The Iowa elections, 2018 were held in the

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on November 6, 2018. A closed primary election was held on June 5, 2018. All of Iowa's executive officers were up for election as well as all four of Iowa's seats in the

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, 25 (half) of the seats in the

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, and all 100 seats in the

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Governorship

Incumbent

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Terry Branstad Terry Edward Branstad (born November 17, 1946) is an American politician and former diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 before serving as governor of Iowa fro ...

, who has served for two consecutive and six total terms as Iowa Governor, resigned to be the

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in 2017. Lieutenant Governor

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assumed the governorship and was seeking a full term.

Results

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic

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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

Results

General election

Results

Secretary of State

Democratic primary

* Deidre DeJear * Jim Mowrer

Results

Republican primary

Paul Pate Paul Danny Pate Jr. (born May 1, 1958) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd and current Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015, previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the Past President of the National As ...

, incumbent

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic

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, who has served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office. Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger, however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party.

Democratic primary

Results

General election

Results

Auditor

Incumbent Auditor Mary Mosiman, who has served since 2013 was eligible for re-election and was unopposed in the Republican primary. Attorney

Rob Sand Robert Sand (born August 12, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 33rd Iowa State Auditor since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Sand was assistant attorney general of Iowa from 2010 to 2017. In 2018, he ...

won the Democratic Primary.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Results

General election

Results

Secretary of Agriculture

Republican

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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. 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. In 2018, he was nominated by President

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to be

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and has since ruled out reelection. The office is currently held by

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, serving in an acting capacity.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

* Ray Gaesser, farmer and soybean producer * Chad Ingels * Craig Lang, former president of the Farm Bureau *

, incumbent *

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, State Senator

Results

General election

Endorsements

Results

United States House of Representatives

All of Iowa's four seats in the

were up for election in 2018.

Iowa General Assembly

The 25 odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2018, as were all 100 Iowa House seats.

References

External links

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;Official Attorney General campaign websites
Marco Battaglia (L) for Attorney GeneralTom Miller (D) for Attorney General
;Official Secretary of State campaign websites
Deidre DeJear (D) for Secretary of StatePaul Pate (R) for Secretary of State
;Official State Auditor campaign websites
Mary Mosiman (R) for AuditorRob Sand (D) for Auditor
;Official Secretary of Agriculture campaign websites
Tim Gannon (D) for Secretary of Agriculture

Mike Naig (R) for Secretary of Agriculture
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