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Elections › Tuesday, November 8, 2022

General election

Secretary of State

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 · 100% reporting · Past races for this seat

Results

By county

Adair County: Paul D. Pate 77.5%, Joel D. Miller 22.4%Adams County: Paul D. Pate 74.5%, Joel D. Miller 25.4%Allamakee County: Paul D. Pate 69.8%, Joel D. Miller 30.2%Appanoose County: Paul D. Pate 74.5%, Joel D. Miller 25.5%Audubon County: Paul D. Pate 72.3%, Joel D. Miller 27.6%Benton County: Paul D. Pate 71.7%, Joel D. Miller 28.3%Black Hawk County: Paul D. Pate 54.2%, Joel D. Miller 45.8%Boone County: Paul D. Pate 65.2%, Joel D. Miller 34.7%Bremer County: Paul D. Pate 66.7%, Joel D. Miller 33.3%Buchanan County: Paul D. Pate 66.9%, Joel D. Miller 33.1%Buena Vista County: Paul D. Pate 73.8%, Joel D. Miller 26.2%Butler County: Paul D. Pate 76.6%, Joel D. Miller 23.4%Calhoun County: Paul D. Pate 75.0%, Joel D. Miller 25.0%Carroll County: Paul D. Pate 75.8%, Joel D. Miller 24.1%Cass County: Paul D. Pate 73.5%, Joel D. Miller 26.5%Cedar County: Paul D. Pate 66.1%, Joel D. Miller 33.9%Cerro Gordo County: Paul D. Pate 58.1%, Joel D. Miller 41.9%Cherokee County: Paul D. Pate 78.2%, Joel D. Miller 21.7%Chickasaw County: Paul D. Pate 71.2%, Joel D. Miller 28.8%Clarke County: Paul D. Pate 73.8%, Joel D. Miller 26.2%Clay County: Paul D. Pate 73.5%, Joel D. Miller 26.5%Clayton County: Paul D. Pate 71.9%, Joel D. Miller 28.0%Clinton County: Paul D. Pate 59.7%, Joel D. Miller 40.2%Crawford County: Paul D. Pate 76.3%, Joel D. Miller 23.6%Dallas County: Paul D. Pate 58.4%, Joel D. Miller 41.5%Davis County: Paul D. Pate 76.5%, Joel D. Miller 23.5%Decatur County: Paul D. Pate 70.9%, Joel D. Miller 29.1%Delaware County: Paul D. Pate 76.2%, Joel D. Miller 23.8%Des Moines County: Paul D. Pate 57.7%, Joel D. Miller 42.2%Dickinson County: Paul D. Pate 73.4%, Joel D. Miller 26.6%Dubuque County: Paul D. Pate 57.3%, Joel D. Miller 42.6%Emmet County: Paul D. Pate 73.1%, Joel D. Miller 26.8%Fayette County: Paul D. Pate 69.4%, Joel D. Miller 30.5%Floyd County: Paul D. Pate 65.0%, Joel D. Miller 35.0%Franklin County: Paul D. Pate 76.3%, Joel D. Miller 23.7%Fremont County: Paul D. Pate 73.5%, Joel D. Miller 26.4%Greene County: Paul D. Pate 71.7%, Joel D. Miller 28.2%Grundy County: Paul D. Pate 78.3%, Joel D. Miller 21.6%Guthrie County: Paul D. Pate 73.8%, Joel D. Miller 26.1%Hamilton County: Paul D. Pate 71.3%, Joel D. Miller 28.7%Hancock County: Paul D. Pate 74.8%, Joel D. Miller 25.1%Hardin County: Paul D. Pate 73.7%, Joel D. Miller 26.3%Harrison County: Paul D. Pate 71.8%, Joel D. Miller 28.0%Henry County: Paul D. Pate 70.0%, Joel D. Miller 30.0%Howard County: Paul D. Pate 66.6%, Joel D. Miller 33.3%Humboldt County: Paul D. Pate 79.0%, Joel D. Miller 21.0%Ida County: Paul D. Pate 80.5%, Joel D. Miller 19.4%Iowa County: Paul D. Pate 69.9%, Joel D. Miller 30.0%Jackson County: Paul D. Pate 66.3%, Joel D. Miller 33.7%Jasper County: Paul D. Pate 67.0%, Joel D. Miller 33.0%Jefferson County: Paul D. Pate 51.3%, Joel D. Miller 48.6%Johnson County: Joel D. Miller 67.5%, Paul D. Pate 32.5%Jones County: Paul D. Pate 68.4%, Joel D. Miller 31.6%Keokuk County: Paul D. Pate 77.8%, Joel D. Miller 