The 2014 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014. Republican incumbent Terry Branstad ran for reelection to a sixth overall and second consecutive four-year term. Branstad went on to win a historic sixth term as governor by defeating Democratic challenger and State Senator Jack Hatch, and on December 14, 2015, he became the longest-serving governor in American history. He won 59.1% of the popular vote to Hatch's 37.3%, and carried every county in the state except Johnson, home to Iowa City and the University of Iowa. This was one of the nine Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Barack Obama won in the 2012 presidential election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Narcisse was disqualified from appearing on the ballot in the Democratic primary following a ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court that upheld a lower court decision that held that Narcisse had not submitted enough valid signatures to be placed on the ballot for the primary election. Narcisse continued his campaign and declared his intention to run for the nomination as a write-in candidate. When he was unsuccessful, he announced that he would be running in the general election as the nominee of the Iowa Party.
Candidates
Declared
- Jack Hatch, state senator
- Jonathan Narcisse, former member of the Des Moines School Board and Iowa Party nominee for governor in 2010
Withdrew
Declined
- Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines
- Chet Culver, former governor
- Jeff Danielson, state senator
- Michael Fitzgerald, state treasurer
- Michael Gronstal, majority leader of the Iowa Senate and chairman of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
- Fred Hubbell, insurance executive
- Pam Jochum, president of the Iowa Senate
- Bob Krause, former state representative, nominee for state treasurer in 1978, candidate for Mayor of Waterloo in 1982 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
- Janet Petersen, state senator
- Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture and former governor
Endorsements
Results
General election
Candidates
* Running mate: Kim Reynolds, incumbent lieutenant governor
* Running mate: Monica Vernon, Cedar Rapids City Councilwoman
- Jim Hennager (New Independent Party), administrator, former city councillor and Reform Party nominee for governor in 1998
* Running mate: Mary Krieg
- Lee Hieb (Libertarian), orthopedic surgeon
* Running mate: Ryan Ketelsen, businessman
- Jonathan Narcisse (Iowa Party), former member of the Des Moines School Board and nominee for governor in 2010
* Running mate: Michael Richards, semi-retired businessman
Debates
Predictions
Polling
With Branstad<br />
With Hoefling<br />
With Reynolds<br />
Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Branstad won all four congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
References
External links
Official campaign websites (Archived)