Iowans do understand the importance of breaking down barriers and increasing international trade.

1%. On October 16 2009 he announced his retirement from Des Moines University in order to run again for governor. 9% to 43.

Branstad was the 39th governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999 and President of Des Moines University from 2003 to 2009. He won the general election in November defeating Culver by 52. He is the longest-serving governor in Iowa's history and the second-longest serving governor in the history of the United States behind George Clinton of New York.