2022 Iowa State Treasurer election
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The 2022 Iowa State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Treasurer of Iowa, concurrently with an election to the U.S. Senate, governor, U.S. House of Representatives, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022, though both major party candidates only received token write-in opposition.[1] A debate was held on October 7, 2022.[2]
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November 8, 2022
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Incumbent Democratic treasurer Michael Fitzgerald ran for re-election to an eleventh term in office, but was defeated by Republican state senator Roby Smith.[3] Fitzgerald was one of two statewide elected Democrats to lose re-election in 2022, along with Attorney General Tom Miller.[4]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Michael Fitzgerald, incumbent state treasurer since 1983[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Fitzgerald (incumbent) | 145,929 | 99.84% | |
| Write-in | 235 | 0.16% | ||
| Total votes | 146,164 | 100.0% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Roby Smith, state senator from the 47th district since 2011[7]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Roby Smith | 164,191 | 99.63% | |
| Write-in | 603 | 0.37% | ||
| Total votes | 164,794 | 100.0% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Roby Smith | 614,943 | 51.26% | |
| Democratic | Michael Fitzgerald (incumbent) | 584,021 | 48.68% | |
| Write-in | 667 | 0.06% | ||
| Total votes | 1,199,631 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Smith won 31 counties that had previously voted for Fitzgerald in 2018.[10][9]
- Adair (largest city: Greenfield)
- Audubon (largest city: Audubon)
- Boone (largest city: Boone)
- Bremer (largest city: Waverly)
- Buchanan (largest city: Independence)
- Buena Vista (largest city: Storm Lake)
- Carroll (largest city: Carroll)
- Cedar (largest city: Tipton)
- Chickasaw (largest city: New Hampton)
- Clayton (largest city: Guttenberg)
- Clinton (largest city: Clinton)
- Des Moines (largest city: Burlington)
- Floyd (largest city: Charles City)
- Fayette (largest city: Oelwein)
- Greene (largest city: Jefferson)
- Hamilton (largest city: Webster City)
- Howard (largest city: Cresco)
- Jackson (largest city: Maquoketa)
- Jasper (largest city: Newton)
- Jones (largest city: Anamosa)
- Lee (largest city: Fort Madison)
- Marshall (largest city: Marshalltown)
- Mitchell (largest city: Osage)
- Muscatine (largest city: Muscatine)
- Poweshiek (largest city: Grinnell)
- Scott (largest city: Davenport)
- Tama (largest city: Tama)
- Wapello (largest city: Ottumwa)
- Warren (largest city: Indianola)
- Webster (largest city: Fort Dodge)
- Woodbury (largest city: Sioux City)
- Worth (largest city: Northwood)
By congressional district
Smith won three of four congressional districts, with the remaining one going to Fitzgerald, which elected a Republican.[11]
| District | Fitzgerald | Smith | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 49.6% | 50.4% | Mariannette Miller-Meeks |
| 2nd | 49.97% | 49.99% | Ashley Hinson |
| 3rd | 55% | 45% | Cindy Axne (117th Congress) |
| Zach Nunn (118th Congress) | |||
| 4th | 39% | 61% | Randy Feenstra |