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2022 Iowa gubernatorial election

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2022 Iowa gubernatorial election
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Turnout55.06% Decrease 6.09pp
 
Nominee Kim Reynolds Deidre DeJear
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Adam Gregg Eric Van Lancker
Popular vote 709,198 482,950
Percentage 58.04% 39.53%
Reynolds:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
DeJear:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      No votes
Governor before election

Kim Reynolds
Republican

Elected Governor

Kim Reynolds
Republican

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The 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won re-election to a second full term in a landslide,[1] defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear with 58.0% of the vote.

First elected as lieutenant governor in 2010, Reynolds assumed the governorship on May 24, 2017, following the resignation of Governor Terry Branstad to become the U.S. Ambassador to China. She was elected in her own right in 2018 in what was considered a minor upset, before dramatically increasing her vote share in 2022.[2]

Reynolds flipped seven counties that had voted Democratic in the previous gubernatorial election: Black Hawk, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jefferson, Lee, and Scott.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Declined

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Results

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Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent) 185,293 99.03%
Write-in 1,808 0.97%
Total votes 187,101 100.0%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Deidre DeJear
U.S. senators
Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deidre DeJear 145,555 99.45%
Write-in 801 0.55%
Total votes 146,356 100.0%

Minor parties and independents

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Libertarian Party

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Nominee

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Independents

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Declared

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid R July 26, 2022
Inside Elections[23] Solid R July 22, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Safe R June 29, 2022
Politico[25] Solid R August 12, 2022
RCP[26] Likely R January 10, 2022
Fox News[27] Solid R May 12, 2022
538[28] Solid R July 31, 2022
Elections Daily[29] Safe R November 7, 2022

Endorsements

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Kim Reynolds (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Organizations
Newspapers
Deidre DeJear (D)
State legislators
  • David Maxwell, state representative from the 76th district (2013–present) (Republican)[41]
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions
Newspapers

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Kim
Reynolds (R) 		Deidre
DeJear (D) 		Undecided
[a] 		Margin
FiveThirtyEight March 2 – October 19, 2022 October 20, 2022 52.6% 36.6% 10.8% Reynolds +15.9
Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Kim
Reynolds (R) 		Deidre
DeJear (D) 		Rick
Stewart (L) 		Other Undecided
Selzer & Co. October 31 – November 3, 2022 801 (LV) ± 3.5% 54% 37% 4% 2%[c] 3%
Cygnal (R)[A] October 26–27, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 57% 38% – – 5%
Civiqs October 22–25, 2022 623 (LV) ± 5.2% 54% 42% – 2%[d] 1%
The Tarrance Group (R)[B] October 15–19, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.1% 56% 39% – – 5%
Selzer & Co. October 9–12, 2022 620 (LV) ± 3.9% 52% 35% 4% 4%[e] 4%
Emerson College October 2–4, 2022 959 (LV) ± 3.1% 53% 36% 1% 2%[f] 9%
Cygnal (R)[A] October 2–4, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 59% 38% – – 3%
Cygnal (R)[A] July 13–14, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 56% 41% – – 3%
Selzer & Co. July 10–13, 2022 597 (LV) ± 4.0% 48% 31% 5% 5% 9%
Selzer & Co. February 28 – March 2, 2022 612 (LV) ± 4.0% 51% 43% – 1%[g] 5%
Cygnal (R) Archived February 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine[A] February 20–22, 2022 610 (LV) ± 3.9% 55% 38% – – 7%

Debates

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2022 Iowa gubernatorial general election debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:

 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn

Kim Reynolds Deidre DeJear
2 Oct. 18, 2022 Local ABC 5 Youtube P P

Results

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2022 Iowa gubernatorial election[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican
709,198 58.04% +7.78%
Democratic
  • Deidre DeJear
  • Eric Van Lacker
 482,950 39.53% −8.00%
Libertarian
  • Rick Stewart
  • Marco Battaglia
 28,998 2.37% +0.84%
Write-in 718 0.06% +0.02%
Total votes 1,220,864 100.00
Turnout 1,230,416 55.06%
Registered electors 2,234,666
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Reynolds won all 4 congressional districts.[55]

District Reynolds DeJear Representative
1st 55% 43% Mariannette Miller-Meeks
2nd 57% 41% Ashley Hinson
3rd 53% 44% Cindy Axne (117th Congress)
Zach Nunn (118th Congress)
4th 69% 29% Randy Feenstra

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "Someone else" with 1%; "Don't want to tell" with 1%
  4. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 3%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  7. ^ "Would not vote" (volunteered answer) with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c d This poll was sponsored by the Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
  2. ^ Poll conducted for the NRSC.

References

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Official campaign websites
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