2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Iowa Governor
Governor · Iowa
Terry E. Branstad (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Chet Culver (D) by 10.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Terry E. BranstadRepublican · winner
55.0%592,494
Chet CulverDemocrat
45.0%484,798
1,077,292 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET