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Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010

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November 2, 2010
  
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Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010

The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, who will serve a four-year term to begin on January 14, 2011. In Iowa the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected on the same ballot.

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The two major party candidates were first-term incumbent governor Chet Culver, a Democrat, who ran for re-election with first-term incumbent lieutenant governor Patty Judge, and former four-term governor Terry Branstad, who won a three-way primary for the Republican nomination and ran with State Senator Kim Reynolds.

The Branstad/Reynolds ticket defeated the Culver/Judge ticket in the general election.

Candidates

  • Chet Culver, incumbent Governor

    • On ballot

    As listed by the Iowa Secretary of State's office:

  • Terry Branstad, former Governor
  • Rod Roberts, State Representative
  • Bob Vander Plaats, businessman and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006

    • Withdrew

  • State Senator Paul McKinley withdrew after Terry Branstad formed an exploratory committee
  • Cedar Rapids businessman Christian Fong suspended his campaign due to a lack of campaign finances
  • Minority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives Christopher Rants withdrew from the race due to lack of campaign funds
  • State Senator Jerry Behn withdrew from the race and endorsed Terry Branstad

    • Candidates

  • Chet Culver (D), incumbent governor; running with incumbent lieutenant governor Patty Judge
  • Gregory James Hughes (I), running with Robin Prior-Calef
  • Terry Branstad (R), former four-term governor; running with State Senator Kim Reynolds
  • Eric Cooper (L), professor at Iowa State University; running with judicial administrator Nick Weltha
  • Jonathan Narcisse (Iowa Party), former member of the Des Moines school board; running with truck driver Rick Marlar. Narcisse is a Democrat and Marlar is a Republican. Narcisse's campaign and that of Senate District 45 candidate Douglas William Phillips were not affiliated, though both appeared on the ballot under the "Iowa Party" name.
  • David Rosenfeld (SWP), running with Helen Meyers

    • References

    Iowa gubernatorial election, 2010 Wikipedia
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