2018 Iowa gubernatorial election

The 2018 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds ran for election to a full term, facing Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell, Libertarian Jake Porter, and independent candidate Gary Siegwarth.

2018 Iowa gubernatorial election
November 6, 2018
Turnout61.15% 8.44pp
 
Nominee Kim Reynolds Fred Hubbell
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Adam Gregg Rita Hart
Popular vote 667,275 630,986
Percentage 50.3% 47.5%
County results
Reynolds:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Hubbell:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Governor before election

Kim Reynolds
Republican

 Elected Governor

Kim Reynolds
Republican

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On Election Day, Reynolds won 50.3% of the vote and carried 88 of Iowa's 99 counties. She became the first female governor of Iowa elected in her own right. This was the first Iowa gubernatorial election since 1998 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.

Republican primary

Nominated

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements
Kim Reynolds
Newspaper

Results
Republican primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent) 94,118 98.63
Republican Write-ins 1,307 1.37
Total votes 95,425 100

Democratic primary

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements
Nate Boulton (withdrew)
Statewide official
State legislators
Organizations
Cathy Glasson
Elected officials
Iowa Democratic Party officials
  • Jason Frerichs, Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party Progressive Caucus[61]
  • Dylan P. Funk, Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member, vice-chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party Progressive Caucus[61]
  • Mason Fraker, Henry County Democratic Party vice-chairman[61]
  • Nora Taft, 2nd District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Evan Burger, 4th District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Jessica Fears, 4th District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Holly Herbert, 3rd District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Jon Green, 2nd District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Sarah J. Hinds, Linn County Democratic Party credentials committee chairperson[61]
  • Kate Revaux, 2nd District Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee member[61]
  • Alex Anderson, Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee affirmative action chairperson[61]
  • Lindsey Ellickson, Linn County Democratic Party central committee member[61]
Labor union leaders
  • Chris Laursen, UAW Local 74 president[61]
Labor unions
Organizations
Fred Hubbell
Statewide officials
State legislators
Newspaper
Andy McGuire
John Norris
  • Marti Anderson, state representative
  • Jo Oldson, state representative
  • Brad Anderson, 2014 Democratic Secretary of State nominee
  • Tom Hockensmith, Polk County Supervisor
  • Rod Sullivan, Johnson County Supervisor
  • Travis Weipert, Johnson County Auditor
  • Andrew Wenthe, mayor of Fayette, former state representative
  • Brian Quirk, former state representative
  • Don Ruby, Iowa Democratic Party Secretary
  • Daryll Beal, former state senator
  • Norm Sterzenbach, former executive director, Iowa Democratic Party
  • Roger Thomas, former state representative
  • Marcia Nichols, former political director for AFSCME 61
  • Dave Schroeder, former state representative
Todd Prichard (withdrew)

Results
Results by county:
  Hubbell—70–80%
  Hubbell—60–70%
  Hubbell—50–60%
  Hubbell—40–50%
  Hubbell—<40%
  Glasson—<40%
  Norris—60–70%
  Boulton—<40%
Democratic primary results[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred Hubbell 99,245 55.41
Democratic Cathy Glasson 36,815 20.55
Democratic John Norris 20,498 11.44
Democratic Andy McGuire 9,404 5.25
Democratic Nate Boulton (withdrawn) 9,082 5.07
Democratic Ross Wilburn 3,880 2.17
Democratic Write-ins 200 0.01
Total votes 179,124 100

Libertarian primary

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson received 3.8 percent of the votes in Iowa in 2016, surpassing the 2 percent threshold to attain full political party status.[76] As a result, the Libertarian Party was allowed to hold a primary to select a nominee.[76]

Nominated
  • Jake Porter, business consultant

Declared
  • Marco Battaglia, musician[77]
  • Jake Porter, nominee for Secretary of State in 2010 and 2014[78][79][80]

Endorsements
Jake Porter
Newspaper

Results
Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Jake Porter 991 53.92
Libertarian Marco Battaglia 705 38.36
Libertarian Write-ins 142 7.73
Total votes 1,838 100

Independents

Candidates

Withdrew

Endorsements
Brent Roske (withdrew)

General election

Debates
Dates Location Reynolds Hubbell Link
October 17, 2018 Sioux City, Iowa Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN
October 21, 2018 Davenport, Iowa Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[89] Tossup October 26, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[90] Tilt D (flip) November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[91] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
Real Clear Politics[92] Tossup October 30, 2018
Daily Kos[93] Tossup October 26, 2018
Governing[94] Tossup October 30, 2018
Politico[95] Tossup October 30, 2018
Fox News[96] Tossup October 30, 2018
The Washington Post[97] Tossup October 16, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[98] Tossup November 3, 2018

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Kim
Reynolds (R)		 Fred
Hubbell (D)		 Jake
Porter (L)		 Other Undecided
Change Research November 2–4, 2018 961 – 46% 49% 3% 1%[99] –
Selzer & Company October 30 – November 2, 2018 801 ± 3.5% 44% 46% 2% 1% 7%
Emerson College October 29 – November 1, 2018 1,462 ± 2.7% 49% 45% – 2% 5%
University of Iowa October 8–22, 2018 452 – 40% 48% – 5% 6%
Selzer & Company September 17–20, 2018 555 ± 4.2% 41% 43% 7% 0% 9%
Emerson College September 6–8, 2018 1,000 ± 3.2% 31% 36% – 7% 26%
Selzer & Company January 28–31, 2018 801 ± 3.5% 42% 37% – 12% 10%

Results

While pre-election polls showed Reynolds trailing Hubbell,[100] Reynolds won 50.3% of the vote on Election Day, primarily by sweeping every county west of Des Moines.[101] Ultimately, she carried 88 of Iowa's 99 counties.[102] She became the first female governor of Iowa elected in her own right.[103]

Iowa gubernatorial election, 2018[104]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kim Reynolds (incumbent) 667,275 50.26% -8.73%
Democratic Fred Hubbell 630,986 47.53% +10.26%
Libertarian Jake Porter 21,426 1.61% -0.19%
Independent Gary Siegwarth 7,463 0.56% N/A
n/a Write-ins 488 0.04% N/A
Total votes 1,327,638 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

See also

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