Campaigns & Elections

The district includes all of Washington County and part of Johnson County.

Lanon Baccam’s parents were welcomed by Iowa’s Republican governor when they arrived more than 40 years ago. The state’s attitude toward immigration has changed drastically since then.

Newly-minted Republican Tulsi Gabbard encouraged disenchanted Democrats to support the GOP ticket while campaigning in Davenport for U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Friday.

Republican state Rep. Steven Bradley is facing a challenge this November from the same candidate he ousted four years ago — Andy McKean, a longtime Republican who became a Democrat in a rebuke of then-President Donald Trump.

A fourth Linn County resident, who had requested an absentee ballot to vote in this election, also is a U.S. citizen and thus eligible to vote, County Auditor Joel Miller says.

Republican incumbent Brad Sherman is not running for re-election in the district that represents Tiffin, Swisher, Oxford and all of Iowa County.

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A three-term Republican state representative will face a Libertarian newcomer, who says she will use her struggles with addiction and child custody to inform legislative policy.

In other campaign news, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday endorsed Iowa’s Ashley Hinson.

A Republican incumbent seeking her second term faces a Democratic newcomer for Iowa House District 83 to represent most of rural northwestern, northeastern and southeastern Linn County — including Palo, Coggon, Central City, Springville, Mount Vernon and Lisbon.

Another 67 illegally registered to vote, and the legal status of 2,022 more who registered or voted remains unknown, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says.

Also in the Campaign Almanac: Police leaders endorse Christina Bohannan in Iowa’s 1st District.