Iowa — 2002 governor election
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Akashic2002 · GovernorIowa · GovernorTom VilsackD+8.2
Candidates
Iowa 2002 governor — certified statewide results.
- Tom Vilsack✓Democratic540,44952.7%
- Doug GrossRepublican456,61244.5%
- Other candidatesOther28,7412.8%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 2000D+0.3Governor 2002D+8.2vs. baselineD+7.9
Iowa's 2002 governor race ran 7.9 points more Democratic than its 2000 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 2002IA
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2002 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.