State officials certify vote in 3 Iowa House districts

Election Results
Measure enshrines gun rights, provides strict legal protections, in state constitution.
The outcome remains the same and the results changed little in a recount of a close Linn County statehouse race.
A bipartisan, three-member board began recounting ballots Tuesday in a Linn County race,
A bipartisan, three-member board will recount ballots cast in a Linn County statehouse race starting Tuesday.
Republican state auditor candidate Todd Halbur announced he is dropping his request for a statewide recount in his election contest with Democratic incumbent Auditor Rob Sand. Halbur said he did not have sufficient resources to proceed and claimed the Republican Party of Iowa would not help support the statewide recount.
The New York Times shared some tips on Election Day for readers to manage their stress over the elections. They …
So what comes next from state government and Iowa’s congressional delegation?
By and large, Tuesday night was a drubbing for Democrats in Iowa up and down the ballot.
The county initially reported more absentee ballots than it received; the error was caught by state officials and the county’s results were corrected
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.
Voters in southeast Cedar Rapids have elected the first Arab American to serve in the Iowa Legislature.
Struggling to claw back power, Republicans pushed state by state early Wednesday to break the Democrats’ one-party hold on Washington in a grinding, dragged-out fight to upend President Joe Biden’s once-lofty agenda.
They unseated the longest-serving state attorney general and state treasurer in U.S. history. But the auditor’s race is still up in the air.