Primary Election
Filing Periods
The filing periods for the June 5, 2012, Primary Election are:
- State and Federal Offices: February 27 - March 16, 2012 (5:00 p.m.)
- County Offices: March 5 - March 28, 2012 (5:00 p.m.)
Candidate's Guide
Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Requirements
For information about candidates' ethics and campaign filing responsibilities and deadlines, please contact the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
Nomination Papers
Signature Requirements
- U.S. Senate: Iowa will not have a U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2012.
- U.S. Representative - District 1*
- U.S. Representative - District 2*
- U.S. Representative - District 3*
- U.S. Representative - District 4*
- Statewide Offices: 1,000 signatures, including 50 from at least 10 different counties
- State Senate: 100 signatures from state senate district*
- State Senator Declaration of Residence - Due to the redistricting process, incumbent state senators must declare their residence to the Secretary of State by February 1, 2012.
- State Representative: 50 signatures from state representative district*
- County Offices: 2 percent of the 2010 vote for the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the county (contact the county auditor for the specific numbers) or 100 signatures, whichever is less
- County Supervisor by District: 2 percent of the 2010 vote for the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the supervisor district (contact the county auditor for the specific numbers) or 100 signatures, whichever is less
*New congressional, state senate and state representative district boundaries will be in effect after 2011 redistricting becomes law.
Partisan Offices on the 2012 Primary Election Ballot
U.S. Offices
- U.S. Representative (all districts)
State Offices
- State Senator (even-numbered districts 2-50 and district 49)
- State Representative (districts 1-100)
County Offices
- Some members of county boards of supervisors
- County auditor
- County sheriff
- Any vacant offices needing to be filled