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Elections › Tuesday, November 6, 2018

General election

Secretary of State

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 · 100% reporting · Past races for this seat

Results

By county

Adair County: Paul D. Pate 67.9%, Deidre DeJear 30.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Adams County: Paul D. Pate 69.1%, Deidre DeJear 28.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Allamakee County: Paul D. Pate 61.7%, Deidre DeJear 35.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Appanoose County: Paul D. Pate 64.6%, Deidre DeJear 33.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%Audubon County: Paul D. Pate 65.7%, Deidre DeJear 32.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.9%Benton County: Paul D. Pate 63.8%, Deidre DeJear 33.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Black Hawk County: Deidre DeJear 53.0%, Paul D. Pate 44.8%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Boone County: Paul D. Pate 53.7%, Deidre DeJear 43.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.7%Bremer County: Paul D. Pate 57.5%, Deidre DeJear 40.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Buchanan County: Paul D. Pate 56.6%, Deidre DeJear 40.8%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Buena Vista County: Paul D. Pate 62.6%, Deidre DeJear 35.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Butler County: Paul D. Pate 67.0%, Deidre DeJear 30.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%Calhoun County: Paul D. Pate 66.5%, Deidre DeJear 31.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Carroll County: Paul D. Pate 66.3%, Deidre DeJear 31.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%Cass County: Paul D. Pate 70.6%, Deidre DeJear 27.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Cedar County: Paul D. Pate 58.4%, Deidre DeJear 39.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Cerro Gordo County: Paul D. Pate 51.8%, Deidre DeJear 45.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Cherokee County: Paul D. Pate 67.6%, Deidre DeJear 30.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Chickasaw County: Paul D. Pate 59.7%, Deidre DeJear 38.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.7%Clarke County: Paul D. Pate 63.5%, Deidre DeJear 34.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Clay County: Paul D. Pate 66.9%, Deidre DeJear 31.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Clayton County: Paul D. Pate 61.2%, Deidre DeJear 36.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Clinton County: Paul D. Pate 50.4%, Deidre DeJear 47.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Crawford County: Paul D. Pate 66.5%, Deidre DeJear 31.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Dallas County: Paul D. Pate 53.8%, Deidre DeJear 43.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Davis County: Paul D. Pate 68.2%, Deidre DeJear 30.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Decatur County: Paul D. Pate 64.4%, Deidre DeJear 32.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.9%Delaware County: Paul D. Pate 67.1%, Deidre DeJear 30.8%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Des Moines County: Deidre DeJear 50.5%, Paul D. Pate 47.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Dickinson County: Paul D. Pate 65.1%, Deidre DeJear 33.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.4%Dubuque County: Paul D. Pate 49.3%, Deidre DeJear 48.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Emmet County: Paul D. Pate 61.0%, Deidre DeJear 36.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Fayette County: Paul D. Pate 60.0%, Deidre DeJear 37.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Floyd County: Paul D. Pate 55.8%, Deidre DeJear 42.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Franklin County: Paul D. Pate 68.2%, Deidre DeJear 30.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Fremont County: Paul D. Pate 67.7%, Deidre DeJear 29.