The 2022 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 7, 2022.
Incumbent Republican agriculture secretary Mike Naig won re-election to a second full term in office against Polk County commissioner John Norwood in a landslide. Naig received the highest percentage of the vote of any Republican statewide candidate in 2022, and was the only statewide Republican in 2022 to win Linn County, which contains Cedar Rapids.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Mike Naig, incumbent agriculture secretary (2018–present)
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee John Norwood, businessman and Polk County soil and water commissioner Results
General election Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Naig won 10 counties that voted for Democrat Tim Gannon in 2018. Black Hawk (largest city: Waterloo) Cerro Gordo (largest city: Mason City) Clinton (largest city: Clinton) Des Moines (largest city: Burlington) Dubuque (largest city: Dubuque) Jefferson (largest city: Fairfield) Lee (largest city: Fort Madison) Linn (largest city: Cedar Rapids) Scott (largest city: Davenport) Winneshiek (largest city: Decorah)
By congressional district Naig won all four congressional districts. District Naig Norwood Representative 58% 42%Mariannette Miller-Meeks 60% 39%Ashley Hinson56%44%Cindy Axne (117th Congress)Zach Nunn (118th Congress) 71% 29%Randy Feenstra
See also 2022 Iowa elections
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