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Also, the Iowa Farm Bureau endorses U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in Republican primary.

Also, the conservative Americans for Prosperity endorses the primary challenger to a Republican incumbent state lawmaker

The debates are scheduled for May 7 and May 19, and will be televised by Hearst TV stations and Iowa PBS

Also, Liz Mathis’ Congressional campaign has opened its Cedar Rapids headquarters

A poll conducted for Cedar Rapids Democrat Abby Finkenauer shows her with a nearly 50-point lead over her nearest competitor in the three-way June 7 primary for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination to face Sen. Chuck Grassley.

Also, two of the three Democrats running in Iowa’s U.S. Senate primary are scheduled to participate in a candidate forum in Delhi.

Also, Democrat Rob Sand officially filed to run for re-election as state auditor

Deidre DeJear, the likely Democratic candidate for Iowa governor, filed her nominating signatures Tuesday, officially making her the first Black woman in Iowa’s history to be the Democratic or Republican party candidate for governor

Also, Burlington Democrat Bob Krause has withdrawn from the race for his party’s nomination for U.S. Senate.

The Ankeny Republican will run for re-election this year in the newly drawn Iowa Senate District 23, which encompasses the rural, northern areas of Polk County outside the city of Ankeny.

The campaign arm of U.S. House Democrats on Thursday announced it has placed two Iowa candidates, Liz Mathis and Christina Bohannan, in its program that works to help Democrats win U.S. House races against Republican incumbents.

Candidates for office in Iowa are beginning to inundate the Secretary of State’s Office with their nominating signatures, which place them on the ballot for this fall’s midterm elections.

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson made her re-election campaign official Monday, submitting more than 6,600 nominating signatures to the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, according to a news release.

Also, Republican state treasurer candidate Roby Smith has called on current treasurer Mike Fitzgerald to divest any state of Iowa investments in Russian entities

David Young, who previously served central Iowa in Congress, announced Monday he is running for the Iowa Legislature. Also, Rick Stewart and Marco Battaglia will run as the Libertarian Party of Iowa’s ticket in the state’s race for governor.