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.7%Greene County: Paul D. Pate 62.8%, Deidre DeJear 34.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Grundy County: Paul D. Pate 69.4%, Deidre DeJear 29.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.6%Guthrie County: Paul D. Pate 65.2%, Deidre DeJear 31.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 3.1%Hamilton County: Paul D. Pate 61.5%, Deidre DeJear 36.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%Hancock County: Paul D. Pate 70.3%, Deidre DeJear 27.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Hardin County: Paul D. Pate 65.0%, Deidre DeJear 33.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.9%Harrison County: Paul D. Pate 66.2%, Deidre DeJear 30.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.9%Henry County: Paul D. Pate 63.8%, Deidre DeJear 34.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.9%Howard County: Paul D. Pate 57.2%, Deidre DeJear 40.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Humboldt County: Paul D. Pate 70.3%, Deidre DeJear 27.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Ida County: Paul D. Pate 74.9%, Deidre DeJear 23.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.7%Iowa County: Paul D. Pate 62.9%, Deidre DeJear 34.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Jackson County: Paul D. Pate 55.9%, Deidre DeJear 41.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.8%Jasper County: Paul D. Pate 56.0%, Deidre DeJear 41.8%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Jefferson County: Deidre DeJear 50.4%, Paul D. Pate 47.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Johnson County: Deidre DeJear 67.9%, Paul D. Pate 29.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Jones County: Paul D. Pate 60.9%, Deidre DeJear 36.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Keokuk County: Paul D. Pate 71.1%, Deidre DeJear 27.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.4%Kossuth County: Paul D. Pate 64.3%, Deidre DeJear 34.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.6%Lee County: Paul D. Pate 49.9%, Deidre DeJear 47.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Linn County: Deidre DeJear 50.3%, Paul D. Pate 46.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 3.2%Louisa County: Paul D. Pate 62.0%, Deidre DeJear 35.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Lucas County: Paul D. Pate 68.1%, Deidre DeJear 30.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.7%Lyon County: Paul D. Pate 83.1%, Deidre DeJear 15.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.5%Madison County: Paul D. Pate 64.1%, Deidre DeJear 33.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Mahaska County: Paul D. Pate 72.7%, Deidre DeJear 25.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%Marion County: Paul D. Pate 65.8%, Deidre DeJear 32.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Marshall County: Paul D. Pate 53.2%, Deidre DeJear 44.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Mills County: Paul D. Pate 65.5%, Deidre DeJear 31.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 3.2%Mitchell County: Paul D. Pate 60.1%, Deidre DeJear 37.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%Monona County: Paul D. Pate 65.0%, Deidre DeJear 32.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Monroe County: Paul D. Pate 68.2%, Deidre DeJear 30.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.7%Montgomery County: Paul D. Pate 69.7%, Deidre DeJear 27.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Muscatine County: Paul D. Pate 51.3%, Deidre DeJear 46.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.6%O'Brien County: Paul D. Pate 78.9%, Deidre DeJear 19.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.5%Osceola County: Paul D. Pate 80.6%, Deidre DeJear 17.8%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.6%Page County: Paul D. Pate 70.0%, Deidre DeJear 28.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Palo Alto County: Paul D. Pate 64.0%, Deidre DeJear 34.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Plymouth County: Paul D. Pate 73.5%, Deidre DeJear 25.