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Iowa early News Headlines: Wednesday, Nov. 7th 2018

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November 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two years after Republicans swept most state and federal offices in Iowa, Democrats showed they still have some life in the state. Republican Kim Reynolds was elected governor on Tuesday and the GOP maintained control of the Legislature, but Democrats beat two Republican congressional incumbents in winning three of the state’s four U.S. House seats. It was a contrast to 2016, when President Donald Trump won the state by about nine percentage points and the GOP took three of four House seats.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mike Naig will remain state agriculture secretary. Voters on Tuesday choose Naig over Democrat Tim Gannon, a central Iowa farmer who previously worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Naig grew up on a farm in northwest Iowa and has worked at the state agriculture department since 2013. Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed him agriculture secretary in March.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Kim Reynolds won her first full term as governor Tuesday, beating Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell to become the first woman elected governor in Iowa. Reynolds became governor in 2017 after Terry Branstad was named ambassador to China.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in Iowa captured a majority of the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterms for the first time in years, but Republicans kept control of the state’s executive branch. While Democrats picked up two congressional seats, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds defeated Democrat Fred Hubbell to earn a full four-year term and her party appeared poised to keep control of the Legislature.