Continuing a Bleeding Heartland tradition, I will post Iowa’s latest absentee ballot numbers, statewide and for each Congressional district, every weekday, based on figures released by the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. You can find Iowa’s new Congressional map here or at the bottom of this post.

You can compare this year’s numbers to daily charts from the last five election cycles by clicking through to Bleeding Heartland’s archive of absentee ballot totals from 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, and 2012. Remember that Iowa had longer early voting windows for all of those elections: 40 days through 2016, and 29 days for 2018 and 2020. Republicans shortened the early voting period as part of a wide-ranging effort to suppress early voting in 2021.

In addition, the Secretary of State’s office has changed the format of its absentee ballot statistics. In the past, all ballots received were lumped together, whether the Iowans voted early by mail or in person.

Now, the statistics show ballots returned by mail or email (an option for military or overseas voters), ballots cast from a health care facility, early votes cast in person at county elections offices, and those cast in person at satellite locations. I’ve adjusted my tables accordingly.

Since larger, Democratic-leaning counties tend to have more satellite voting locations, I’ll be on the lookout for Republican lawmakers to attempt to further restrict that voting method during the coming legislative sessions. (The 2021 law put up some new roadblocks for satellite voting.)

The Secretary of State’s office also publishes daily absentee ballot totals by Iowa county, state House district, and state Senate district.

DEMOCRATS LEAD IN RETURNED BALLOTS

Since county auditors were prohibited from mailing ballots to most Iowans (other than military or overseas voters) prior to October 19, it’s no surprise that the vast majority of ballots have not yet been returned.

One trend to watch is whether Iowa Democrats’ advantage in early voting will shrink as election day approaches. That has happened in most election cycles over the past decade.

Final absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 8, 2022 (numbers from November 16 report)

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	57,714	31,171	17,767	293	106,945
IA-02	51,162	31,222	17,550	272	100,206
IA-03	52,340	27,406	14,609	276	94,631
IA-04	32,988	34,881	11,785	225	79,879
statewide	194,204	124,680	61,711	1,066	381,661

Total ballots received statewide as of November 8: 371,575, including 187,970 from Democrats, 122,586 from Republicans, and 60,005 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by county auditors as of November 8, 2022 (numbers from November 16 report)

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	55,985	30,715	17,344	282	104,326
IA-02	49,847	30,669	17,161	258	97,935
IA-03	50,053	26,754	13,952	255	91,014
IA-04	32,085	34,448	11,548	219	78,300
statewide	187,970	122,586	60,005	1,014	371,575

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 8, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	57,696	31,148	17,754	291	106,890
IA-02	51,125	31,191	17,543	272	100,131
IA-03	52,327	27,395	14,602	276	94,600
IA-04	32,979	34,853	11,774	224	79,830
statewide	194,127	124,587	61,673	1,063	381,451

Total ballots received statewide as of November 7: 368,071, including 186,070 from Democrats, 121,717 from Republicans, and 59,275 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by county auditors as of November 8, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	55,446	30,549	17,165	279	103,439
IA-02	49,379	30,405	16,950	254	96,988
IA-03	49,467	26,540	13,731	252	89,990
IA-04	31,778	34,223	11,429	214	77,654
statewide	186,070	121,717	59,275	999	368,071

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 7, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	55,404	29,165	16,496	258	101,323
IA-02	49,407	29,535	16,396	236	95,574
IA-03	49,810	25,313	13,415	254	88,792
IA-04	31,512	31,749	10,582	202	74,045
statewide	186,133	115,762	56,889	950	359,734

Total ballots received statewide as of November 7: 341,237, including 154,052 from Democrats, 94,674 from Republicans, and 43,096 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by county auditors as of November 7, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	52,507	28,313	15,682	242	96,744
IA-02	46,974	28,357	15,486	216	91,033
IA-03	46,043	24,136	12,228	216	82,623
IA-04	29,813	30,778	10,054	192	70,837
statewide	175,337	111,584	53,450	866	341,237

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of November 7, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	20,678	7,858	4,531	51	33,118
IA-02	23,178	11,973	6,006	71	41,228
IA-03	27,391	10,271	6,197	98	43,957
IA-04	14,236	9,134	3,150	49	26,569
statewide	85,483	39,236	19,884	269	144,872

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of November 7, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	19,547	15,147	6,737	116	41,547
IA-02	12,697	11,880	5,796	58	30,431
IA-03	11,313	10,568	3,875	79	25,835
IA-04	9,960	16,564	4,858	192	31,574
statewide	53,517	54,159	21,266	445	129,387

