90%
  Norwood
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Naig (incumbent) 730,285 61.13%
Democratic John Norwood 463,652 38.81%
Write-in 770 0.06
Total votes 1,194,707 100.0
Republican hold

United States Senate

Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa

Incumbent Republican senator Chuck Grassley ran for reelection to an eighth term[15] in office.

Five Democrats filed to run: retired U.S. Navy admiral Michael Franken,[16] former U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer,[17] Minden city councilor Glenn Hurst,[18] former Crawford County supervisor Dave Muhlbauer (withdrawn),[19] and former state representative Bob Krause (withdrawn).[20]

Grassley defeated Franken in the general election with 56.01% of votes.

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2022[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Grassley (incumbent) 681,501 56.01%
Democratic Michael Franken 533,330 43.84%
Write-in 1,815 0.15%
Total votes 1,216,646 100.0
Republican hold

United States House of Representatives

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.[22]

Results by Congressional district:
  Republican
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%

Iowa General Assembly

Main article: 2022 Iowa Senate election
Main article: 2022 Iowa House of Representatives election

Ballot measures

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.[23]

Amendment 1[24]
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 748,363 65.17
No 399,959 34.83
Total votes 1,148,322 100.00

References

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  23. ^ "Iowa Amendment 1, Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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