22.2%Kossuth County: Paul D. Pate 74.7%, Joel D. Miller 25.3%Lee County: Paul D. Pate 62.3%, Joel D. Miller 37.6%Linn County: Joel D. Miller 51.6%, Paul D. Pate 48.3%Louisa County: Paul D. Pate 73.9%, Joel D. Miller 26.1%Lucas County: Paul D. Pate 75.5%, Joel D. Miller 24.4%Lyon County: Paul D. Pate 88.0%, Joel D. Miller 12.0%Madison County: Paul D. Pate 72.5%, Joel D. Miller 27.5%Mahaska County: Paul D. Pate 79.5%, Joel D. Miller 20.4%Marion County: Paul D. Pate 73.5%, Joel D. Miller 26.4%Marshall County: Paul D. Pate 63.4%, Joel D. Miller 36.5%Mills County: Paul D. Pate 72.1%, Joel D. Miller 27.8%Mitchell County: Paul D. Pate 67.6%, Joel D. Miller 32.4%Monona County: Paul D. Pate 73.3%, Joel D. Miller 26.6%Monroe County: Paul D. Pate 77.3%, Joel D. Miller 22.6%Montgomery County: Paul D. Pate 73.0%, Joel D. Miller 27.0%Muscatine County: Paul D. Pate 61.6%, Joel D. Miller 38.4%O'Brien County: Paul D. Pate 82.4%, Joel D. Miller 17.6%Osceola County: Paul D. Pate 85.3%, Joel D. Miller 14.7%Page County: Paul D. Pate 74.5%, Joel D. Miller 25.5%Palo Alto County: Paul D. Pate 75.0%, Joel D. Miller 25.0%Plymouth County: Paul D. Pate 79.8%, Joel D. Miller 20.1%Pocahontas County: Paul D. Pate 80.0%, Joel D. Miller 20.0%Polk County: Joel D. Miller 50.8%, Paul D. Pate 49.1%Pottawattamie County: Paul D. Pate 63.0%, Joel D. Miller 36.9%Poweshiek County: Paul D. Pate 62.1%, Joel D. Miller 37.8%Ringgold County: Paul D. Pate 78.7%, Joel D. Miller 21.2%Sac County: Paul D. Pate 79.0%, Joel D. Miller 20.9%Scott County: Paul D. Pate 54.4%, Joel D. Miller 45.6%Shelby County: Paul D. Pate 75.8%, Joel D. Miller 24.2%Sioux County: Paul D. Pate 89.6%, Joel D. Miller 10.4%Story County: Joel D. Miller 51.5%, Paul D. Pate 48.4%Tama County: Paul D. Pate 68.5%, Joel D. Miller 31.4%Taylor County: Paul D. Pate 80.2%, Joel D. Miller 19.8%Union County: Paul D. Pate 72.2%, Joel D. Miller 27.7%Van Buren County: Paul D. Pate 76.7%, Joel D. Miller 23.3%Wapello County: Paul D. Pate 66.0%, Joel D. Miller 33.9%Warren County: Paul D. Pate 65.0%, Joel D. Miller 34.9%Washington County: Paul D. Pate 68.9%, Joel D. Miller 31.0%Wayne County: Paul D. Pate 78.7%, Joel D. Miller 21.3%Webster County: Paul D. Pate 68.0%, Joel D. Miller 31.9%Winnebago County: Paul D. Pate 68.7%, Joel D. Miller 31.3%Winneshiek County: Paul D. Pate 59.8%, Joel D. Miller 40.1%Woodbury County: Paul D. Pate 65.3%, Joel D. Miller 34.6%Worth County: Paul D. Pate 65.8%, Joel D. Miller 34.2%Wright County: Paul D. Pate 74.1%, Joel D. Miller 25.9%
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. PateJoel D. MillerReporting
Adair2,416 (77.5%)698 (22.4%)100%
Adams1,224 (74.5%)417 (25.4%)100%
Allamakee3,983 (69.8%)1,725 (30.2%)100%
Appanoose3,475 (74.5%)1,188 (25.5%)100%
Audubon1,690 (72.3%)645 (27.6%)100%
Benton8,058 (71.7%)3,184 (28.3%)100%
Black Hawk25,027 (54.2%)21,138 (45.8%)100%
Boone7,212 (65.2%)3,843 (34.7%)100%
Bremer7,269 (66.7%)3,630 (33.3%)100%
Buchanan5,443 (66.9%)2,691 (33.1%)100%
Buena Vista3,705 (73.8%)1,315 (26.2%)100%
Butler4,577 (76.6%)1,400 (23.4%)100%
Calhoun2,923 (75.0%)974 (25.0%)100%
Carroll6,060 (75.8%)1,926 (24.1%)100%
Cass3,789 (73.5%)1,365 (26.5%)100%
Cedar5,180 (66.1%)2,658 (33.9%)100%
Cerro Gordo9,736 (58.1%)7,023 (41.9%)100%
