Campaigns & Elections

Iowa House Democrats over the weekend re-elected state Rep. Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights to serve as the Iowa House minority leader.

Neither political party thinks Tuesday’s election results make Iowa a “red state.”

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory in Nevada gave Democrats the 50 seats they needed to keep the Senate. But control of the House remains uncertain.

Of the four states with major voting law changes in effect, a preliminary analysis shows a decline in turnout among registered voters in Florida, Iowa and Texas, while Georgia turnout declined slightly. Several factors can affect turnout, including voter enthusiasm and bad weather.

By and large, Tuesday night was a drubbing for Democrats in Iowa up and down the ballot.

So what comes next from state government and Iowa’s congressional delegation?

The county initially reported more absentee ballots than it received; the error was caught by state officials and the county’s results were corrected

Republican state lawmakers on Thursday chose Sen. Amy Sinclair as the new president of the Iowa Senate following the defeat of current Senate President Jake Chapman in Tuesday’s midterm election.

Republicans ousted two 40-year Democratic incumbents and could have a clean sweep of statewide offices following a midterm election where the GOP further solidified its control over state government.

The office has been made aware of “an apparent technical violation of Iowa’s election laws,”

The results suggest a continuation of the urban-rural divide playing out across the nation, as well as the move of Iowa counties near the Mississippi River toward the Republican Party.

Voters in southeast Cedar Rapids have elected the first Arab American to serve in the Iowa Legislature.