Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010

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Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010
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Nominee Terry Branstad Chet Culver
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Kim Reynolds Patty Judge
Popular vote 589,565[1] 481,297[1]
Percentage 52.9% 43.2%
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County results
Governor before election

Chet Culver
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Terry Branstad
Republican
Elections in Iowa
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The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, who will serve a four-year term to begin on January 14, 2011. In Iowa the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected on the same ballot.

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.

The Branstad/Reynolds ticket defeated the Culver/Judge ticket in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Chet Culver, incumbent Governor

Results

Democratic primary results[2]
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:[3]

Withdrew

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

Republican primary results[2]
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[10]
  • 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[11]
  • 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.[12] 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.[13]
  • David Rosenfeld (SWP), running with Helen Meyers[10]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report Lean R[14] October 21, 2010
Rothenberg Safe R[15] October 15, 2010
Swing State Project Safe R[citation needed]
RealClearPolitics Likely R[16] October 21, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R[17] October 21, 2010
CQ Politics Lean R[18] October 21, 2010

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Chet Culver Terry Branstad
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-Feb. 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

2010 gubernatorial election, Iowa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Terry Branstad 592494 52.86% +8.2
Democratic Chet Culver (Incumbent) 484798 43.16% -10.8
Iowa Party Jonathan Narcisse 20,859 1.28 n/a
Libertarian Eric Cooper 14,598 1.28 +0.7
Independent James Hughes 3,884 0.34 n/a
Socialist Workers David Rosenfeld 2,757 0.24 +.04
Write-in n/a 2,823 0.24 n/a
Majority 108,238
Turnout 1,047,714
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

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External links

Debates
Official campaign websites
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