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.5%Pocahontas County: Paul D. Pate 71.3%, Deidre DeJear 26.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.3%Polk County: Deidre DeJear 55.6%, Paul D. Pate 41.9%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Pottawattamie County: Paul D. Pate 57.3%, Deidre DeJear 40.2%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Poweshiek County: Paul D. Pate 52.5%, Deidre DeJear 45.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Ringgold County: Paul D. Pate 68.0%, Deidre DeJear 30.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.7%Sac County: Paul D. Pate 70.3%, Deidre DeJear 28.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.6%Scott County: Deidre DeJear 50.5%, Paul D. Pate 47.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Shelby County: Paul D. Pate 71.0%, Deidre DeJear 26.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Sioux County: Paul D. Pate 85.7%, Deidre DeJear 13.1%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.2%Story County: Deidre DeJear 55.5%, Paul D. Pate 41.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.9%Tama County: Paul D. Pate 56.7%, Deidre DeJear 41.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Taylor County: Paul D. Pate 71.0%, Deidre DeJear 26.7%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Union County: Paul D. Pate 63.8%, Deidre DeJear 33.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.9%Van Buren County: Paul D. Pate 71.5%, Deidre DeJear 26.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.1%Wapello County: Paul D. Pate 55.1%, Deidre DeJear 42.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Warren County: Paul D. Pate 56.0%, Deidre DeJear 41.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Washington County: Paul D. Pate 62.0%, Deidre DeJear 35.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.4%Wayne County: Paul D. Pate 71.0%, Deidre DeJear 27.4%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.6%Webster County: Paul D. Pate 56.1%, Deidre DeJear 41.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.5%Winnebago County: Paul D. Pate 62.4%, Deidre DeJear 34.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 3.1%Winneshiek County: Paul D. Pate 50.9%, Deidre DeJear 47.3%, Jules Ofenbakh 1.8%Woodbury County: Paul D. Pate 54.8%, Deidre DeJear 43.0%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.2%Worth County: Paul D. Pate 59.6%, Deidre DeJear 37.5%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.8%Wright County: Paul D. Pate 65.3%, Deidre DeJear 32.6%, Jules Ofenbakh 2.0%
Darker = wider margin (under 5, 5–15, 15–30, 30+ points). Republican led Democrat ledHover a county for its numbers.
County-by-county numbers (99 counties)
CountyPaul D. PateDeidre DeJearJules OfenbakhReporting
Adair2,262 (67.9%)999 (30.0%)69 (2.1%)100%
Adams1,170 (69.1%)480 (28.4%)43 (2.5%)100%
Allamakee3,428 (61.7%)1,977 (35.6%)144 (2.6%)100%
Appanoose3,190 (64.6%)1,648 (33.4%)100 (2.0%)100%
Audubon1,652 (65.7%)814 (32.4%)48 (1.9%)100%
Benton7,331 (63.8%)3,858 (33.6%)297 (2.6%)100%
Black Hawk23,524 (44.8%)27,813 (53.0%)1,162 (2.2%)100%
Boone6,399 (53.7%)5,205 (43.6%)318 (2.7%)100%
Bremer6,463 (57.5%)4,526 (40.3%)239 (2.1%)100%
Buchanan4,726 (56.6%)3,409 (40.8%)215 (2.6%)100%
Buena Vista3,963 (62.6%)2,221 (35.1%)141 (2.2%)100%
Butler4,040 (67.0%)1,867 (30.9%)123 (2.0%)100%
Calhoun2,785 (66.5%)1,304 (31.1%)97 (2.3%)100%
Carroll5,635 (66.3%)2,697 (31.7%)169 (2.0%)100%
Cass3,977 (70.6%)1,557 (27.6%)100 (1.8%)100%
Cedar4,659 (58.4%)3,111 (39.0%)201 (2.5%)100%
Cerro Gordo9,608 (51.8%)8,514 (45.9%)415 (2.2%)100%
Cherokee3,359 (67.6%)1,524 (30.7%)87 (1.8%)100%
Chickasaw3,046 (59.7%)1,970 (38.6%)89 (1.7%)100%
Clarke2,287 (63.5%)1,224 (34.0%)87 (2.4%)100%
Clay4,502 (66.9%)2,110 (31.3%)120 (1.8%)100%
Clayton4,758 (61.2%)2,838 (36.5%)173 (2.2%)100%
Clinton9,034 (50.4%)8,469 (47.3%)400 (2.2%)100%
Crawford3,414 (66.5%)1,596 (31.1%)120 (2.3%)100%
Dallas22,048 (53.8%)17,962 (43.9%)927 (2.3%)100%
Davis2,083 (68.2%)917 (30.0%)56 (1.8%)100%
