2018 Iowa Attorney General election

The 2018 Iowa Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Iowa. The election was held concurrently with that year's gubernatorial election.

2018 Iowa Attorney General election

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Candidate Tom Miller Marco Battaglia Party Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 880,531 262,131 Percentage 76.5% 22.8%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Miller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Attorney General before election Tom Miller Democratic Elected Attorney General Tom Miller Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller won re-election with 76.5% of the vote.^[1] The Republican Party did not nominate anyone, but the Libertarian Party nominated Marco Battaglia.^[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Miller, incumbent Attorney General

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Miller (incumbent)	157,483	99.7
	Democratic	Write-ins	546	0.3
Total votes			158,029	100.0

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Marco Battaglia, 2014 gubernatorial candidate^[3]

General election

Results

Tom Miller won re-election in a landslide victory with 76.51% of the vote.^[4]

2018 Iowa Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Miller (incumbent)	880,531	76.51
	Libertarian	Marco Battaglia	262,131	22.78
	Write-in		8,237	0.72
Total votes			1,150,899	100%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Miller won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.^[5]

District	Miller	Battaglia	Representative
1st	78%	22%	Abby Finkenauer
2nd	76%	24%	Dave Loebsack
3rd	76%	24%	Cindy Axne
4th	75%	25%	Steve King