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of November 7, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	9,917	5,116	4,009	67	19,109
IA-02	7,831	3,644	3,016	83	14,574
IA-03	5,023	2,944	1,866	37	9,870
IA-04	4,431	4,622	1,818	39	10,910
statewide	27,202	16,326	10,709	226	54,463

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of November 7, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,535	192	275	8	2,010
IA-02	3,267	860	666	4	4,797
IA-03	2,316	353	290	2	2,961
IA-04	1,185	458	228	3	1,874
statewide	8,303	1,863	1,459	17	11,642

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 4, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	49,603	25,301	13,662	210	88,776
IA-02	46,245	26,729	14,365	209	87,548
IA-03	45,423	21,652	11,341	207	78,623
IA-04	29,134	27,713	9,045	164	66,056
statewide	170,405	101,395	48,413	790	321,003

Total ballots received statewide as of November 4: 292,506, including 154,052 from Democrats, 94,674 from Republicans, and 43,096 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by county auditors as of November 4, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	45,133	23,888	12,351	192	81,564
IA-02	42,742	24,927	13,003	186	80,858
IA-03	39,852	19,781	9,561	155	69,349
IA-04	26,325	26,078	8,181	151	60,735
statewide	154,052	94,674	43,096	684	292,506

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of November 4, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	20,393	7,401	4,277	50	32,121
IA-02	22,466	11,443	5,659	70	39,638
IA-03	26,062	9,711	5,694	86	41,553
IA-04	13,449	8,602	2,917	48	25,016
statewide	82,370	37,157	18,547	254	138,328

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of November 4, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	16,478	12,544	5,241	90	34,353
IA-02	10,900	9,787	4,504	48	25,239
IA-03	9,693	8,773	3,027	51	21,544
IA-04	8,439	13,494	3,842	75	25,850
statewide	45,510	44,598	16,614	264	106,986

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of November 4, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	7,019	3,791	2,623	46	13,479
IA-02	6,379	2,913	2,263	65	11,620
IA-03	2,091	994	599	16	3,700
IA-04	3,395	3,573	1,245	26	8,239
statewide	18,884	11,271	6,730	153	37,038

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of November 4, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,243	152	210	6	1,611
IA-02	2,996	784	575	3	4,358
IA-03	2,006	303	241	2	2,552
IA-04	1,041	409	177	2	1,629
statewide	7,286	1,648	1,203	13	10,150

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 3, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	47,626	23,746	12,703	196	84,271
IA-02	44,967	25,654	13,693	199	84,513
IA-03	44,563	20,848	10,998	201	76,610
IA-04	28,281	26,110	8,485	150	63,026
statewide	160,694	91,488	43,667	699	296,548

Total ballots received statewide as of November 3: 272,469, including 145,027 from Democrats, 87,527 from Republicans, and 39,291 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of November 3, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	19,620	7,013	4,034	47	30,714
IA-02	21,708	10,988	5,404	66	38,166
IA-03	24,818	9,186	5,281	82	39,367
IA-04	12,845	8,090	2,720	45	23,700
statewide	78,991	35,277	17,439	240	131,947

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of November 3, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	15,184	11,372	4,624	82	31,262
IA-02	10,059	8,916	4,016	43	23,034
IA-03	8,863	7,952	2,690	45	19,550
IA-04	7,722	12,239	3,392	62	23,415
statewide	41,828	40,479	14,722	232	97,261

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of November 3, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	6,226	3,371	2,260	40	11,897
IA-02	5,938	2,706	2,071	61	10,776
IA-03	2,024	965	582	16	3,767
IA-04	3,167	3,169	1,113	24	7,473
statewide	17,535	10,211	6,026	141	33,913

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of November 3, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,197	141	201	6	1,545
IA-02	2,864	748	535	2	4,149
IA-03	1,803	279	199	1	2,282
IA-04	987	392	167	2	1,548
statewide	6,851	1,560	1,102	11	9,524

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 2, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	45,937	22,376	11,930	178	80,421
IA-02	43,658	24,505	13,095	185	81,443
IA-03	43,565	19,911	10,626	195	74,297
IA-04	27,534	24,696	8,016	141	60,387
statewide	160,694	91,488	43,667	699	296,548

Total ballots received statewide as of November 2: 250,126, including 134,501 from Democrats, 79,701 from Republicans, and 35,352 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of November 2, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	18,415	6,473	3,680	44	28,612
IA-02	20,684	10,335	5,029	62	36,110
IA-03	23,070	8,422	4,731	76	36,299
IA-04	11,892	7,361	2,448	44	21,745
statewide	74,061	32,591	15,888	226	122,766

