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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Iowa governor election

Tom Vilsack (Democrat) beat Doug Gross (Republican) in Iowa in 2002, 52.7% to 44.5%, a margin of 8.2 points and 83,837 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1998, when Tom Vilsack also won.

Democrats led in 68 of the 99 counties and Republicans in 31. The largest, Polk, cast 142,310 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.3 points. The closest was Bremer, where 5 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tom Vilsack won Democratic 540,449 52.7%
Doug Gross Republican 456,612 44.5%
All other candidates 28,741 2.8%
Total1,025,802

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 79,785 56.1% 59,408 41.7% 3,117 142,310 D+14.3
Linn 41,008 55.8% 30,500 41.5% 1,944 73,452 D+14.3
Scott 27,412 52.4% 23,234 44.4% 1,696 52,342 D+8.0
Black Hawk 23,501 56.4% 17,038 40.9% 1,148 41,687 D+15.5
Johnson 24,278 62.9% 12,377 32.0% 1,967 38,622 D+30.8
Dubuque 18,912 58.6% 12,612 39.1% 753 32,277 D+19.5
Story 16,211 56.7% 11,263 39.4% 1,137 28,611 D+17.3
Woodbury 14,231 50.6% 13,230 47.0% 689 28,150 D+3.6
Pottawattamie 12,090 47.1% 12,997 50.6% 602 25,689 R+3.5
Dallas 8,241 50.1% 7,819 47.5% 399 16,459 D+2.6
Cerro Gordo 9,354 57.5% 6,439 39.6% 487 16,280 D+17.9
Warren 8,931 55.2% 6,891 42.6% 355 16,177 D+12.6
Clinton 8,701 53.9% 7,074 43.9% 356 16,131 D+10.1
Des Moines 8,935 58.6% 5,853 38.4% 448 15,236 D+20.2
Jasper 8,506 57.9% 5,837 39.7% 344 14,687 D+18.2
Marshall 7,624 53.6% 6,256 44.0% 337 14,217 D+9.6
Lee 8,255 62.2% 4,514 34.0% 512 13,281 D+28.2
Wapello 7,967 60.0% 4,928 37.1% 375 13,270 D+22.9
Webster 7,554 57.0% 5,463 41.2% 242 13,259 D+15.8
Marion 5,318 46.3% 5,973 51.9% 207 11,498 R+5.7
Muscatine 5,604 49.6% 5,371 47.5% 321 11,296 D+2.1
Sioux 2,043 18.2% 9,110 81.0% 94 11,247 R+62.8
Boone 5,939 59.5% 3,802 38.1% 243 9,984 D+21.4
Benton 4,758 51.9% 4,137 45.1% 278 9,173 D+6.8
Bremer 4,066 48.2% 4,061 48.1% 312 8,439 D+0.1
Fayette 4,092 52.1% 3,590 45.7% 165 7,847 D+6.4
Kossuth 4,087 53.2% 3,399 44.3% 192 7,678 D+9.0
Plymouth 3,264 43.3% 4,062 53.9% 214 7,540 R+10.6
Carroll 3,799 50.7% 3,548 47.4% 144 7,491 D+3.4
Winneshiek 3,450 46.6% 3,659 49.4% 299 7,408 R+2.8
Buchanan 4,079 56.0% 2,970 40.7% 240 7,289 D+15.2
Jones 3,832 52.6% 3,214 44.2% 233 7,279 D+8.5
Mahaska 3,078 42.8% 4,018 55.8% 101 7,197 R+13.1
Washington 3,425 48.1% 3,497 49.1% 203 7,125 R+1.0
Hardin 3,719 53.3% 3,051 43.7% 204 6,974 D+9.6
Clayton 3,525 51.0% 3,107 45.0% 274 6,906 D+6.1
Henry 3,723 54.3% 2,973 43.4% 160 6,856 D+10.9
Poweshiek 3,654 53.6% 2,948 43.3% 211 6,813 D+10.4
Dickinson 3,255 48.9% 3,275 49.2% 126 6,656 R+0.3
Cedar 3,205 49.5% 3,064 47.3% 202 6,471 D+2.2
Jackson 3,449 54.2% 2,776 43.7% 133 6,358 D+10.6
