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Secretary of State of Iowa
Incumbent Paul Pate since 2015
Type	Secretary of State
Term length	4 years
Formation	1846
First holder	Elisha Cutler Jr.
Website	Official Site

The Secretary of State of Iowa is the commissioner of elections of the U.S. state of Iowa. A constitutional officer, the officeholder is elected every four years. The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions: Elections and Voter Registration, Business Services, Administrative Services, and Communications and Publications.

Elections and Voter Registration deals with supervising the 99 county auditors, elections, and voter registration. The division of the office helps the county auditors in telling them which election practices work best. The division also helps in increasing voter registration. The Business Services Division is a records center for businesses in Iowa. The Administrative Services Division and the Communications and Publications Division is involved in scheduling and providing media information, preservation of documents, recordkeeping, and publishing the Iowa Official Register and the Iowa Official Directory of Federal, State and County Officers. The Secretary of State's office is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines.

List of secretaries of state of Iowa

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	Elisha Cutler Jr.	1846	1848	Democratic
2	Josiah H. Bonney	1848	1850	Democratic
3	George W. McCleary	1850	1856	Democratic
4	Elijah Sells	1856	1863	Republican
5	James Wright	1863	1867	Republican
6	Ed Wright	1867	1873	Republican
7	Josiah T. Young	1873	1879	Republican
8	John A. T. Hull	1879	1885	Republican
9	Frank D. Jackson	1885	1891	Republican
10	William M. McFarland	1891	1897	Republican
11	George L. Dobson	1897	1901	Republican
12	William B. Martin	1901	1907	Republican
13	William C. Hayward	1907	1913	Republican
14	William S. Allen	1913	1919	Republican
15	Walter C. Ramsay	1919	1928	Republican
16	Edward M. Smith	1929	1931	Republican
17	G. C. Greenwalt	1931	1933	Republican
18	Ola Babcock Miller	1933	1937	Democratic
19	Robert E. O'Brien	1937	1939	Democratic
20	Earl G. Miller	1939	1943	Republican
21	Wayne M. Ropes	1943	1947	Republican
22	Rollo H. Bergeson	1947	1949	Republican
23	Melvin D. Synhorst	1949	1965	Republican
24	Gary L. Cameron	1965	1966	Democratic
25	Melvin D. Synhorst	1967	1980	Republican
26	Mary Jane Odell	1980	1987	Republican
27	Elaine Baxter	1987	1995	Democratic
28	Paul Pate	1995	1999	Republican
29	Chet Culver	1999	2007	Democratic
30	Michael Mauro	2007	2011	Democratic
31	Matt Schultz	2011	2015	Republican
32	Paul Pate	2015	Incumbent	Republican

References

"Press Release August 24, 2007 | DAS". Das.iowa.gov. 2007-08-24. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

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Regions	Coteau des Prairies Des Moines metropolitan area Dissected Till Plains Driftless Area Great River Road Honey Lands Iowa Great Lakes Loess Hills Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area Quad Cities Siouxland
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v t e Secretaries of state in the United States
AL ▌Wes Allen (R) AK ▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R) AZ ▌Adrian Fontes (D) AR ▌John Thurston (R) CA ▌Shirley Weber (D) CO ▌Jena Griswold (D) CT ▌Stephanie Thomas (D) DE ▌Jeffrey W. Bullock (D) FL ▌Cord Byrd (R) GA ▌Brad Raffensperger (R) HI ▌Sylvia Luke (D) ID ▌Phil McGrane (R) IL ▌Alexi Giannoulias (D) IN ▌Diego Morales (R) IA ▌Paul Pate (R) KS ▌Scott Schwab (R) KY ▌Michael Adams (R) LA ▌Nancy Landry (R) ME ▌Shenna Bellows (D) MD ▌Susan C. Lee (D) MA ▌William F. Galvin (D) MI ▌Jocelyn Benson (D) MN ▌Steve Simon (DFL) MS ▌Michael Watson (R) MO ▌Jay Ashcroft (R) MT ▌Christi Jacobsen (R) NE ▌Bob Evnen (R) NV ▌Cisco Aguilar (D) NH ▌David Scanlan (R) NJ ▌Tahesha Way (D) NM ▌Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) NY ▌Walter T. Mosley (D) NC ▌Elaine Marshall (D) ND ▌Michael Howe (R) OH ▌Frank LaRose (R) OK ▌Josh Cockroft (R) OR ▌LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D) PA ▌Al Schmidt (R) RI ▌Gregg Amore (D) SC ▌Mark Hammond (R) SD ▌Monae Johnson (R) TN ▌Tre Hargett (R) TX ▌Jane Nelson (R) UT ▌Deidre Henderson (R) VT ▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D) VA ▌Kelly Gee (R) WA ▌Steve Hobbs (D) WV ▌Mac Warner (R) WI ▌Sarah Godlewski (D) WY ▌Chuck Gray (R) Federal districts: DC ▌Kimberly A. Bassett (D)Territories: AS ▌Eleasalo Ale (D) GU ▌Josh Tenorio (D) MP ▌David M. Apatang (I) PR ▌Omar J. Marrero (PNP) VI ▌Tregenza Roach (D)
Political party affiliations 28 ▌Republican (28 states) 26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district) 1 ▌Independent (1 territory) 1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory) Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.