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of November 2, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	13,995	10,286	4,097	68	28,446
IA-02	9,197	8,057	3,612	35	20,901
IA-03	7,967	7,134	2,392	42	17,535
IA-04	7,026	11,004	3,000	52	21,082
statewide	38,185	36,481	13,101	197	87,964

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of November 2, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	5,611	3,048	1,979	37	10,675
IA-02	5,497	2,450	1,872	55	9,874
IA-03	1,784	768	488	13	3,053
IA-04	3,003	2,941	1,012	23	6,979
statewide	15,895	9,207	5,351	128	30,581

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of November 2, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,156	137	195	6	1,494
IA-02	2,688	686	491	2	3,867
IA-03	1,622	250	177	1	2,050
IA-04	892	349	157	2	1,400
statewide	6,358	1,422	1,020	11	8,811

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 1, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	44,754	21,533	11,458	169	77,914
IA-02	42,695	23,766	12,623	181	79,265
IA-03	42,726	19,197	10,285	191	72,399
IA-04	26,988	23,732	7,697	136	58,553
statewide	157,163	88,228	42,063	677	288,131

Total ballots received statewide as of November 1: 238,939, including 129,263 from Democrats, 75,803 from Republicans, and 33,376 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of November 1, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	17,885	6,291	3,547	42	27,765
IA-02	20,558	10,248	4,991	61	35,858
IA-03	22,616	8,260	4,625	75	35,576
IA-04	11,853	7,334	2,439	43	21,669
statewide	72,912	32,133	15,602	221	120,868

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of November 1, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	13,250	9,705	3,832	65	26,852
IA-02	8,655	7,558	3,370	34	19,617
IA-03	7,530	6,733	2,239	41	16,543
IA-04	6,601	10,314	2,783	47	19,745
statewide	36,036	34,310	12,224	187	82,757

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of November 1, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	5,057	2,719	1,752	31	9,559
IA-02	5,052	2,210	1,632	53	8,947
IA-03	1,347	452	293	12	2,104
IA-04	2,803	2,642	904	22	6,371
statewide	14,259	8,023	4,581	118	26,981

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of November 1, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,130	133	190	6	1,459
IA-02	2,576	642	471	2	3,691
IA-03	1,488	231	157	1	1,877
IA-04	861	331	149	2	1,343
statewide	6,055	1,337	967	11	8,370

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 31, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	42,469	19,676	10,554	155	72,854
IA-02	41,256	22,510	11,957	156	75,889
IA-03	41,704	18,183	9,923	188	69,998
IA-04	25,841	21,757	7,111	123	54,832
statewide	151,270	82,126	39,545	622	273,573

Total ballots received statewide as of October 31: 199,358, including 109,389 from Democrats, 62,397 from Republicans, and 27,144 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 31, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	15,117	5,108	2,830	30	23,085
IA-02	17,508	8,409	4,015	43	29,975
IA-03	18,307	6,504	3,483	51	28,345
IA-04	9,562	5,367	1,867	33	16,829
statewide	60,494	25,388	12,195	157	98,234

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 31, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	11,387	8,123	3,124	53	22,687
IA-02	7,318	6,414	2,759	24	16,515
IA-03	6,364	5,618	1,858	37	13,877
IA-04	5,586	8,501	2,258	37	16,382
statewide	30,655	28,656	9,999	151	69,461

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 31, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	4,422	2,363	1,517	29	8,331
IA-02	4,805	2,084	1,564	50	8,503
IA-03	1,348	452	292	12	2,104
IA-04	2,463	2,347	785	19	5,614
statewide	13,038	7,246	4,158	110	24,552

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of October 31, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,009	113	165	5	1,292
IA-02	2,258	538	393	2	3,191
IA-03	1,228	186	121	1	1,536
IA-04	705	270	112	2	1,089
statewide	5,200	1,107	791	10	7,108

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 28, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	40,322	18,097	9,649	140	68,208
IA-02	39,361	21,350	11,136	147	71,994
IA-03	40,602	17,361	9,537	183	67,683
IA-04	24,662	20,218	6,551	116	51,547
statewide	144,947	77,026	36,873	586	259,432

Total ballots received statewide as of October 28: 167,105, including 92,305 from Democrats, 52,486 from Republicans, and 21,973 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 28, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	12,612	4,086	2,211	24	18,933
IA-02	15,388	7,298	3,443	33	26,162
IA-03	15,611	5,450	2,872	40	23,973
IA-04	7,511	4,159	1,417	24	13,111
statewide	51,122	20,993	9,943	121	82,179

