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Election 2014 Results

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2014 Iowa governor election

Terry E. Branstad (Republican) beat Jack Hatch (Democrat) in Iowa in 2014, 59.0% to 37.3%, a margin of 21.7 points and 245,245 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Terry E. Branstad also won.

Republicans led in 98 of the 99 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Polk, cast 164,258 votes and went to the Republican by 5.2 points. The closest was Tama, where 218 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
Terry E. Branstad won Republican 666,032 59.0%
Jack Hatch Democratic 420,787 37.3%
All other candidates 42,238 3.7%
Total1,129,057

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 73,904 45.0% 82,490 50.2% 7,864 164,258 R+5.2
Linn 39,036 45.2% 44,586 51.7% 2,699 86,321 R+6.4
Scott 22,415 36.4% 37,488 60.9% 1,656 61,559 R+24.5
Johnson 30,684 58.7% 19,775 37.9% 1,779 52,238 D+20.9
Black Hawk 21,506 46.2% 23,633 50.8% 1,407 46,546 R+4.6
Dubuque 14,295 39.4% 21,049 58.0% 951 36,295 R+18.6
Story 14,566 44.3% 16,725 50.9% 1,554 32,845 R+6.6
Woodbury 9,542 31.5% 19,840 65.5% 904 30,286 R+34.0
Dallas 9,072 31.3% 18,815 64.9% 1,096 28,983 R+33.6
Pottawattamie 8,023 30.6% 16,646 63.5% 1,539 26,208 R+32.9
Warren 7,123 36.4% 11,509 58.8% 933 19,565 R+22.4
Clinton 6,247 36.2% 10,473 60.8% 517 17,237 R+24.5
Cerro Gordo 6,351 37.2% 10,308 60.4% 406 17,065 R+23.2
Jasper 5,918 39.5% 8,245 55.0% 821 14,984 R+15.5
Marshall 5,958 43.4% 7,202 52.5% 558 13,718 R+9.1
Des Moines 5,958 43.7% 7,328 53.7% 358 13,644 R+10.0
Sioux 1,013 7.5% 12,236 91.1% 177 13,426 R+83.6
Marion 4,000 29.9% 8,794 65.8% 568 13,362 R+35.9
Muscatine 4,563 34.7% 8,051 61.3% 530 13,144 R+26.5
Webster 4,627 35.4% 7,862 60.2% 570 13,059 R+24.8
Wapello 4,461 40.8% 5,986 54.7% 490 10,937 R+13.9
Lee 4,638 43.3% 5,647 52.7% 431 10,716 R+9.4
Boone 4,171 39.5% 5,922 56.0% 476 10,569 R+16.6
Benton 3,514 34.2% 6,382 62.1% 389 10,285 R+27.9
Bremer 3,661 36.4% 6,083 60.6% 301 10,045 R+24.1
Plymouth 1,695 18.4% 7,366 79.8% 164 9,225 R+61.5
Winneshiek 3,272 39.6% 4,795 58.0% 197 8,264 R+18.4
Washington 2,654 32.1% 5,268 63.8% 338 8,260 R+31.6
Carroll 2,452 30.2% 5,370 66.2% 292 8,114 R+36.0
Buchanan 3,118 39.5% 4,498 57.0% 277 7,893 R+17.5
Fayette 2,815 35.9% 4,745 60.6% 271 7,831 R+24.6
Mahaska 1,809 23.2% 5,648 72.4% 348 7,805 R+49.2
Jones 2,899 37.4% 4,581 59.1% 269 7,749 R+21.7
Jackson 2,471 32.3% 4,986 65.3% 183 7,640 R+32.9
Poweshiek 3,017 40.5% 4,134 55.5% 299 7,450 R+15.0
Cedar 2,484 33.9% 4,632 63.2% 211 7,327 R+29.3
Dickinson 1,889 25.9% 5,294 72.5% 116 7,299 R+46.7
Clayton 2,368 33.7% 4,449 63.3% 215 7,032 R+29.6
Delaware 2,131 30.8% 4,604 66.6% 176 6,911 R+35.8
Hardin 2,122 31.2% 4,328 63.6% 359 6,809 R+32.4
