Incumbent Democratic attorney generalTom Miller has 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.
Incumbent Democratic state treasurerMichael L. Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office.[10] Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger, however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party.
Incumbent Auditor Mary Mosiman, who has served since 2013 was eligible for re-election and was unopposed in the Republican primary. Attorney Rob Sand won the Democratic primary.
Republican Secretary of AgricultureBill 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 he 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 has since ruled out reelection. The office is currently held by Mike Naig, serving in an acting capacity.
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This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information November 2018 The Iowa elections 2018 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 2018 Iowa elections 20162020 Contents 1 Governorship 1 1 Results 2 Attorney general 2 1 Democratic primary 2 1 1 Results 2 2 General election 2 2 1 Results 3 Secretary of state 3 1 Democratic primary 3 1 1 Results 3 2 Republican primary 3 2 1 Results 3 3 General election 3 3 1 Predictions 3 3 2 Endorsements 3 3 3 Results 4 Treasurer 4 1 Democratic primary 4 1 1 Results 4 2 General election 4 2 1 Results 5 Auditor 5 1 Democratic primary 5 1 1 Results 5 2 Republican primary 5 2 1 Results 5 3 General election 5 3 1 Results 6 Secretary of Agriculture 6 1 Democratic primary 6 1 1 Results 6 2 Republican primary 6 2 1 Results 6 3 General election 6 3 1 Endorsements 6 3 2 Results 7 United States House of Representatives 8 Iowa General Assembly 9 References 10 External linksGovernorship editMain article Iowa gubernatorial election 2018 Incumbent Republican governor Terry Branstad who has 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 edit Iowa gubernatorial election 2018 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kim Reynolds incumbent 667 275 50 3Democratic Fred Hubbell 630 986 47 5Libertarian Jake Porter 21 427 1 6Independent Gary Siegwarth 7 463 0 6Write in 488 0 0Total votes 1 327 638 100 0Republican holdAttorney general editIncumbent Democratic attorney general Tom Miller has 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 edit Results edit Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tom Miller incumbent 157 483 99 7Democratic Write ins 546 0 3Total votes 158 029 100 0General election edit Results edit Iowa Attorney General election 2018 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tom Miller incumbent 880 531 76 5Libertarian Marco Battaglia 262 131 22 8Write in 8 237 0 7Total votes 1 150 899 100 0Democratic holdSecretary of state editDemocratic primary edit Deidre DeJear Jim MowrerResults edit Democratic primary results 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Deidre DeJear 82 221 51 1Democratic Jim Mowrer 78 409 48 7Democratic Write ins 312 0 2Total votes 160 942 100 0Republican primary edit Paul Pate incumbentResults edit Republican primary results 6 Party Candidate Votes Republican Paul D Pate incumbent 88 303 99 6Republican Write ins 327 0 4Total votes 88 630 100 0General election edit Predictions edit Source Ranking As ofGoverning magazine 7 Lean R June 4 2018Endorsements edit Deidre DeJear D Former U S Executive Branch officialsBarack Obama 44th President of the United States 8 Results edit Iowa Secretary of State election 2018 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Paul Pate incumbent 685 780 52 7Democratic Deidre DeJear 583 774 44 9Libertarian Jules Ofenbakh 30 881 2 4Write in 482 0 0Total votes 1 300 917 100 0Republican holdTreasurer edit2018 Iowa State Treasurer election nbsp 20142022 nbsp nbsp Candidate Michael Fitzgerald Jeremy DavisParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 710 426 553 691Percentage 54 8 42 7 nbsp County resultsFitzgerald 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Davis 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 State Treasurer before electionMichael FitzgeraldDemocratic Elected State Treasurer Michael FitzgeraldDemocraticIncumbent Democratic state treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald who has served in the position since 1983 ran for reelection to a tenth term in office 10 Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party Democratic primary edit Results edit Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Michael L Fitzgerald incumbent 156 225 51 1Democratic Write ins 444 0 2Total votes 156 669 100 0General election edit Results edit Iowa State Treasurer election 2018 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Michael L Fitzgerald incumbent 710 426 54 8Republican Jeremy Davis 553 691 42 7Libertarian Tim Hird 31 268 2 4Write in 465 0 1Total votes 1 295 850 100 0Democratic holdAuditor editIncumbent Auditor Mary Mosiman who has served since 2013 was eligible for re election and was unopposed in the Republican primary Attorney Rob Sand won the Democratic primary Democratic primary edit Results edit Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Rob Sand 147 840 99 6Democratic Write ins 550 0 4Total votes 148 390 100 0Republican primary edit Results edit Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes Republican Mary Mosiman incumbent 85 207 99 7Republican Write ins 278 0 3Total votes 88 630 100 0 nbsp Results by county Sand 70 80 Sand 60 70 Sand 50 60 Sand 40 50 Mosiman 80 90 Mosiman 70 80 Mosiman 60 70 Mosiman 50 60 Mosiman 40 50 General election edit Results edit Iowa State Auditor election 2018 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Rob Sand 660 169 51 0Republican Mary Mosiman incumbent 601 320 46 4Libertarian Fred Perryman 33 421 2 6Write in 458 0 0Total votes 1 295 368 100 0Democratic gain from RepublicanSecretary of Agriculture editRepublican 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 he 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 has since ruled out reelection The office is currently held by Mike Naig serving in an acting capacity Democratic primary edit Results edit Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tim Gannon 148 258 99 5Democratic Write ins 710 0 5Total votes 148 968 100 0Republican primary edit Ray Gaesser farmer and soybean producer Chad Ingels Craig Lang former president of the Farm Bureau Mike Naig incumbent Dan Zumbach State SenatorResults edit Republican primary results Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike Naig incumbent 30 870 34 7Republican Dan Zumbach 18 938 21 3Republican Craig Lang 16 514 18 6Republican Ray Gaesser 14 437 16 2Republican Chad Ingels 7 915 8 9Republican Write ins 210 0 3Total votes 88 884 100 0General election edit Endorsements edit Tim Gannon D Former U S Executive Branch officialsBarack Obama 44th President of the United States 8 Results edit Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election 2018 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike Naig incumbent 651 552 50 3Democratic Tim Gannon 602 916 46 6Libertarian Rick Stewart 38 965 3 0Write in 597 0 1Total votes 1 294 030 100 0Republican holdUnited States House of Representatives editMain article United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa 2018 All of Iowa s four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018 Iowa General Assembly editThe 25 odd numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2018 as were all 100 Iowa House seats Main article 2018 Iowa Senate election Main article 2018 Iowa House of Representatives electionReferences edit 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 editCandidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at OpenSecretsOfficial Attorney General campaign websitesMarco Battaglia L for Attorney General Tom Miller D for Attorney GeneralOfficial Secretary of State campaign websitesDeidre DeJear D for Secretary of State Paul Pate R for Secretary of StateOfficial State Auditor campaign websitesMary Mosiman R for Auditor Rob Sand D for AuditorOfficial Secretary of Agriculture campaign websitesTim Gannon D for Secretary of Agriculture Archived 2018 10 20 at the Wayback Machine Mike Naig R for Secretary of Agriculture Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Iowa elections amp oldid 1188616874, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
