Republican voter numbers surge

Republican voter registration has surged in Iowa with about two-thirds of the GOP's gain appearing to come at the expense of Democrats.

Overall, the number of registered voters in Iowa a month before the Nov. 2 general election has grown by just 161, according to the October voter registration report from the Iowa Secretary of State's Office. With early voting underway, there are 2,106,831 Iowans registered to vote.

However, the number of voters registered as Republicans has increased 36,070 since a year ago. Democratic registration is down by 23,786 and No Party registrations have fallen by 12,371, the Secretary of State reported.

No Party is still the leading choice of labels for Iowa voters with 759,072. That's down 12.371 from a year ago.

Although there are fewer Iowans registered as Democrats than a year go, the party has a 54,224-voter lead on Republicans in the latest monthly summary. There are 700,111 Iowans registered as Democrats to the 645,887 registered as Republicans.