2022 Iowa gubernatorial election

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 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.

Nominee

 * Kim Reynolds, incumbent governor

Declined

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

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 IA's 3rd congressional district (ran for re-election)
 * Abby Finkenauer, former U.S. representative for IA's 1st congressional district (ran for U.S. Senate)
 * Rob Sand, Iowa State Auditor (ran for re-election)

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.

Declared

 * Robert Bond

Polling

 * Aggregate polls
 * Graphical summary

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)