Campaigns & Elections

Democrat Terry McGovern is running against Republican Craig Johnson for NE Iowa seat

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks and Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner encouraged Iowans to vote no on the proposed gun rights amendment that will be on the November ballot.

Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed Republican who defeated Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney in an August primary, stopped in Cedar Rapids to rally GOP supporters head of the midterm elections.

Also, new ads are posted in Iowa’s U.S. Senate and House campaigns

Jacob Onken, 32, a Republican who works as an attorney for Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, is running against Elinor Levin, a 35-year-old private writing tutor, for Iowa House District 89, which includes part of Iowa City and University Heights.

The Fact Checker is reviewing statements U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks made at a Sept. 27 debate about how the Inflation Reduction Act would affect the Internal Revenue Service.

The Fact Checker looks into state Rep. Christina Bohannan’s claims that Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, her opponent in Iowa’s 1st District race, “voted against a bill to hold the oil and gas companies accountable for corporate price gouging after taking tens of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry.”

Kinney, 59, of Oxford, is running against Sen. Dawn Driscoll, a 43-year-old Republican from Williamsburg, to represent Senate District 46. Hot topics include abortion, education funding and tax law changes.

Five candidates are running for two seats on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Learn more about them before early voting begins Oct. 19.

A state lawmaker, children’s advocate, wife and mother, Democrat Liz Mathis said she has a track record of putting Iowans first and working across the aisle.

A Republican who upset a Democratic incumbent in 2020, Ashley Hinson said she is running to serve as a check against “reckless” spending and energy policies pushed by national Democrats.

State Sen. Liz Mathis, lieutenant governor nominee Eric Van Lancker and others speak Saturday at Progress Iowa Corn Feed in Cedar Rapids.