Electoral History
| Iowa Gubernatorial Election, 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Terry Branstad | 589,828 | 52.86 | +8.2 | |
| Democratic | Chet Culver (incumbent) | 481,590 | 43.16 | -10.8 | |
| Iowa Party | Jonathan Narcisse | 20,747 | 1.28 | n/a | |
| Libertarian | Eric Cooper | 14,293 | 1.28 | +0.7 | |
| Socialist Workers | David Rosenfeld | 2,730 | 0.24 | +.04 | |
| Petition | James Hughes | 3,846 | 0.34 | n/a | |
| Write-in | n/a | 2,717 | 0.24 | n/a | |
| Majority | 108,238 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,047,714 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
| Iowa Gubernatorial Election 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chet Culver | 565,657 | 54.0 | +1.7 | |
| Republican | Jim Nussle | 466,757 | 44.6 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Wendy Barth | 7,722 | 0.7 | -0.7 | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 5,621 | 0.5 | -0.8 | |
| Socialist Workers | Mary Martin | 1,957 | 0.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 98,900 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,052,005 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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