Secretaries of state in the United States

AL ▌Wes Allen (R) AK ▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R) AZ ▌Adrian Fontes (D) AR ▌John Thurston (R) CA ▌Shirley Weber (D) CO ▌Jena Griswold (D) CT ▌Stephanie Thomas (D) DE ▌Jeffrey W. Bullock (D) FL ▌Cord Byrd (R) GA ▌Brad Raffensperger (R) HI ▌Sylvia Luke (D) ID ▌Phil McGrane (R) IL ▌Alexi Giannoulias (D) IN ▌Diego Morales (R) IA ▌Paul Pate (R) KS ▌Scott Schwab (R) KY ▌Michael Adams (R) LA ▌Nancy Landry (R) ME ▌Shenna Bellows (D) MD ▌Susan C. Lee (D) MA ▌William F. Galvin (D) MI ▌Jocelyn Benson (D) MN ▌Steve Simon (DFL) MS ▌Michael Watson (R) MO ▌Jay Ashcroft (R) MT ▌Christi Jacobsen (R) NE ▌Bob Evnen (R) NV ▌Cisco Aguilar (D) NH ▌David Scanlan (R) NJ ▌Tahesha Way (D) NM ▌Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) NY ▌Walter T. Mosley (D) NC ▌Elaine Marshall (D) ND ▌Michael Howe (R) OH ▌Frank LaRose (R) OK ▌Josh Cockroft (R) OR ▌LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D) PA ▌Al Schmidt (R) RI ▌Gregg Amore (D) SC ▌Mark Hammond (R) SD ▌Monae Johnson (R) TN ▌Tre Hargett (R) TX ▌Jane Nelson (R) UT ▌Deidre Henderson (R) VT ▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D) VA ▌Kelly Gee (R) WA ▌Steve Hobbs (D) WV ▌Mac Warner (R) WI ▌Sarah Godlewski (D) WY ▌Chuck Gray (R) Federal districts: DC ▌Kimberly A. Bassett (D)Territories: AS ▌Eleasalo Ale (D) GU ▌Josh Tenorio (D) MP ▌David M. Apatang (I) PR ▌Omar J. Marrero (PNP) VI ▌Tregenza Roach (D)

Political party affiliations: 28 ▌Republican (28 states); 26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district); 1 ▌Independent (1 territory); 1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory)
Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.

v t e Statewide political officials of Iowa
U.S. senators	Chuck Grassley Joni Ernst
State government	Kim Reynolds, Governor Chris Cournoyer, Lieutenant Governor Paul Pate, Secretary of State Brenna Bird, Attorney General Rob Sand, Auditor Roby Smith, Treasurer Mike Naig, Agriculture Secretary
State Senate	Amy Sinclair, President Brad Zaun, President pro tempore Jack Whitver, Majority Leader Pam Jochum, Minority Leader
State House	Pat Grassley, Speaker John Wills, Speaker pro tempore Matt Windschitl, Majority Leader Jennifer Konfrst, Minority Leader
Supreme Court (appointed, retained by election)	Susan Christensen, Chief Justice Christopher McDonald Edward Mansfield Thomas D. Waterman Dana Oxley Matthew McDermott David N. May, Associate Justices

v t e Secretaries of state of Iowa
Cutler Bonney McCleary Sells J. Wright E. Wright Young Hull Jackson McFarland Dobson Martin Hayward Allen Ramsay Smith Greenwalt O. Miller O'Brien E. Miller Ropes Bergeson Synhorst Cameron Synhorst Odell Baxter Pate Culver Mauro Schultz Pate

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Secretaries of state of Iowa