Iowa 2,086 30.8% 4,420 65.3% 258 6,764 R+34.5
Henry 2,062 30.7% 4,466 66.5% 184 6,712 R+35.8
Kossuth 1,911 28.8% 4,509 67.9% 216 6,636 R+39.2
Tama 3,031 45.8% 3,249 49.0% 345 6,625 R+3.3
Madison 1,980 30.3% 4,210 64.5% 336 6,526 R+34.2
Jefferson 2,856 45.2% 3,169 50.1% 296 6,321 R+5.0
Clay 1,521 25.2% 4,355 72.1% 167 6,043 R+46.9
Floyd 2,083 34.5% 3,788 62.8% 164 6,035 R+28.3
Buena Vista 1,568 26.7% 4,096 69.6% 219 5,883 R+43.0
Butler 1,673 29.0% 3,888 67.3% 216 5,777 R+38.3
Hamilton 1,870 32.7% 3,630 63.5% 214 5,714 R+30.8
O'Brien 794 14.6% 4,562 83.8% 85 5,441 R+69.3
Grundy 1,340 25.2% 3,761 70.6% 227 5,328 R+45.4
Allamakee 1,725 32.7% 3,393 64.4% 150 5,268 R+31.7
Cass 1,331 26.4% 3,542 70.3% 166 5,039 R+43.9
Harrison 1,191 23.8% 3,442 68.8% 370 5,003 R+45.0
Chickasaw 1,756 35.5% 3,046 61.6% 142 4,944 R+26.1
Mills 1,193 24.3% 3,362 68.4% 360 4,915 R+44.1
Cherokee 1,199 24.7% 3,544 73.0% 114 4,857 R+48.3
Page 1,097 22.7% 3,545 73.3% 191 4,833 R+50.7
Crawford 1,161 24.1% 3,431 71.4% 216 4,808 R+47.2
Wright 1,266 27.4% 3,198 69.2% 157 4,621 R+41.8
Appanoose 1,350 30.5% 2,882 65.1% 198 4,430 R+34.6
Hancock 996 22.7% 3,218 73.4% 169 4,383 R+50.7
Guthrie 1,251 28.6% 2,896 66.3% 223 4,370 R+37.6
Lyon 491 11.3% 3,787 86.8% 84 4,362 R+75.6
Shelby 943 22.0% 3,217 75.0% 128 4,288 R+53.0
Winnebago 1,039 24.4% 3,130 73.5% 89 4,258 R+49.1
Mitchell 1,089 26.1% 2,993 71.8% 87 4,169 R+45.7
Calhoun 1,025 25.4% 2,660 66.0% 348 4,033 R+40.5
Franklin 980 24.9% 2,796 71.1% 158 3,934 R+46.2
Humboldt 995 25.6% 2,765 71.0% 132 3,892 R+45.5
Sac 899 23.3% 2,815 73.0% 142 3,856 R+49.7
Montgomery 772 20.3% 2,791 73.4% 242 3,805 R+53.1
Monona 910 24.0% 2,798 73.7% 86 3,794 R+49.8
Keokuk 981 26.3% 2,641 70.7% 114 3,736 R+44.4
Palo Alto 1,087 29.6% 2,492 67.8% 99 3,678 R+38.2
Greene 1,169 32.2% 2,297 63.2% 167 3,633 R+31.0
Emmet 968 27.2% 2,458 69.2% 127 3,553 R+41.9
Howard 1,116 32.7% 2,186 64.0% 115 3,417 R+31.3
Louisa 993 29.2% 2,297 67.6% 110 3,400 R+38.4
Clarke 1,051 32.1% 2,092 63.9% 130 3,273 R+31.8
Lucas 945 29.4% 2,102 65.4% 165 3,212 R+36.0
Adair 872 27.6% 2,153 68.1% 137 3,162 R+40.5
Worth 1,002 32.3% 2,004 64.6% 94 3,100 R+32.3
Davis 876 29.6% 1,971 66.5% 115 2,962 R+37.0
Monroe 827 28.2% 1,974 67.3% 133 2,934 R+39.1
Pocahontas 736 25.6% 1,991 69.3% 145 2,872 R+43.7
Van Buren 718 25.1% 2,013 70.3% 133 2,864 R+45.2
Ida 517 19.0% 2,161 79.3% 48 2,726 R+60.3
Decatur 768 29.3% 1,717 65.5% 137 2,622 R+36.2
Audubon 706 28.9% 1,654 67.7% 82 2,442 R+38.8
Fremont 626 25.7% 1,671 68.7% 137 2,434 R+42.9
Osceola 310 14.0% 1,847 83.4% 58 2,215 R+69.4
Taylor 527 24.0% 1,598 72.7% 73 2,198 R+48.7
Wayne 576 26.5% 1,512 69.5% 89 2,177 R+43.0
Union 569 27.3% 1,397 67.1% 117 2,083 R+39.8
Ringgold 552 26.5% 1,447 69.5% 82 2,081 R+43.0
Adams 419 24.5% 1,230 71.8% 63 1,712 R+47.4

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