Delaware 3,107 49.2% 3,023 47.9% 183 6,313 D+1.3
Tama 3,357 53.3% 2,779 44.1% 161 6,297 D+9.2
Hamilton 3,289 53.3% 2,713 44.0% 169 6,171 D+9.3
Jefferson 2,324 38.9% 2,571 43.0% 1,086 5,981 R+4.1
Buena Vista 2,837 48.1% 2,940 49.8% 122 5,899 R+1.7
Madison 2,894 49.6% 2,775 47.5% 168 5,837 D+2.0
Iowa 2,746 47.2% 2,853 49.0% 223 5,822 R+1.8
Clay 2,763 47.9% 2,880 49.9% 126 5,769 R+2.0
Floyd 3,150 57.3% 2,187 39.8% 159 5,496 D+17.5
Cass 2,197 40.8% 3,084 57.3% 105 5,386 R+16.5
O'Brien 1,814 34.4% 3,359 63.7% 99 5,272 R+29.3
Chickasaw 2,755 54.0% 2,161 42.4% 183 5,099 D+11.6
Page 1,817 36.6% 3,064 61.7% 83 4,964 R+25.1
Allamakee 2,228 45.0% 2,520 50.9% 200 4,948 R+5.9
Harrison 2,190 44.4% 2,636 53.4% 107 4,933 R+9.0
Butler 2,232 45.5% 2,475 50.4% 202 4,909 R+5.0
Shelby 1,434 29.4% 3,375 69.1% 73 4,882 R+39.8
Crawford 1,879 38.6% 2,921 59.9% 74 4,874 R+21.4
Cherokee 2,433 50.3% 2,253 46.6% 148 4,834 D+3.7
Appanoose 2,490 51.9% 2,211 46.1% 99 4,800 D+5.8
Grundy 1,970 41.6% 2,654 56.1% 108 4,732 R+14.5
Wright 2,323 51.5% 2,137 47.3% 54 4,514 D+4.1
Union 2,421 54.6% 1,866 42.1% 144 4,431 D+12.5
Guthrie 2,274 52.6% 1,935 44.7% 118 4,327 D+7.8
Lyon 1,103 25.9% 3,112 73.0% 49 4,264 R+47.1
Mills 1,718 40.7% 2,412 57.2% 88 4,218 R+16.5
Winnebago 2,134 50.7% 1,954 46.4% 123 4,211 D+4.3
Hancock 1,944 46.3% 2,130 50.7% 127 4,201 R+4.4
Franklin 2,117 51.6% 1,717 41.9% 267 4,101 D+9.8
Calhoun 2,112 52.0% 1,843 45.4% 103 4,058 D+6.6
Keokuk 1,898 48.0% 1,980 50.1% 74 3,952 R+2.1
Greene 2,283 58.0% 1,548 39.4% 102 3,933 D+18.7
Sac 1,890 49.5% 1,825 47.8% 106 3,821 D+1.7
Clarke 2,097 55.7% 1,531 40.7% 135 3,763 D+15.0
Mitchell 1,971 52.9% 1,648 44.2% 110 3,729 D+8.7
Humboldt 1,887 51.4% 1,700 46.3% 81 3,668 D+5.1
Palo Alto 1,971 55.2% 1,534 43.0% 66 3,571 D+12.2
Monona 1,777 50.6% 1,644 46.8% 89 3,510 D+3.8
Montgomery 1,323 37.9% 2,099 60.1% 72 3,494 R+22.2
Louisa 1,601 46.4% 1,751 50.7% 99 3,451 R+4.3
Emmet 1,806 53.7% 1,496 44.5% 62 3,364 D+9.2
Howard 1,765 52.8% 1,471 44.0% 107 3,343 D+8.8
Adair 1,728 52.7% 1,440 43.9% 110 3,278 D+8.8
Lucas 1,665 52.7% 1,435 45.4% 61 3,161 D+7.3
Pocahontas 1,575 51.0% 1,399 45.3% 114 3,088 D+5.7
Davis 1,581 51.4% 1,412 45.9% 81 3,074 D+5.5
Worth 1,697 56.7% 1,176 39.3% 122 2,995 D+17.4
Decatur 1,520 51.7% 1,318 44.8% 101 2,939 D+6.9
Van Buren 1,118 39.7% 1,581 56.2% 114 2,813 R+16.5
Monroe 1,508 55.1% 1,153 42.1% 75 2,736 D+13.0
Taylor 1,287 49.2% 1,257 48.1% 70 2,614 D+1.1
Fremont 1,132 43.6% 1,406 54.2% 56 2,594 R+10.6
Ida 1,172 45.4% 1,339 51.9% 69 2,580 R+6.5
Audubon 1,310 51.3% 1,183 46.3% 61 2,554 D+5.0
Wayne 1,180 50.6% 1,099 47.1% 53 2,332 D+3.5
Osceola 737 32.3% 1,494 65.6% 48 2,279 R+33.2
Ringgold 1,191 53.6% 986 44.4% 44 2,221 D+9.2
Adams 867 49.8% 829 47.6% 44 1,740 D+2.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1