John Norris

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John Norris

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 5, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Simpson College

Law

University of Iowa

Contact

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John Norris (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Iowa. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018.

Biography

After graduating from Simpson College in 1981, Norris started a career in political consulting, working for candidates including Jesse Jackson and Tom Harkin. He continued to work as a political consultant until 1996, when he was hired as chief of staff for then-Rep. Leonard Boswell (D). In 1998, Norris returned to Iowa to serve as the chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party before being named Governor-elect Tom Vilsack's (D) chief of staff later that year. Norris left the governor's office in 2001 to run for Congress before joining the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2003, where he was the campaign's Iowa director and nationwide field operations director. After Kerry's defeat, Norris was named as chairman of the Iowa Utilities Board. In 2009, Norris was hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the departmental chief of staff. In 2010, he became a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Norris left Washington again in 2014 when he was named as minister-counselor for agriculture at the U.S. mission to the U.N. in Rome. In 2016, Norris was hired by consulting firm SPPG as a partner.^[1]

Education

• Bachelor's in political science - Simpson College (1981)
• J.D. - University of Iowa College of Law (1995)

Elections

2018

See also: Iowa gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Iowa

Incumbent Kim Reynolds defeated Fred Hubbell, Jake Porter, and Gary Siegwarth in the general election for Governor of Iowa on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Reynolds (R)	50.3	667,275
		Fred Hubbell (D)	47.5	630,986
		Jake Porter (L)	1.6	21,426
		Gary Siegwarth (Clear Water Party of Iowa Party)	0.6	7,463
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	488

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,327,638 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Iowa

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Iowa on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fred Hubbell	55.5	99,245
		Cathy Glasson	20.6	36,815
		John Norris	11.5	20,498
		Andy McGuire	5.3	9,404
		Nate Boulton	5.1	9,082
		Ross Wilburn	2.2	3,880

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 178,924
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Iowa

Incumbent Kim Reynolds advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Iowa on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Reynolds	100.0	94,118

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ron Corbett (R)
• Steven Ray (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Iowa

Jake Porter defeated Marco Battaglia in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Iowa on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Porter	58.4	991
		Marco Battaglia	41.6	705

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,696
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2002

U.S. House of Representatives, Iowa District 4, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Latham Incumbent	54.8%	115,430
	Democratic	John Norris	43.1%	90,784
	Libertarian	Terry L. Wilson	1.4%	2,952
	One Earth	Jim Hennager	0.7%	1,544
Total Votes				210,710
Election results via Iowa Secretary of State

See also

Iowa	State Executive Elections	News and Analysis
Iowa State Executive Offices Iowa State Legislature Iowa Courts	2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 Iowa elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016	Party control of state government State government trifectas State of the state addresses Partisan composition of governors

• Governor of Iowa
• Iowa gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
• Iowa gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (June 5 Democratic primary)

External links

Suggest a link

• Office of the Governor of Iowa

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