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Iowa Secretary of State - Elections
2010 Iowa Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 3/19/10, Primary: 6/8/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/13/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: August 14, 2010 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 54.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Tossup, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Rasmussen Reports' Gubernatorial Scorecard: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican, |
| Chet Culver (D), |
Univ. Pres. / ex-Gov. Terry E. Branstad (R), |
Eric Cooper (L), |
| David Rosenfeld (SW), |
| ex-Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse (I), |
| Gregory James Hughes (I), |
Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 54.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Patty Judge (D), |
St. Sen. Kim Reynolds (R), |
Nick Weltha (L), |
| Helen Meyers (SW), |
| ex-pilot / truck driver Rick Marlar (I), |
| Robin Prior-Celef (I), |
Attorney General, unopposed in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Tom Miller (D), |
attorney Brenna Findley (R), |
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Secretary of State, 53.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Michael A. Mauro (D), |
councilman Matt Schultz (R), |
Jake Porter (L), |
Treasurer, 100% in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Michael L. "Mike" Fitzgerald (D), |
Co. Treas. David D. Jamison (R), |
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Auditor, 100% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
| director of the Iowa Office for State-Federal Relations Jon Murphy (D), |
David A. Vaudt (R), |
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Agriculture Secretary, 51.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republilcan, |
| farmer Francis Thicke (D), |
Bill Northey (R), |
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Senator, 70.2% in '04, 5th term, Next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Rasmussen Reports' Balance of Power: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Ken Rubin: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, |
| '82 Gov. nominee Roxanne Conlin (D), |
Charles E. "Chuck" Grassley (R), |
attorney John Heiderscheit (L), |
| Maggie Trowe (SW/WI), |
Senator, 62.7% in '08, 6th term, next election in 2014, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Tom Harkin (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 64.6% in '08, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, |
| Bruce Braley (D), |
ex-congressional aide Benjamin M. "Ben" Lange (R), |
Rob J. Petsche (L), |
| Jason A. Faulkner (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 57.2% in '08, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Safe Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic, |
| David W. Loebsack (D), |
'08 nominee / ophthalmologist Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), |
Navy veteran John Tack (C), |
| Gary Sicard (L), |
3rd Congressional District, 56.4% in '08, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up, First Read’s Field of 64, |
| Leonard L. Boswell (D), |
St. Sen. Brad Zaun (R), |
Rebecca Williamson (SW), |
4th Congressional District, 60.6% in '08, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, |
| party activist Bill Maske (D), |
Tom Latham (R), |
Dan Lensing (I), |
5th Congressional District, 59.8% in '08, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, |
| attorney Matthew "Matt" Campbell (D), |
Steve King (R), |
Martin James Monroe (I), |
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2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
| = Democrat retain control, |
 = Democrats take over control, |
| = Republican retain control, |
 = Republicans take over control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
 = Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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