The Green Papers: Iowa 2017 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:3,053,787 (0.99% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Des Moines
 

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Iowa State and Local Government


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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Joni K. Ernst
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 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]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley
FEC S0IA00028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. 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].
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (13)
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Nate Boulton
  Candidate Democratic     Cathy Glasson
  Candidate Democratic     Fred Hubbell
  Candidate Democratic     Andy McGuire
  Candidate Democratic     former Des Moines School Board President Jon Neiderbach
  Candidate Democratic     John Norris
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Wells
  Candidate Democratic     former Iowa City Mayor Wilburn Wilburn
  Candidate Republican     Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett
  Candidate Republican     Boone City Councilman Steven Paul Ray
  Candidate Libertarian     Marco Battaglia
  Candidate Libertarian     Jake Porter
  Candidate Independent     Brent Roske
  

Governor Terry E. Branstad (Republican) resigned on 24 May 2017. The Governor was nominated on 7 December 2016 by President-elect Trump to be Ambassador to China, accepted the nomination on 13 December 2016, and on 23 May 2017 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, 82-13. Governor Branstad served as Governor from 1983 to 1999 and 2011 to 2017, 22 years in all and was last elected in 2014.


Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg
Appointed: 25 May 2017 [re: Lieutenant Governor Kimberly K. "Kim" Reynolds ascension to the Governor's Chair on 24 May 2017].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 

Lieutenant Governor Kimberly K. "Kim" Reynolds (Republican), who was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, ascended to the Governor's Chair on 24 May 2017 after Governor Terry E. Branstad (Republican) resigned [re: appointment as Ambassador to China in the Trump Administration].
On 25 May 2017, Governor Kim Reynolds selected State Public Defender Adam Gregg as her Lieutenant Governor.


115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1 Republican Congressman Rodney Leland "Rod" Blum
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Abby Finkenauer
FEC H8IA01094; 30 Sep 17; Tot $308,120; Dsb $139,534
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas Heckroth
FEC H8IA01128; 30 Sep 17; Tot $133,822; Dsb $28,526
  Candidate Democratic     George Ramsey
FEC H8IA01110; 30 Sep 17; Tot $7,204; Dsb $6,845
  Candidate Democratic     Courtney L. Rowe
FEC H8IA01102; 30 Sep 17; Tot $2,912; Dsb $1,402
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Rodney Leland "Rod" Blum
FEC H2IA01055; 30 Sep 17; Tot $937,043; Dsb $100,831

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Congressman David Wayne "Dave" Loebsack
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman David Wayne "Dave" Loebsack
FEC H6IA02146; 30 Sep 17; Tot $799,514; Dsb $260,755
  Candidate Republican     Christopher "Chris" Peters
FEC H6IA02161; 30 Sep 17; Tot $35,807; Dsb $17,212

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman David Young
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (8) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Cindy Axne
FEC H8IA03124; 30 Sep 17; Tot $154,263; Dsb $49,621
  Candidate Democratic     Pete D'Alessandro
FEC H8IA03173; 30 Sep 17; Tot $48,905; Dsb $22,283
  Candidate Democratic     Austin Ronald Frerick
FEC H8IA03165; 30 Sep 17; Tot $15,659; Dsb $10,230
  Candidate Democratic     Theresa A. Greenfield
FEC H8IA03157; 30 Sep 17; Tot $200,263; Dsb $52,611
  Candidate Democratic     Paul Knupp, Jr.
FEC H8IA03140; 30 Sep 17; Tot $6,458; Dsb $4,220
  Candidate Democratic     Eddie J. Mauro
FEC H8IA03181; 30 Sep 17; Tot $182,251; Dsb $20,352
  Candidate Democratic     Heather A. Ryan
FEC H8IA03132; 30 Sep 17; Tot $505; Dsb $183
  Candidate Republican     Congressman David Young
FEC H4IA03115; 30 Sep 17; Tot $652,715; Dsb $110,096

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4 Republican Congressman Steven A. "Steve" King
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (7) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Paul Elliott Dahl
FEC H8IA04130
  Candidate Democratic     Leann Jacobsen
FEC H8IA04114; 30 Sep 17; Tot $55,075; Dsb $16,872
  Candidate Democratic     John Joseph Paschen
FEC H8IA04122; 30 Sep 17; Tot $11,336; Dsb $400
  Candidate Democratic     James D. Scholten
FEC H8IA04106; 30 Sep 17; Tot $40,143; Dsb $32,550
  Candidate Democratic     Kimberly "Kim" Weaver
FEC H6IA04134; 30 Sep 17; Tot $202,902; Dsb $198,702
  Candidate Republican     Cyndi Hanson
FEC H8IA04148
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Steven A. "Steve" King
FEC H2IA05072; 30 Sep 17; Tot $157,182; Dsb $224,035

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Secretary of State Paul D. Pate
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Deidre DeJear
  Candidate Democratic     Jim Mowrer

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1982, 1986; elected again: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Democratic Treasurer Michael L. "Mike" Fitzgerald
First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Auditor Mary Mosiman
Appointed: 13 May 2013 re: resignation of Auditor David A. "Dave" Vaudt. First elected: 2014.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     former Assistant Attorney General Rob Sand

Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Bill Northey
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 

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): 3 incumbents, 28 candidates
  Republican: 10 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
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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