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Turnout	55.06% 6.09pp
Nominee Kim Reynolds Deidre DeJear Party Republican Democratic Running mate Adam Gregg Eric Van Lancker Popular vote 709,198 482,950 Percentage 58.04% 39.53%
County results Congressional district results State Senate districts results State House district results Precinct resultsReynolds:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% DeJear:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No votes
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The 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won re-election to a second full term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear with 58.0% of the vote.

First elected as lieutenant governor in 2010, Reynolds assumed the governorship on May 24, 2017, following the resignation of Governor Terry Branstad to become the U.S. Ambassador to China. She was elected in her own right in 2018 in what was considered a minor upset, before dramatically increasing her vote share in 2022.

Reynolds flipped seven counties that had voted Democratic in the previous gubernatorial election: Black Hawk, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jefferson, Lee, and Scott.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kim Reynolds, incumbent governor

Declined

• Ashley Hinson, U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district and former state representative (ran for re-election)

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Deidre DeJear, small business owner and nominee for Secretary of State of Iowa in 2018

Withdrew

• Ras Smith, state representative for the 62nd district

Declined

• Cindy Axne, U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district (ran for re-election)
• Abby Finkenauer, former U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district (ran for U.S. Senate)
• Rob Sand, Iowa state auditor (ran for re-election)

Endorsements

U.S. senators

• Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts

Organizations

• Democracy for America

Results

Minor parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Rick Stewart, Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa in 2018, and independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014. Marco Battaglia of Des Moines was Stewart's running mate.

Independents

Declared

• Robert Bond

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Executive Branch officials

• Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2018–2019) and former governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)
• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)

U.S. senators

• Marsha Blackburn, U.S. senator from Tennessee (2019–present)
• Joni Ernst, U.S. senator from Iowa (2015–present)
• Chuck Grassley, U.S. senator from Iowa (1981–present)
• Rick Scott, U.S. senator from Florida (2019–present)

U.S. representatives

• Ashley Hinson, U.S. representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district (2021–2023)
• Mariannette Miller-Meeks, U.S. representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district (2021–2023)

State legislators

• Chris Cournoyer, state senator from the 49th district (2019–present)
• Norlin Mommsen, state representative from the 97th district (2015–present)
• Zach Nunn, state senator from the 15th district (2019–2023) and Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in 2022

Organizations

• Iowa Farm Bureau
• Maggie's List
• National Right to Life Committee
• NRA Political Victory Fund
• Susan B. Anthony List

Newspapers

• Sioux City Journal

State legislators

• David Maxwell, state representative from the 76th district (2013–present) (Republican)

Individuals

• Fred Hubbell, businessman and nominee for governor in 2018

Organizations

• The Collective PAC
• Democracy for America
• EMILY's List
• Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund
• Iowa Unity Coalition
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• One Iowa Action

Labor unions

• AFL–CIO

Newspapers

• The Daily Iowan
• The Des Moines Register
• Storm Lake Times

Polling

Aggregate polls

Graphical summary

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Debates

Results

•   Democratic — +10-15%
•   Democratic — +5-10%
•   Democratic — +0-5%
•   Republican — +0-5%
•   Republican — +5-10%
•   Republican — +10-15%
•   Republican — +15-20%
•   Republican — +20-25%
•   Republican — +25-30%
•   Republican — +>30%

•   Democratic — +10-15%
•   Democratic — +5-10%
•   Democratic — +0-5%
•   Republican — +0-5%
•   Republican — +5-10%
•   Republican — +10-15%
•   Republican — +15-20%
•   Republican — +20-25%
•   Republican — +25-30%
•   Republican — +>30%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Black Hawk (largest city: Waterloo)
• Clinton (largest city: Clinton)
• Des Moines (largest city: Burlington)
• Dubuque (largest city: Dubuque)
• Jefferson (largest city: Fairfield)
• Lee (largest city: Fort Madison)
• Scott (largest city: Davenport)

By congressional district

Reynolds won all 4 congressional districts.

See also

• 2022 Iowa elections

Notes

1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. "Someone else" with 1%; "Don't want to tell" with 1%
4. "Someone else" with 2%
5. "Someone else" with 3%; "Would not vote" with 1%
6. "Someone else" with 2%
7. "Would not vote" (volunteered answer) with 1%

Partisan clients

1. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
2. Poll conducted for the NRSC.

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External links

Official campaign websites

• Deidre DeJear (D) for Governor
• Kim Reynolds (R) for Governor
• Rick Stewart (L) for Governor

• Iowa gubernatorial elections
• 2022 United States gubernatorial elections
• 2022 Iowa elections