Campaigns & Elections

The ad shows a clip of Franken saying “Iowa, our president, our senators, have no role in that whatsoever,” referring to inflation.

Three candidates are on the ballot for the Iowa Senate in District 42, which covers much of rural Linn and Benton counties. Charlie McClintock won the Republican Primary in June. He will be facing Democratic nominee Jessica Wiskus, and Bruce Gardner, who is running without a party.

Molly Donahue, a second-term Democratic state representative, faces GOP newcomer Kurt Bendixen in the Nov. 8 race for the Iowa Senate 37 seat representing eastern Cedar Rapids and Marion.

The Republican incumbent governor is a heavy favorite to earn re-election to another 4-year term

Franken held a campaign rally Saturday as part of his attempt to upset longtime U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley

Republican incumbent Mike Naig is facing Democratic challenger John Norwood

Former vice president speaks at Rep. Bobby Kaufmann dinner in Wilton.

This year’s U.S. Senate candidates deliver different visions for federal agriculture policies and both are angling themselves as the best representative for Iowa's farmers.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the incumbent Republican, and Christina Bohannan, a Democratic Iowa House representative, argued policy over abortion, immigration, inflation, democracy and more in the first of the Iowa Press debate series.

The Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee reached out to different generations of Iowans for support this week with stops in Des Moines and in Iowa City.

A new ad from Democratic challenger Liz Mathis targets Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s record on abortion rights.

The Democratic candidate for governor criticized the Republican incumbent’s latest campaign ad, calling it ‘short-sighted and lazy’