Claim: The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2018 saw Republican Party's Kim Reynolds and Adam Gregg (former Iowa's Public Defender - an attorney-at-law appointed by the courts and provided by the state or federal governments to represent and advise those who cannot afford to hire a private attorney) win with 667,275 votes which was 50.26% of all the votes, beating their closest competitors Fred Hubbell and Rita Hart with 630,986 votes, amounting to 47.53% of the total.
Evidence: Kim Reynolds (incumbent)/ Adam Gregg 667,275 50.26% Iowa gubernatorial election, 2018 Fred Hubbell/ Rita Hart 630,986 47.53% A member of the Republican Party, Gregg served as Public Defender of Iowa from 2014 to 2017. In the United States, a public defender is an attorney-at-law appointed by the courts and provided by the state or federal governments to represent and advise those who cannot afford to hire a private attorney. On Election Day, Reynolds won 50.3% of the vote and carried 88 of Iowa's 99 counties.