Campaigns & Elections

Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker will be Democrats’ candidate for lieutentant governor

Democrat Kirsten Running-Marquardt and Republican Mark Banowetz to face off in November general election

Donald Trump’s closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan. 6, but the defeated president was becoming “detached from reality” and clinging to outlandish theories to stay in power, the committee investigating the Capitol attack was told Monday.

Three groups spent more than $636,000 on House Republican primary campaigns, and the groups’ favored candidates won at least 14 of 17 races, including three incumbents.

Republicans eyeing 2024 presidential run should ‘make it personal,’ be geographically strategic in Iowa, Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann says.

But critics say new absentee voting laws may have slowed some voter participation.

The former Congresswoman and state legislator has been in public service since her teens

The incumbent Grassley starts the campaign as the favorite as Democrats attempt to portray him as having served in Washington too long.

Combat veteran Colman Silbernagel came out just two votes ahead of current state Rep. Charlie McClintock in the GOP primary race for Iowa Senate District 42. They were split on school vouchers.

It appears that Deb VanderGaast of Tipton will face Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott for an open seat in Senate District 41, which covers Cedar County and parts of northern Muscatine County and eastern Scott County.

Breanna Oxley may request recount to say who runs against Republican Mark Banowetz in general election

The former state government worker will challenge Democratic incumbent State Auditor Rob Sand in this fall’s general election.