IOWA

Your complete directory of Iowa candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): March 16, 2012
Filing Deadline (Others): August 17, 2012
Primary: June 5, 2012

This page was last updated on January 29, 2012

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Terry Branstad (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Kim Reynolds (R)*

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Tom Miller (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Dave Vaudt (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
Mike Fitzgerald (D)*

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Bill Northey (R)* - (Campaign Site)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

State House ( Republican Caucus - Democratic Caucus )

State Senate ( Republican Caucus - Democratic Caucus )

U.S. SENATOR:

Chuck Grassley (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2016.

Tom Harkin (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.
Bob Vander Plaats (R) - Religious Right Activist, Businessman, Ex-High School Principal & Frequent Candidate

U.S. CONGRESS:

New 2012 Districts Used Below

District 1:
Bruce Braley (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Rod Blum (R) - Businessman
Ben Lange (R) - Attorney, Ex-Congressional Aide & '10 Nominee

District 2:
Dave Loebsack (D)* - (Campaign Site)
John Archer (R) - Attorney & Corporate Executive
Dan Dolan (R) - Real Estate Developer & Ex-Oil Worker
Richard Gates (R) - Machinist, Army Veteran & Tea Party Activist
Bob Huppenbauer III (R) - Real Estate Developer

District 3:
Leonard Boswell (D)* - Current CD-3 Congressman - (Campaign Site)
Tom Latham (R)* - Current CD-4 Congressman - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Steve King (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Christie Vilsack (D) - Ex-First Lady & Literacy Advocate

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Iowa
Iowa Democratic Party
Green Party of Iowa
Libertarian Party of Iowa
Republican Party of Iowa

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Ames Tribune
The Bean Walker (Conservative)
Bedford Times-Press
Blog for Iowa (Liberal)
Bloomfield Democrat
Cedar Rapids Gazette
City View
CoveringIowaPolitics.com
Des Moines.Com
Des Moines Register - (Politics Section)
DrewMiller.net (Liberal)
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Fort Madison Daily Democrat
Humboldt Independent
Iowa.com
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa Farmer Today
The Iowan Magazine
Nevada Journal
Quad-City News (Davenport - Bettendorf)
Sioux City Journal
Waterloo - Cedar Falls Courier

Iowa Press / Iowa Public Television (IPTV)
Iowa Public Television
Kalona News
KCAU TV-9 (ABC - Sioux City)
KCCI TV-8 (Independent - Des Moines) - (Politics Section)
KCRG TV-9 (ABC - Cedar Rapids)
KDSM TV-17 (Fox - Des Moines)
KLJB TV-18 (Fox - Davenport)
KMEG TV (CBS - Sioux City)
Radio Iowa
WHO TV-13 (NBC - Des Moines)