Cherokee3,488 (78.2%)970 (21.7%)100%
Chickasaw3,435 (71.2%)1,389 (28.8%)100%
Clarke2,449 (73.8%)871 (26.2%)100%
Clay4,638 (73.5%)1,672 (26.5%)100%
Clayton5,239 (71.9%)2,040 (28.0%)100%
Clinton9,986 (59.7%)6,728 (40.2%)100%
Crawford3,293 (76.3%)1,018 (23.6%)100%
Dallas25,706 (58.4%)18,273 (41.5%)100%
Davis2,279 (76.5%)700 (23.5%)100%
Decatur1,929 (70.9%)791 (29.1%)100%
Delaware5,794 (76.2%)1,812 (23.8%)100%
Des Moines7,650 (57.7%)5,596 (42.2%)100%
Dickinson6,011 (73.4%)2,177 (26.6%)100%
Dubuque21,800 (57.3%)16,190 (42.6%)100%
Emmet2,433 (73.1%)893 (26.8%)100%
Fayette5,196 (69.4%)2,281 (30.5%)100%
Floyd3,671 (65.0%)1,978 (35.0%)100%
Franklin2,713 (76.3%)843 (23.7%)100%
Fremont1,892 (73.5%)681 (26.4%)100%
Greene2,543 (71.7%)1,001 (28.2%)100%
Grundy4,177 (78.3%)1,151 (21.6%)100%
Guthrie3,657 (73.8%)1,290 (26.1%)100%
Hamilton4,049 (71.3%)1,629 (28.7%)100%
Hancock3,237 (74.8%)1,084 (25.1%)100%
Hardin4,794 (73.7%)1,708 (26.3%)100%
Harrison3,878 (71.8%)1,514 (28.0%)100%
Henry4,810 (70.0%)2,059 (30.0%)100%
Howard2,224 (66.6%)1,113 (33.3%)100%
Humboldt3,013 (79.0%)801 (21.0%)100%
Ida2,162 (80.5%)521 (19.4%)100%
Iowa5,161 (69.9%)2,217 (30.0%)100%
Jackson5,050 (66.3%)2,571 (33.7%)100%
Jasper9,963 (67.0%)4,901 (33.0%)100%
Jefferson3,350 (51.3%)3,179 (48.6%)100%
Johnson20,452 (32.5%)42,494 (67.5%)100%
Jones5,565 (68.4%)2,566 (31.6%)100%
Keokuk2,932 (77.8%)835 (22.2%)100%
Kossuth4,977 (74.7%)1,685 (25.3%)100%
Lee7,097 (62.3%)4,290 (37.6%)100%
Linn44,989 (48.3%)48,116 (51.6%)100%
Louisa2,577 (73.9%)910 (26.1%)100%
Lucas2,583 (75.5%)836 (24.4%)100%
Lyon4,302 (88.0%)588 (12.0%)100%
Madison5,381 (72.5%)2,040 (27.5%)100%
Mahaska6,356 (79.5%)1,632 (20.4%)100%
Marion10,424 (73.5%)3,751 (26.4%)100%
Marshall7,699 (63.4%)4,436 (36.5%)100%
Mills3,992 (72.1%)1,536 (27.8%)100%
Mitchell2,818 (67.6%)1,348 (32.4%)100%
Monona2,393 (73.3%)868 (26.6%)100%
Monroe2,260 (77.3%)662 (22.6%)100%
Montgomery2,546 (73.0%)942 (27.0%)100%
Muscatine8,067 (61.6%)5,025 (38.4%)100%
O'Brien4,350 (82.4%)932 (17.6%)100%
Osceola1,917 (85.3%)330 (14.7%)100%
Page3,777 (74.5%)1,292 (25.5%)100%
Palo Alto2,659 (75.0%)887 (25.0%)100%
Plymouth7,668 (79.8%)1,935 (20.1%)100%
Pocahontas2,232 (80.0%)557 (20.0%)100%
Polk92,310 (49.1%)95,483 (50.8%)100%
Pottawattamie18,148 (63.0%)10,639 (36.9%)100%
Poweshiek4,698 (62.1%)2,860 (37.8%)100%
Ringgold1,599 (78.7%)431 (21.2%)100%
Sac3,060 (79.0%)811 (20.9%)100%
Scott34,269 (54.4%)28,728 (45.6%)100%
Shelby3,470 (75.8%)1,109 (24.2%)100%
Sioux12,428 (89.6%)1,445 (10.4%)100%
Story17,630 (48.4%)18,742 (51.5%)100%
Tama4,503 (68.5%)2,067 (31.4%)100%
Taylor1,803 (80.2%)445 (19.8%)100%
Union3,254 (72.2%)1,250 (27.7%)100%
Van Buren2,132 (76.7%)646 (23.3%)100%
Wapello6,856 (66.0%)3,518 (33.9%)100%
Warren15,246 (65.0%)8,177 (34.9%)100%
Washington5,998 (68.9%)2,696 (31.0%)100%
Wayne1,840 (78.7%)498 (21.3%)100%
Webster8,133 (68.0%)3,816 (31.9%)100%
Winnebago2,993 (68.7%)1,366 (31.3%)100%
Winneshiek5,697 (59.8%)3,821 (40.1%)100%
Woodbury18,491 (65.3%)9,780 (34.6%)100%
Worth2,121 (65.8%)1,101 (34.2%)100%
Wright3,121 (74.1%)1,090 (25.9%)100%

Campaign money · 2021–2022 cycle

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Paul D. Pate$140,045$205,197$19,457
Joel D. Miller$66,689$63,904$0

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.