Tom Miller (politician)

Tom Miller
31st and 33rd Attorney General of Iowa
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 1995
Governor	Terry Branstad Tom Vilsack Chet Culver Terry Branstad
Preceded by	Bonnie Campbell
In office January 12, 1979 – January 11, 1991
Governor	Robert Ray Terry Branstad
Preceded by	Richard C. Turner
Succeeded by	Bonnie Campbell
Personal details
Born	August 11, 1944 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Children	Matt
Alma mater	Loras College Harvard University

Thomas John "Tom" Miller (born August 11, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as the Attorney General of Iowa. After the defeat of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012, Miller became the longest continuously serving state attorney general in the United States.

Early life and education

Miller was raised in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated from Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, earned his undergraduate degree at Loras College in Dubuque, and completed his law degree at Harvard Law School in 1969.^[1]

Early career

Tom Miller speaking at a department of justice press event.

Miller served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Baltimore for one year and as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative John Culver of Iowa. He worked for the Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau, and taught at the University of Maryland School of Law.

In 1973, Miller returned to northeast Iowa and opened a law practice in McGregor, Iowa. He served as the city attorney for McGregor and Marquette, Iowa for five years.

Attorney General

Miller was first elected Attorney General of Iowa in 1978. He is serving his ninth four-year term as of 2015, and is the longest-serving state attorney general in the nation. He was re-elected in 1982 and 1986. In 1990 he ran for governor, and lost in the state party primary election the Democratic Party's nomination to Donald Avenson. He worked in private practice with the Des Moines office of the Faegre & Benson Law Firm. Miller was again elected Attorney General of Iowa in 1994, and was re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014.^[2]

Electoral history

Iowa Attorney General Election, 1978
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller	442,895	55.59
Republican	Richard C. Turner	351,251	44.09
Socialist	Steve Wilson	2,519	0.32

Iowa Attorney General Election, 1982
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	577,277	59.45
Republican	Walter Conlon	388,284	39.98
Libertarian	Dean Heyne	2,811	0.29
Socialist	Brent Lee Vanderlinden	2,692	0.28

Iowa Attorney General Election, 1986
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	545,653	64.44
Republican	James Davis	295,203	34.86
Petition	Eddie Collins	5,922	0.70

Iowa Governor Democratic Primary Election, 1990
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Donald Avenson	79,022	39.47
Democratic	Tom Miller	63,364	31.65
Democratic	John Chrystal	52,170	26.06
Democratic	Jo Ann Zimmerman	4,475	2.24
Democratic	Darold Powers	1,167	0.58

Iowa Attorney General Election, 1994
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller	509,045	53.33
Republican	Joe Gunderson	431,997	45.26
Natural Law	Jay Marcus	13,477	1.41

Iowa Attorney General Election, 1998
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	603,523	65.45
Republican	Mark Schwickerath	298,528	32.37
Natural Law	Nancy Watkins	20,104	2.18

Iowa Attorney General Election, 2002
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	612,167	61.61
Republican	Dave Millage	364,480	36.68
Libertarian	Edward Noyes	16,607	1.67
Write-ins	Write-ins	409	0.04

Iowa Attorney General Election, 2006
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	748,181	100.00

Iowa Attorney General Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	607,779	53.62
Republican	Brenna Findley	486,057	42.88
Write-ins	Write-ins	797	0.07

Iowa Attorney General Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Tom Miller (inc.)	616,711	53.99
Republican	Adam Gregg	481,046	42.11
Write-ins	Write-ins	1,249	0.11

References

1. "Attorney General Tom Miller Biography". Iowa Department of Justice. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
2. "Final Candidate Listing by Office : June 3, 2014 Primary Election : Iowa Secretary of State's Office" (PDF). Sos.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

External links

• Iowa Attorney General's office
• Biography of Attorney General Miller