2022 Iowa gubernatorial election
The 2022 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Republican Governor Kim Reynolds won election to a second full term, defeating Democratic nominee Deidre DeJear with 58.0%.
First elected as lieutenant governor in 2010, Reynolds assumed the governorship on May 24, 2017, following the resignation of Governor Terry Branstad to 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.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Kim Reynolds, incumbent governor
Declined
- Ashley Hinson, U.S. representative for and former state representative ''''
Democratic primary
Candidates
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 '
- Abby Finkenauer, former U.S. representative for '
- Rob Sand, Iowa state auditor ''''
Minor parties and independents
Libertarian Party
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.
Independents
Declared
General election
Polling
Aggregate polls| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Kim Reynolds | Deidre DeJear | Undecided | Margin |
| FiveThirtyEight | March 2 – October 19, 2022 | October 20, 2022 | 52.6% | 36.6% | 10.8% | Reynolds +15.9 |
Graphical summary
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kim Reynolds | Deidre DeJear | Rick Stewart | Other | Undecided |
| Selzer & Co. | October 31 – November 3, 2022 | 801 | ± 3.5% | 54% | 37% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Cygnal | October 26–27, 2022 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 57% | 38% | – | – | 5% |
| Civiqs | October 22–25, 2022 | 623 | ± 5.2% | 54% | 42% | – | 2% | 1% |
| The Tarrance Group | October 15–19, 2022 | 600 | ± 4.1% | 56% | 39% | – | – | 5% |
| Selzer & Co. | October 9–12, 2022 | 620 | ± 3.9% | 52% | 35% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Emerson College | October 2–4, 2022 | 959 | ± 3.1% | 53% | 36% | 1% | 2% | 9% |
| Cygnal | October 2–4, 2022 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 59% | 38% | – | – | 3% |
| Cygnal | July 13–14, 2022 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 56% | 41% | – | – | 3% |
| Selzer & Co. | July 10–13, 2022 | 597 | ± 4.0% | 48% | 31% | 5% | 5% | 9% |
| Selzer & Co. | February 28 – March 2, 2022 | 612 | ± 4.0% | 51% | 43% | – | 1% | 5% |
| Cygnal | February 20–22, 2022 | 610 | ± 3.9% | 55% | 38% | – | – | 7% |
Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Reynolds won all four congressional districts.| District | Reynolds | DeJear | Representative |
| 55% | 43% | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | |
| 57% | 41% | Ashley Hinson | |
| 53% | 44% | Cindy Axne | |
| 53% | 44% | Zach Nunn | |
| 69% | 29% | Randy Feenstra |