2002 Iowa Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2002 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?

Tom Vilsack won the 2002 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. Tom Vilsack received 540,449 popular votes (52.69%). The main challenger was Doug Gross (44.51%).

See the full head-to-head between Vilsack and Gross

Vilsack +8.2 pts · won by 83,837 votes
540,449 votes
456,612 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.