2022 Iowa Secretary of State election

The 2022 Iowa Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Paul Pate was re-elected, defeating Democratic opponent Joel Miller.

2022 Iowa Secretary of State election

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Nominee Paul Pate Joel Miller Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 723,250 480,474 Percentage 60.05% 39.88%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Pate:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Miller:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Secretary of State before election Paul Pate Republican Elected Secretary of State Paul Pate Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Pate, incumbent secretary of state^[1]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul D. Pate (incumbent)	174,513	99.68%
	Write-in		567	0.32%
Total votes			175,080	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joel Miller, Linn County auditor^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Eric Van Lancker, Clinton County auditor^[3]

Endorsements

Eric Van Lancker

U.S. Representatives

• Dave Loebsack, former U.S. Representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district (2007–2021)^[4]

Governors

• Martin O'Malley, former Governor of Maryland (2007–2015)^[5]

Results

Results by county

  Miller

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Van Lancker

•   80–90%

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joel Miller	98,049	71.57%
	Democratic	Eric Van Lancker	38,646	28.21%
	Write-in		294	0.21%
Total votes			136,989	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6]	Leans R	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2022

Results

2022 Iowa Secretary of State election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Paul D. Pate (incumbent)	723,250	60.05%	+7.33%
	Democratic	Joel Miller	480,474	39.88%	−4.99%
	Write-in		708	0.06%	-0.02%
Total votes			1,204,432	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Pate won all four congressional districts.^[9]

District	Pate	Miller	Representative
1st	57%	43%	Mariannette Miller-Meeks
2nd	59%	41%	Ashley Hinson
3rd	56%	44%	Cindy Axne (117th Congress)
			Zach Nunn (118th Congress)
4th	69%	31%	Randy Feenstra