2022 Iowa Attorney General election

For related races, see 2022 United States attorney general elections.

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.

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%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

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]	Lean D	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[5]	Lean D	November 1, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

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

State Senate district 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)
			Zach Nunn (118th Congress)
4th	39%	61%	Randy Feenstra

Notes

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

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by the Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation

See also

• 2022 United States attorney general elections
• 2022 Iowa elections