The Green Papers: Iowa 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:3,192,406 (1.03% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:6(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Des Moines
 

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Iowa State and Local Government

Iowa Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Under State law, a candidate in a Primary must receive at least 35% of the vote in that Primary to win a Party's nomination. If no candidate receives 35% in the Primary, the nominee is chosen by the State Convention of the Party.

Voters must be registered voters of either the Democratic, Libertarian, or Republican parties (Iowa's "Political Parties") to participate in the primary election [Iowa Administrative Code §39.3, 43.1, 43.2, 43.3]. Voters can change their party affiliation anytime before election day or at their polling place on election day. Other parties are considered "Non-Party Political Organizations" in Iowa and candidates are nominated by nomination petitions or a nominating convention.


Election Calendar from the Iowa Secretary of State.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Joni K. Ernst
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Joni K. Ernst
FEC S4IA00129

Class 3 Republican Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978], 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor Kimberly K. "Kim" Reynolds
Ascended to the Governor's Chair: 24 May 2017 [re: Governor Terry E. Branstad (Republican) resignation to become Ambassador to China]; first elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg
Appointed: 25 May 2017 [Governor Kim Reynolds selected State Public Defender Adam Gregg as her Lieutenant Governor]; first elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks
First elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Christina Bohannan
FEC H2IA02111; 30 Sep 23; Tot $664,266; Dsb $57,404
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks
FEC H8IA02043; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,801,623; Dsb $745,678
  Candidate Republican     David Alfred Pautsch
FEC H4IA01127

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Ashley Hinson Arenholz
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Sarah Elaine Albertson-Corkery
aka Sarah Corkery

FEC H4IA02067
  Candidate Democratic     Jacob J. Wieland
FEC H4IA02075
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Ashley Hinson Arenholz
FEC H0IA01174; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,201,980; Dsb $959,360

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Zach Nunn
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Lanon Baccam
FEC H4IA03172
  Candidate Democratic     Tracy L. Limon
FEC H4IA03156
  Candidate Democratic     Melissa Vine
FEC H4IA03164
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Zach Nunn
FEC H2IA03119; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,992,053; Dsb $690,475

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress Randall "Randy" Feenstra
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jay Edward Brown
FEC H4IA04121
  Candidate Democratic     Ryan Michael Appleton Melton
FEC H2IA04141; 30 Sep 23; Tot $8,947; Dsb $6,883
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Randall "Randy" Feenstra
FEC H0IA04145; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,649,148; Dsb $1,003,623

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Secretary of State Paul D. Pate
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Treasurer Roby Smith
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Auditor Rob Sand
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig
Appointed: 1 March 2018 (re: Bill Northey's confirmation by the U.S. Senate as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services); first elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 8 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 6 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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