2010 Iowa gubernatorial election
The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor, to serve a four-year term beginning on January 14, 2011. In Iowa, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ballot.
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
County results Branstad: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Culver: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Elections in Iowa | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
The two major party candidates were first-term incumbent governor Chet Culver, a Democrat, who ran for re-election with first-term incumbent lieutenant governor Patty Judge, and former four-term governor Terry Branstad, who won a three-way primary for the Republican nomination and ran with State Senator Kim Reynolds.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Chet Culver, incumbent Governor
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Chet Culver (incumbent) | 56,293 | 95.7 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 2,534 | 4.3 | |
Total votes | 58,827 | 100 |
Republican primary
Candidates
On ballot
As listed by the Iowa Secretary of State's office:[4]
- Terry Branstad, former Governor[5]
- Rod Roberts, State Representative[6]
- Bob Vander Plaats, businessman and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006[6]
Withdrew
- State Senator Paul McKinley withdrew after Terry Branstad formed an exploratory committee[7]
- Cedar Rapids businessman Christian Fong suspended his campaign due to a lack of campaign finances[8]
- Minority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives Christopher Rants withdrew from the race due to lack of campaign funds[9]
- State Senator Jerry Behn withdrew from the race and endorsed Terry Branstad[10]
Polling
Poll source | Dates administered | Terry Branstad |
Bob Vander Plaats |
Rod Roberts |
---|---|---|---|---|
Selzer & Co. Inc of Des Moines | June 1–3, 2010 | 57% | 29% | 8% |
Public Policy Polling | May 25–27, 2010 | 46% | 31% | 13% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Terry Branstad | 114,450 | 50.3 | |
Republican | Bob Vander Plaats | 93,058 | 40.9 | |
Republican | Rod Roberts | 19,896 | 8.8 | |
Total votes | 227,404 | 100 |
General election
Candidates
- Chet Culver (D), incumbent governor; running with incumbent lieutenant governor Patty Judge.
- Gregory James Hughes (I), running with Robin Prior-Calef.[1][11]
- Terry Branstad (R), former four-term governor; running with State Senator Kim Reynolds.
- Eric Cooper (L), professor at Iowa State University; running with judicial administrator Nick Weltha.[12]
- Jonathan Narcisse (Iowa Party), former member of the Des Moines school board; running with truck driver Rick Marlar. Narcisse is a Democrat and Marlar is a Republican.[13] Narcisse's campaign and that of Senate District 45 candidate Douglas William Phillips were not affiliated, though both appeared on the ballot under the "Iowa Party" name.[14][15]
- David Rosenfeld (SWP), running with Helen Meyers.[1][16]
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
Cook Political Report | Lean R[17] | October 21, 2010 |
Rothenberg | Safe R[18] | October 15, 2010 |
Swing State Project | Safe R | |
RealClearPolitics | Likely R[19] | October 21, 2010 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R[20] | October 21, 2010 |
CQ Politics | Lean R[21] | October 21, 2010 |
Polling
Poll source | Dates administered | Chet Culver (D) |
Terry Branstad (R) |
---|---|---|---|
Rasmussen Reports | September 23, 2010 | 37% | 55% |
Rasmussen Reports | August 5, 2010 | 36% | 52% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 14, 2010 | 31% | 57% |
Public Policy Polling | May 25–27, 2010 | 37% | 52% |
KCCI-TV | May 3–5, 2010 | 41% | 48% |
Rasmussen Reports | April 29, 2010 | 38% | 53% |
Rasmussen Reports | March 17, 2010 | 36% | 52% |
Rasmussen Reports | February 18, 2010 | 37% | 53% |
KCCI-TV | February 15–17, 2010 | 38% | 54% |
Selzer & Co. of Des Moines | January 31 – February 3, 2010 | 33% | 53% |
Selzer & Co. of Des Moines | November 8–11, 2009 | 33% | 57% |
Daily Kos/Research 2000 | October 12–14, 2009 | 43% | 48% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 22, 2009 | 34% | 54% |
Iowa First Foundation | July 23–July 26, 2009 | 34% | 53% |
Concordia Group LLC | July 2009 | 37% | 53% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Terry Branstad | 592,494 | 52.8% | +8.2 | |
Democratic | Chet Culver (incumbent) | 484,798 | 43.2% | -10.8 | |
Iowa Party[15] | Jonathan Narcisse | 20,859 | 1.9% | n/a | |
Libertarian | Eric Cooper | 14,398 | 1.3% | +0.7 | |
Independent[11] | Gregory Hughes | 3,884 | 0.4% | n/a | |
Socialist Workers | David Rosenfeld[16] | 2,757 | 0.3% | +.05 | |
Write-in | 2,823 | 0.3% | n/a | ||
Total votes | 1,133,430 | 100.0% | n/a | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
References
- "2010 Iowa gubernatorial election results" (PDF). SOS.Iowa.gov. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- Bureau, ROD BOSHART, Lee-Gazette Des Moines. "Terry Branstad 'ready to lead the charge' as Iowa's governor". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- "Iowa Governor Primary Results". Iowa Secretary of State. June 8, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
- http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2010/candlistprim.pdf
- "Gov. Terry Branstad announces 2010 run for governor | Branstad – Reynolds 2010". Governorbranstad2010.com. 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- "Roberts claims GOP's fresh face in governor bid". Des Moines Register.
- "Paul McKinley for Iowa". Mckinleyforiowa.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- "GOP's Fong withdraws, will stay active". Christian Fong. 2009-12-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- "Politically Speaking". Sioux City Journal. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- "Behn out of GOP governor race, backs Branstad | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs". Blogs.desmoinesregister.com. 2009-12-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- "Polls open Tuesday for 2010 midterm general election - Mount Vernon - Lisbon Sun - www.mtvernonlisbonsun.com". www.mvlsun.com.
- Henderson, O. Kay (April 26, 2010). "Libertarians nominate statewide candidates for '10". RadioIowa. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- Clayworth, Jason (July 1, 2010). "Narcisse: I'm an independent candidate for gov". Des Moines Register. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- Deeth, John (August 26, 2010). "What's an Iowa Party?". Retrieved April 28, 2014.
- "Fifth candidate files for Iowa governor's race | Elections | qctimes.com". qctimes.com.
- rod.boshart@gazcomm.com, ROD BOSHART. "Socialist party seeks state office". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- "Senate". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- "Senate Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- "Battle for the Senate". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- "2010 Senate Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- "Race Ratings Chart: Senate". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
External links
- Iowa Secretary of State – Voter/Elections
- Iowa Governor Candidates at Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions for 2010 Iowa Governor from Follow the Money
- Iowa Governor 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
- 2010 Iowa Gubernatorial General Election: All Head-to-Head Matchups graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Election 2010: Iowa Governor from Rasmussen Reports
- 2010 Iowa Governor – Branstad vs. Culver from Real Clear Politics
- 2010 Iowa Governor's Race from CQ Politics
- Race Profile in The New York Times
- Debates
- Iowa Gubernatorial Debate, C-SPAN, September 14, 2010
- Official campaign websites (Archived)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.