Incumbent Democratic attorney general Tom Miller has served in the position since 1995, and previously from 1979 to 1991. The Republican Party did not nominate anyone, but the Libertarian Party nominated Marco Battaglia.
Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald, who has served in the position since 1983, ran for reelection to a tenth term in office.[10] Fitzgerald was unopposed in the primary and does not have a Republican challenger, however does have a challenger from the Libertarian party.
Incumbent Auditor Mary Mosiman, who has served since 2013 was eligible for re-election and was unopposed in the Republican primary. Attorney Rob Sand won the Democratic primary.
Republican Secretary of AgricultureBill Northey had served in the position since 2007. Northey was considering running for Iowa Governor, but after Governor Terry Branstad was nominated to be Ambassador to China he announced he would not run.[11][12] Northey had not ruled out running for reelection in 2018, but he said he would be willing to serve as lieutenant governor instead if asked.[13] In 2018, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services and has since ruled out reelection. The office is currently held by Mike Naig, serving in an acting capacity.
The 25 odd-numbered Iowa Senate seats were up for election in 2018, as were all 100 Iowa House seats.
References
^"Candidate List - Certified June 5, 2018 Primary Election" (PDF). Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^Rucker, Philip; Denyer, Simon (December 7, 2016). "Trump picks Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad — a 'friend' of China's leader — as Beijing ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^"2018 Iowa Gubernatorial election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^"2018 Iowa Attorney General election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^"2018 Iowa Secretary of State Democratic primary results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^"2018 Iowa Secretary of State Republican primary results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^Jacobson, Louis (June 4, 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ abBarack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 1, 2018). "Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent:" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2018 – via Twitter.
^"2018 Iowa Secretary of State election results". Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^Petroski, William (March 7, 2016). "Iowa Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will seek 10th term". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^Borg, Dean (April 22, 2016). "Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey". Iowa Public Television. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^Henderson, O. Kay (December 7, 2016). "Branstad calls ambassadorship 'extraordinary opportunity…new mission'". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
^Henderson, O. Kay (December 10, 2016). "Northey would be interested in lieutenant governor role". Radio Iowa. Retrieved March 22, 2017.