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 28, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	10,014	6,997	2,620	43	19,674
IA-02	6,403	5,632	2,312	19	14,366
IA-03	5,550	4,851	1,564	35	12,000
IA-04	4,871	7,309	1,873	30	14,083
statewide	26,838	24,789	8,369	127	60,123

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 28, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	3,469	1,816	1,106	24	6,415
IA-02	3,758	1,678	1,172	36	6,644
IA-03	956	342	184	9	1,491
IA-04	1,821	1,937	585	16	4,389
statewide	10,004	5,773	3,047	85	18,909

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of October 28, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	767	87	107	3	964
IA-02	1,921	452	319	1	2,693
IA-03	1,049	147	96	1	1,293
IA-04	604	245	92	1	942
statewide	4,341	931	614	6	5,892

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 27, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	38,783	16,990	9,139	130	65,042
IA-02	38,155	20,490	10,686	144	69,475
IA-03	39,773	16,716	9,288	174	65,951
IA-04	23,963	19,087	6,207	111	49,368
statewide	140,674	73,283	35,320	559	249,836

Total ballots received statewide as of October 27: 136,616, including 75,244 from Democrats, 43,401 from Republicans, and 17,690 from no-party voters

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 27, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	9,739	3,119	1,595	18	14,471
IA-02	12,617	5,855	2,717	25	21,214
IA-03	12,425	4,265	2,223	28	18,941
IA-04	4,657	2,720	830	18	8,225
statewide	39,438	15,959	7,365	89	62,851

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 27, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	8,743	6,119	2,258	38	17,158
IA-02	5,593	4,953	2,032	18	12,596
IA-03	4,830	4,232	1,334	27	10,423
IA-04	4,169	6,332	1,594	28	12,123
statewide	23,335	21,636	7,218	111	52,300

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 27, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	3,049	1,555	947	19	5,570
IA-02	3,301	1,471	1,007	34	5,813
IA-03	757	267	141	8	1,173
IA-04	1,646	1,727	498	13	3,884
statewide	8,753	5,020	2,593	74	16,440

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of October 27, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	633	70	82	3	788
IA-02	1,688	396	273	1	2,358
IA-03	864	109	82	1	1,056
IA-04	532	211	77	1	821
statewide	3,717	786	514	6	5,023

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 26, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	37,333	15,849	8,612	117	61,911
IA-02	36,826	19,492	10,173	130	66,621
IA-03	39,049	16,087	9,053	165	64,354
IA-04	23,175	17,818	5,872	106	46,971
statewide	136,383	69,246	33,710	518	239,857

Total ballots received statewide as of October 26: 99,413

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 26, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	5,939	1,804	939	14	8,696
IA-02	7,640	3,584	1,539	14	12,777
IA-03	8,031	2,552	1,355	17	11,955
IA-04	2,434	1,310	398	12	4,154
statewide	24,044	9,250	4,231	57	37,582

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 26, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	7,346	5,097	1,852	30	14,325
IA-02	4,740	4,214	1,706	10	10,670
IA-03	4,163	3,599	1,097	19	8,878
IA-04	3,480	5,298	1,322	24	10,124
statewide	19,729	18,208	5,977	83	43,997

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 26, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	2,689	1,336	794	14	4,833
IA-02	2,747	1,170	812	27	4,756
IA-03	600	219	118	7	944
IA-04	1,394	1,456	409	11	3,270
statewide	7,430	4,181	2,133	59	13,803

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of October 26, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	547	62	75	3	687
IA-02	1,394	333	231	1	1,959
IA-03	657	86	64	1	808
IA-04	377	147	51	1	576
statewide	2,975	628	421	6	4,030

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 25, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	35,594	14,518	8,065	110	58,287
IA-02	35,316	18,405	9,623	115	63,459
IA-03	38,064	15,334	8,789	160	62,347
IA-04	22,292	16,403	5,528	98	44,321
statewide	131,266	64,660	32005	483	228,414

Total ballots received statewide as of October 25: 70,878

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 25, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	3,365	970	518	8	4,861
IA-02	5,825	2,552	1,160	11	9,548
IA-03	3,735	1,258	617	10	5,620
IA-04	1,665	888	258	11	2,822
statewide	14,590	5,668	2,553	40	22,851

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 25, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	5,817	3,928	1,449	25	11,219
IA-02	3,752	3,309	1,320	6	8,387
IA-03	3,308	2,849	885	16	7,058
IA-04	2,577	4,163	1,036	19	7,795
statewide	15,454	14,249	4,690	66	34,459

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 25, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	2,195	1,065	633	12	3,905
IA-02	2,118	905	633	20	3,676
IA-03	332	108	52	5	497
IA-04	1,143	1,109	319	8	2,579
statewide	5,788	3,187	1,637	45	10,657

