Plus, the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary field is growing.
Articles Tagged: Election 2026
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 26, 2025 7:41 am24d ago
A day after launching her campaign for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, state Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R-Peosta, rolled out more endorsements from current and former Republican colleagues in the Iowa Legislature.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Sep. 25, 2025 8:07 am25d ago
Speaking at a Westside Conservative Club meeting Wednesday in Urbandale, Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer, who is running for state auditor, explained her frustration with current State Auditor Rob Sand, who she said has “politicized the position.”
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 25, 2025 8:10 am25d ago
The ads are part of a $3.2 million campaign, according to a spokeswoman for the group. The ads focus on federal Republicans’ legislation that eliminated taxes on tips and overtime pay.
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 16, 2025 10:10 am4d ago
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s announcement that she will not seek re-election to her seat, and instead will run to replace Joni Ernst in the U.S. Senate, opening Iowa’s 2nd District congressional race up for competition. Here’s who is — and isn’t — running for the seat.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 24, 2025 7:40 am26d ago
In today’s Campaign Almanac, House Democrats’ super PAC is hitting Iowa U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn over tariffs and Medicaid cuts. Meanwhile, state GOP lawmaker Shannon Lundgren picks up early endorsements in her bid for Congress, and Democrat Lindsay James lands backing from Linn County Supervisor Sami Scheetz.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 23, 2025 3:25 pm27d ago
The GOP field grows in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. State Rep. Shannon Lundgren announced her bid in the race for Ashley Hinson’s open U.S. House seat in 2026. The Peosta Republican and small-business owner pledged to fight alongside President Donald Trump.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 23, 2025 3:33 pm27d ago
Actor Kate Mulgrew, a Dubuque native, says Lindsay James has the “fire in the belly” to flip Iowa’s 2nd District. The two toured Feed Iowa First in Marion on Monday to talk farming, hunger and the Farm Bill.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 23, 2025 3:33 pm27d ago
Republican former Iowa U.S. Rep. Rod Blum is seeking a return to Congress, announcing Thursday he will run for the open seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District and pledging $250,000 of his own money to jumpstart his campaign.
State Government Sep. 18, 2025 5:40 pm32d ago
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Rob Sand blasted Gov. Kim Reynolds’ efficiency task force as partisan, vowed to veto changes to Iowa’s public pension system, and pushed for more oversight of private school vouchers at a Cedar Rapids town hall.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 23, 2025 3:34 pm27d ago
Also in the Campaign Almanac, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates announce endorsements, a candidate for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District makes a fundraising announcement, and the League of Women Voters plans a candidate forum in Iowa City.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 15, 2025 12:53 pm35d ago
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson officially kicked off her U.S. Senate campaign in Cedar Rapids, pledging to be Trump’s “top ally” and targeting Democrats as “radical.”
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 12, 2025 3:49 pm38d ago
At a Cedar Rapids stop, Zach Wahls pitched his U.S. Senate run as a fight to “fix the broken economy by cleaning up corruption.” From child care costs to rent hikes, drug prices and gun safety, he linked pocketbook struggles to special-interest influence — and pledged to take no corporate PAC money.
On Iowa Politics Sep. 12, 2025 4:00 am38d ago
This week, host Erin Murphy talks with Gazette columnists Althea Cole and Todd Dorman about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The panel also covers the latest news in Iowa politics with insights from reporters across the state.
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 23, 2025 3:34 pm27d ago
Also, more Republicans rally behind Ashley Hinson’s U.S. Senate campaign