Decatur1,849 (64.4%)940 (32.7%)82 (2.9%)100%
Delaware5,083 (67.1%)2,333 (30.8%)156 (2.1%)100%
Des Moines6,999 (47.3%)7,469 (50.5%)321 (2.2%)100%
Dickinson5,626 (65.1%)2,891 (33.4%)123 (1.4%)100%
Dubuque20,346 (49.3%)19,903 (48.2%)1,031 (2.5%)100%
Emmet2,215 (61.0%)1,338 (36.9%)75 (2.1%)100%
Fayette4,856 (60.0%)3,040 (37.5%)202 (2.5%)100%
Floyd3,454 (55.8%)2,612 (42.2%)128 (2.1%)100%
Franklin2,730 (68.2%)1,204 (30.1%)71 (1.8%)100%
Fremont1,987 (67.7%)867 (29.5%)79 (2.7%)100%
Greene2,470 (62.8%)1,361 (34.6%)98 (2.5%)100%
Grundy3,943 (69.4%)1,647 (29.0%)93 (1.6%)100%
Guthrie3,226 (65.2%)1,562 (31.6%)155 (3.1%)100%
Hamilton3,838 (61.5%)2,276 (36.5%)128 (2.0%)100%
Hancock3,293 (70.3%)1,285 (27.4%)102 (2.2%)100%
Hardin4,631 (65.0%)2,353 (33.0%)139 (1.9%)100%
Harrison3,886 (66.2%)1,813 (30.9%)169 (2.9%)100%
Henry4,680 (63.8%)2,508 (34.2%)139 (1.9%)100%
Howard2,035 (57.2%)1,434 (40.3%)90 (2.5%)100%
Humboldt2,807 (70.3%)1,099 (27.5%)86 (2.1%)100%
Ida2,145 (74.9%)671 (23.4%)49 (1.7%)100%
Iowa4,725 (62.9%)2,607 (34.7%)182 (2.4%)100%
Jackson4,584 (55.9%)3,381 (41.3%)230 (2.8%)100%
Jasper8,792 (56.0%)6,563 (41.8%)331 (2.1%)100%
Jefferson3,262 (47.0%)3,497 (50.4%)182 (2.6%)100%
Johnson19,916 (29.7%)45,509 (67.9%)1,539 (2.3%)100%
Jones5,186 (60.9%)3,115 (36.6%)209 (2.5%)100%
Keokuk2,833 (71.1%)1,096 (27.5%)58 (1.4%)100%
Kossuth4,655 (64.3%)2,468 (34.1%)114 (1.6%)100%
Lee6,228 (49.9%)5,953 (47.7%)299 (2.4%)100%
Linn46,951 (46.5%)50,862 (50.3%)3,200 (3.2%)100%
Louisa2,330 (62.0%)1,350 (35.9%)80 (2.1%)100%
Lucas2,387 (68.1%)1,058 (30.2%)61 (1.7%)100%
Lyon4,190 (83.1%)777 (15.4%)75 (1.5%)100%
Madison4,807 (64.1%)2,492 (33.2%)197 (2.6%)100%
Mahaska6,116 (72.7%)2,125 (25.3%)167 (2.0%)100%
Marion9,718 (65.8%)4,743 (32.1%)311 (2.1%)100%
Marshall7,655 (53.2%)6,394 (44.5%)331 (2.3%)100%
Mills4,061 (65.5%)1,933 (31.2%)201 (3.2%)100%
Mitchell2,640 (60.1%)1,639 (37.3%)113 (2.6%)100%
Monona2,387 (65.0%)1,198 (32.6%)85 (2.3%)100%
Monroe2,087 (68.2%)920 (30.1%)53 (1.7%)100%
Montgomery2,696 (69.7%)1,080 (27.9%)93 (2.4%)100%
Muscatine7,573 (51.3%)6,796 (46.1%)380 (2.6%)100%
O'Brien4,495 (78.9%)1,118 (19.6%)84 (1.5%)100%
Osceola1,890 (80.6%)417 (17.8%)37 (1.6%)100%
Page3,897 (70.0%)1,569 (28.2%)98 (1.8%)100%
Palo Alto2,335 (64.0%)1,248 (34.2%)66 (1.8%)100%
Plymouth7,726 (73.5%)2,624 (25.0%)160 (1.5%)100%
Pocahontas2,159 (71.3%)801 (26.4%)68 (2.3%)100%
Polk85,089 (41.9%)112,901 (55.6%)5,052 (2.5%)100%
Pottawattamie19,203 (57.3%)13,475 (40.2%)841 (2.5%)100%
Poweshiek4,293 (52.5%)3,737 (45.7%)147 (1.8%)100%
Ringgold1,516 (68.0%)677 (30.4%)38 (1.7%)100%
Sac2,935 (70.3%)1,169 (28.0%)68 (1.6%)100%
Scott32,089 (47.0%)34,514 (50.5%)1,673 (2.5%)100%
Shelby3,467 (71.0%)1,291 (26.4%)122 (2.5%)100%
Sioux12,479 (85.7%)1,908 (13.1%)173 (1.2%)100%
Story17,429 (41.5%)23,290 (55.5%)1,210 (2.9%)100%
Tama4,091 (56.7%)2,962 (41.0%)156 (2.2%)100%
Taylor1,690 (71.0%)636 (26.7%)53 (2.2%)100%
Union3,028 (63.8%)1,581 (33.3%)135 (2.9%)100%
Van Buren2,033 (71.5%)749 (26.3%)61 (2.1%)100%
Wapello6,519 (55.1%)5,044 (42.6%)256 (2.2%)100%
Warren13,209 (56.0%)9,809 (41.5%)576 (2.4%)100%
Washington5,586 (62.0%)3,204 (35.6%)216 (2.4%)100%
Wayne1,669 (71.0%)643 (27.4%)37 (1.6%)100%
Webster7,746 (56.1%)5,700 (41.3%)347 (2.5%)100%
Winnebago2,856 (62.4%)1,581 (34.5%)140 (3.1%)100%
Winneshiek4,929 (50.9%)4,587 (47.3%)174 (1.8%)100%
Woodbury18,968 (54.8%)14,886 (43.0%)749 (2.2%)100%
Worth2,068 (59.6%)1,303 (37.5%)98 (2.8%)100%
Wright3,165 (65.3%)1,578 (32.6%)99 (2.0%)100%

Campaign money · 2017–2018 cycle

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Paul D. Pate$131,451$301,257$18,817
Deidre DeJear$764,495$778,640$22,804
Jules Ofenbakh———

Totals for the two-year cycle from each campaign's own reports. State totals are cash contributions; in-kind gifts are listed on the candidate page. Names are matched across sources, so double-check against the original filing.

Races and results: civicAPI and the Iowa Secretary of State. State campaign finance: summary totals from reports filed with the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board. Federal: the Federal Election Commission.