en 2022 Iowa Attorney General election

2022 Iowa Attorney General election

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Nominee	Brenna Bird	Tom Miller
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	611,432	590,890
Percentage	50.8%	49.1%

Bird:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Miller:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
     No votes

Attorney General before election

Tom Miller
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Brenna Bird
Republican

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The 2022 Iowa Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Iowa. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller, who was first elected Attorney General in 1978, ran for re-election to an eleventh overall term,^[1] but was narrowly defeated by Republican nominee Brenna Bird, the county attorney for Guthrie County. Bird received 51% of the vote while Miller received 49% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom Miller, incumbent attorney general^[1]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Miller (incumbent)	146,284	99.73%
	Write-in		399	0.27%
Total votes			146,683	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brenna Bird, Guthrie County attorney (2018–2023) and nominee for attorney general in 2010^[3]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenna Bird	163,114	99.59%
	Write-in		670	0.41%
Total votes			163,784	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Leans D	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily^[5]	Leans D	November 1, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Tom Miller (D)	Brenna Bird (R)	Other	Undecided
Selzer & Co.^[6]	October 31 – November 3, 2022	801 (LV)	± 3.5%	47%	45%	4%^[b]	5%
Cygnal (R)^[7]^[A]	October 26–27, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	46%	44%	–	11%
Selzer & Co.^[8]	October 9–12, 2022	620 (LV)	± 3.9%	49%	33%	12%^[c]	6%
Cygnal (R)^[9]^[A]	October 2–4, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%	46%	–	12%
Cygnal (R)^[10]^[A]	July 13–14, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	45%	44%	–	12%
Cygnal (R)^[11]^[A]	February 20–22, 2022	610 (LV)	± 3.9%	41%	46%	–	13%

Results

2022 Iowa Attorney General election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brenna Bird	611,432	50.82%	N/A
	Democratic	Tom Miller (incumbent)	590,890	49.11%	−27.40%
	Write-in		801	0.07%	-7.09%
Total votes			1,202,322	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Miller won 3 of 4 congressional districts, all of which elected Republicans.^[13]

District	Miller	Bird	Representative
1st	51%	49%	Mariannette Miller-Meeks
2nd	51%	49%	Ashley Hinson
3rd	54%	46%	Cindy Axne (117th Congress)
3rd	54%	46%	Zach Nunn (118th Congress)
4th	39%	61%	Randy Feenstra

Notes

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ "Someone else" with 2%; "Don't want to tell" with 1%; "Would not vote" with 1%
^ "Would not vote" with 7%; "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This poll was sponsored by the Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation

References

^ ^a ^b Pfannestiel, Brianne (September 19, 2021). "Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, to seek 2022 re-election". Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Official Results - 2022 Primary Election". IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ Gruber-Miller, Stephen (January 4, 2022). "Brenna Bird running for Iowa attorney general against Tom Miller". www.desmoinesregister.com. The Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ Selzer & Co.
^ Cygnal (R)
^ Selzer & Co.
^ Cygnal (R) Archived February 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
^ Cygnal (R)
^ Cygnal (R) Archived February 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Official Results - 2022 General Election - Attorney General". IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
^ "2022 Iowa Election Results by Congressional District".

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2022 Iowa Attorney General election

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

By congressional district

Notes

See also

References

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