Absentee ballots received through drop boxes as of October 25, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	411	50	52	1	514
IA-02	1,083	224	171	0	1,478
IA-03	418	54	45	1	518
IA-04	270	94	37	0	401
statewide	2,182	422	305	2	2,911

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 24, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	33,040	12,326	7,060	91	52,517
IA-02	33,073	16,250	8,533	96	57,952
IA-03	35,910	13,183	7,959	137	57,189
IA-04	20,682	13,423	4,758	85	38,948
statewide	122,705	55,182	28,310	409	206,606

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 24, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	834	208	119	2	1,163
IA-02	1,070	365	134	3	1,572
IA-03	133	64	26	0	223
IA-04	104	43	24	3	174
statewide	2,141	680	303	8	3,132

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 24, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	3,955	2,655	964	17	7,591
IA-02	2,647	2,268	897	5	5,817
IA-03	2,398	1,970	649	7	5,024
IA-04	1,663	2,792	700	13	5,168
statewide	10,663	9,685	3,210	42	23,600

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 24, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,756	783	494	10	3,043
IA-02	1,646	742	475	14	2,877
IA-03	153	60	28	4	245
IA-04	775	752	206	5	1,738
statewide	4,330	2,337	1,203	33	7,903

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 21, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	30,335	10,334	6,109	79	46,857
IA-02	30,666	14,358	7,553	78	52,655
IA-03	34,591	11,869	7,438	127	54,025
IA-04	19,472	11,408	4,218	74	35,172
statewide	115,064	47,969	25,318	358	188,709

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 21, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	120	22	17	0	159
IA-02	204	91	39	1	335
IA-03	94	49	17	0	160
IA-04	92	39	16	3	150
statewide	510	201	89	4	804

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 21, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	2,616	1,741	614	11	4,982
IA-02	1,685	1,449	557	4	3,695
IA-03	1,602	1,268	395	4	3,269
IA-04	1,081	1,805	446	11	3,343
statewide	6,984	6,263	2,012	30	15,289

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 21, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	960	451	261	7	1,679
IA-02	989	494	265	4	1,752
IA-03	101	37	18	3	159
IA-04	494	457	125	3	1,079
statewide	2,544	1,439	669	17	4,669

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 20, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	28,131	8,854	5,444	63	42,492
IA-02	28,901	12,808	6,836	72	48,617
IA-03	33,298	10,557	6,901	115	50,871
IA-04	18,401	9,699	3,759	66	31,925
statewide	108,731	41,918	22,940	316	173,905

Absentee ballots received by mail, email, or at a health care facility as of October 20, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	89	18	14	0	121
IA-02	195	86	37	1	319
IA-03	86	46	17	0	149
IA-04	86	36	16	3	141
statewide	456	186	84	4	730

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at county auditors’ offices as of October 20, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	1,359	912	341	4	2,616
IA-02	935	759	279	3	1,976
IA-03	876	697	181	1	1,755
IA-04	593	924	214	8	1,739
statewide	3,763	3,292	1,015	16	8,086

Absentee ballots received through in-person voting at satellite locations as of October 20, 2022

District	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	545	257	132	1	935
IA-02	497	257	135	1	890
IA-03	50	10	10	1	71
IA-04	237	200	54	2	493
statewide	1,329	724	331	5	2,389

DEMOCRATS HAD REQUESTED MORE BALLOTS BEFORE EARLY VOTING BEGAN

Iowa Democrats traditionally rely more on early voters than do Republicans, both in midterm elections and in presidential years. The pattern held this year.

Women and older Iowans are also more likely to vote early. Tables released by the Secretary of State’s office before the election aren’t broken down by gender or age group, but we’ll learn whether that trend continued when the statewide statistical report is released, probably in January 2023.

This table shows numbers reported before in-person early voting began on October 19. The third Congressional district had the most mailed votes requested, and the fourth district the least.

Iowans have a few more days to submit absentee ballot request forms, but those must arrive at the county auditor’s office by 5:00 pm on Monday, October 24.

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 19, 2022

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party	other	total
IA-01	25,637	4,706	7,109	54	37,506
IA-02	26,739	11,142	6,076	67	44,024
IA-03	31,650	9,103	6,396	107	47,256
IA-04	88,305	103,889	48,255	1,051	241,500
statewide	481,456	352,063	227,194	5,354	1,066,067

Top image: On the left, Jeanette Armstrong holds the ballot she used to vote early in person in Mitchell County on October 19. On the right, Woodbury County’s official absentee ballot drop box in Sioux City, from a photo first posted on Facebook.