text: Oakley, 25.2% 1978 election for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa:
  Terry Branstad (R), 57.7%
  William Palmer (D), 42.3%
  1982 election for Governor of Iowa:
  1982 General Election:
  Terry Branstad (R), 52.8%
  Roxanne Conlin (D), 46.6%
  Marcia Farrington (L), 0.3%
  Jim Bittner (S), 0.3%
  1986 election for Governor of Iowa:
  1986 General Election:
  Terry Branstad (R), 51.9%
  Lowell Junkins (D), 48.0%
  1990 election for Governor of Iowa:
  1990 General Election:
  Terry Branstad (R), 60.6%
  Donald Avenson (D), 38.8%
  Bailey/Nelson (SW), 0.4%
  1994 election for Governor of Iowa:Republican PrimaryTerry Branstad (R), 51.8%
  Fred Grandy (R), 48.1%1994 General Election:Terry Branstad (R), 56.8%
  Bonnie Campbell (D), 41.6%
  Hughes/Davis (Petition), 0.6%
  Butler/Stone (NL), 0.4%
  Olsen/Carey (L), 0.3%
  Galati/Pena (SW), 0.1%
  2010 election for Governor of Iowa:Republican PrimaryTerry Branstad (R), 114,290 votes, 50.4%
  Bob Vander Plaats (R), 92,759, 40.9%
  Rod Roberts (R), 19,916, 8.8%2010 General Election:Terry Branstad (R), 52.9%
  Chet Culver (D), 43.1%
  Jonathan Narcisse (I), 1.3%
  Eric Cooper (L), 1.3%
  James Hughes (I), 0.3%
  David Rosenfeld (SW), 0.2%
  Write-Ins, 0.2%
  2014 election for Governor of Iowa:Republican Primary:Terry Branstad (R), 129,752 votes, 79.8%
  Tom Hoefling (R), 16.2%
  Write-Ins, 0.2%2014 General Election:'''
  Terry Branstad (R), 59.1%
  Jack Hatch (D), 37.3%
  Lee Deakins Hieb (L), 1.8%
  Jim Hennager (I), 0.9%
  Jonathan Narcisse (I), 0.9%