Who is running for Iowa Senate 2022

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U.S. Senate, Iowa
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 18, 2022
Primary: June 7, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Voting in Iowa
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican
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U.S. Senate, Iowa U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Iowa elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022

Voters in Iowa will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was March 18, 2022.

The election will fill the Class III Senate seat held by Chuck Grassley (R), who first took office in 1981. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. Senate. Thirty-five of 100 seats are up for election, including one special election.[1] Democrats have an effective majority, with the chamber split 50-50 and Vice President Kamala Harris (D) having the tie-breaking vote.[2] Democrats hold 14 seats and Republicans hold 21 seats up for election in 2022.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2022 (June 7 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Iowa, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Dave Muhlbauer (D)
Bob Krause (D)

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Andrew Foster (R)

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See more here: United States Senate election in Iowa, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primary)

Campaign finance
Endorsements
Campaign ads

Voting information

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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022. The next campaign finance filing deadline is October 15, 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name

Party

Receipts*

Disbursements**

Cash on hand

Date

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

$6,087,290

$3,925,848

$4,000,034

As of June 30, 2022

Michael Franken

Democratic Party

$4,633,292

$3,531,503

$1,101,789

As of June 30, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022.

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[5]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[6][7][8]

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Iowa, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	October 11, 2022	October 4, 2022	September 27, 2022	September 20, 2022
The Cook Political Report	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Iowa in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Iowa, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Iowa	U.S. Senate	Ballot-qualified party	3,500, including at least 100 signatures from at least 19 counties	N/A	3/18/2022	Source
Iowa	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	3,500, including at least 100 signatures from at least 19 counties	N/A	8/19/2022[9]	Source

Election history

2020

2016

U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2016
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chuck Grassley Incumbent	60.1%	926,007
	Democratic	Patty Judge	35.7%	549,460
	Libertarian	Charles Aldrich	2.7%	41,794
	New Independent Party Iowa	Jim Hennager	1.1%	17,649
	Independent	Michael Luick-Thrams	0.3%	4,441
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	1,685
Total Votes	1,541,036
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Iowa Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patty Judge	47.7%	46,322
Rob Hogg	38.9%	37,801
Thomas Fiegen	6.8%	6,573
Bob Krause	6.6%	6,425
Total Votes	97,121
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Incumbent Chuck Grassley faced no opponent in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016.[10]

2014

U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joni Ernst	52.1%	588,575
	Democratic	Bruce Braley	43.8%	494,370
	Independent	Rick Stewart	2.4%	26,815
	Libertarian	Douglas Butzier	0.7%	8,232
	Independent	Ruth Smith	0.5%	5,873
	Independent	Bob Quast	0.4%	4,724
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	1,111
Total Votes	1,129,700
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

Incumbent Bruce Braley ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate.

U.S. Senate, Iowa Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joni Ernst	56.2%	88,535
Sam Clovis	18%	28,418
Mark Jacobs	16.8%	26,523
Matt Whitaker	7.5%	11,884
Scott Schaben	1.4%	2,233
Total Votes	157,593
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

2010

U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chuck Grassley Incumbent	64.4%	718,215
	Democratic	Roxanne Conlin	33.3%	371,686
	Libertarian	John Heiderscheit	2.3%	25,290
Total Votes	1,115,191

United States Senate Democratic Primary, 2010
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	ROXANNE CONLIN	77.5%	52,715
	Democratic	BOB KRAUSE	12.8%	8,728
	Democratic	THOMAS L. FIEGEN	9.4%	6,357
	Democratic	Write-in votes	0.3%	177
Total Votes	67,977
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

United States Senate Republican Primary, 2010
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	CHUCK GRASSLEY Incumbent	98%	197,194
	Republican	Write-in votes	2%	3,926
Total Votes	201,120
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Iowa and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Iowa, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Iowa's 1st	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Republican	R+3
Iowa's 2nd	Ashley Hinson	Republican	R+4
Iowa's 3rd	Cindy Axne	Democratic	R+3
Iowa's 4th	Randy Feenstra	Republican	R+16

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Iowa[11]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Iowa's 1st	47.6%	50.5%
Iowa's 2nd	46.9%	51.3%
Iowa's 3rd	48.9%	49.3%
Iowa's 4th	36.2%	62.2%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 40.1% of Iowans lived in one of the state's six Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 31.6% lived in one of 61 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Iowa was Trending Republican, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Iowa following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Iowa county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	6	40.1%
Solid Republican	61	31.6%
Trending Republican	32	28.3%
Total voted Democratic	6	40.1%
Total voted Republican	93	59.9%

Historical voting trends

Iowa presidential election results (1900-2020)

11 Democratic wins
20 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	D	D	R	R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Iowa

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Iowa.

U.S. Senate election results in Iowa
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	51.8%	45.2%
2016	60.1%	35.7%
2014	52.1%	43.8%
2010	64.5%	33.2%
2008	62.7%	37.3%
Average	58.2	39.0

Gubernatorial elections

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Iowa's congressional delegation as of October 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Iowa, October 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	1	1
Republican	2	3	5
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	4	6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Iowa's top four state executive offices as of October 2022.

State executive officials in Iowa, October 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Kim Reynolds
Lieutenant Governor	Adam Gregg
Secretary of State	Paul Pate
Attorney General	Thomas John Miller

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Iowa General Assembly as of September 2022.

Iowa State Senate

Party	As of September 2022
	Democratic Party	18
	Republican Party	32
	Vacancies	0
Total	50

Iowa House of Representatives

Party	As of September 2022
	Democratic Party	40
	Republican Party	60
	Vacancies	0
Total	100

Trifecta control

As of September 2022, Iowa was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Iowa Party Control: 1992-2022
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Iowa and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Iowa (2019)
	Iowa	United States
Population	3,139,508	324,697,795
Land area (sq mi)	55,853	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	90%	72.5%
Black/African American	3.7%	12.7%
Asian	2.4%	5.5%
Native American	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	6%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	92.1%	88%
College graduation rate	28.6%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$60,523	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	11.5%	13.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019)
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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Footnotes

↑ The special Senate election in California is for the same seat up for regular election. There are, then, 36 total Senate elections for 35 total seats.
↑ Two independents who caucus with Democrats are included with Democrats in the 50-50 split count.
↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
↑ Ballot Access News, "Iowa Secretary of State Now Considers the Old August Petition Deadline for Independent Candidates to be in Force," April 21, 2022
↑ The New York Times "Iowa Caucus Results," June 7, 2016
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

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