The campaign for Iowa Senate District 1 lasted two months and cost more than $100,000 in total campaign spending and involved tens of thousands of volunteers. And as of last Tuesday, the Democrat stands as the winner, breaking the GOP supermajority in the Iowa Senate and flipping the seat from R to D.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another hole in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects down the ballot as Democrats look to the state for pickup opportunities.
The Iowa relatives of Mariam Abu Dagga say the 33-year-old Palestinian photojournalist gave everything she had for her work and her people — her safety, her health, and ultimately her life. She was killed Monday in a strike on a hospital in Gaza.
This week on the podcast: Catelin Drey wins Western Iowa special election. Plus, highlights from Ashley Hinson’s annual fundraiser and Bernie Sanders in the Quad Cities.
Absentee ballot can be requested from now until Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson hails GOP tax-and-spending law as a “golden era” for energy, backs stricter immigration enforcement, and defends Trump tariffs and trade policies amid John Deere layoffs.
A returning Cedar Rapids metro area native is the first to receive the upward of $5,000 in relocation incentives being offered through the Collaborative Growth Initiative.
A 187-unit affordable housing complex is being proposed at the site of the former Roosevelt Elementary school nearly four years after the Iowa City Community School District sold the land.
Though the DNC will consider Iowa as an early state candidate, the state’s chances look slim heading into the process.
Linn, Johnson county voters have until Oct. 20 to submit their requests ahead of city and school elections this November.
Also in the notebook, a union group endorses Democratic Iowa attorney general candidate Nate Willems
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, touted her sponsorship of the Save Our Bacon Act and her support of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” during several stops in northern Iowa on Tuesday.
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