Iowa 2022 Elections

Also, former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate for Congress Zach Nunn

Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deidre DeJear stopped at Camp Courageous, a year-round recreational and respite care facility for children with special needs and their families, as part of her “Workday Wednesday” series.

“This will be the largest effort for a midterm election for Republicans in Iowa history,” says the chair of the state GOP.

Sen. Kevin Kinney has been endorsed by multiple Republicans in his re-election bid against Republican Iowa Sen. Dawn Driscoll

House Democrats blocked a measure by U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, that would have stopped President Joe Biden from canceling hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: a rare kind of legislative endorsement, a statehouse candidate is a January Sixer, Reynolds’ plan for abortion restrictions, and Nikki Haley talks 2024 at Randy Feenstra’s fundraiser.

Iowa’s June 7 primary election results — including one statehouse campaign that was decided by a mere two votes — are official after being certified Friday by a state panel.

Also, Democratic candidates Mike Franken and Deidre DeJear announce holiday weekend campaign plans

Stewart had paused his campaign for Iowa governor following an arrest at a non-violent protest at DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va.

Also, a Democratic Congresswoman and Iowa native endorses Mike Franken for U.S. Senate

Jarad Klein, a retiring Iowa House member and a Republican from Keota, has endorsed Sen. Kevin Kinney, a Democrat from Oxford. Kinney faces fellow incumbent Sen. Dawn Driscoll, R-Williamsburg.

State Rep. Charlie McClintock came out two votes ahead of combat veteran Colman Silbernagel in a reversal of unofficial election night results in the June 7 GOP primary for Iowa Senate District 42 following hand recounts of the ballots.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Recent Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun laws and the future of the Iowa Caucuses

The Cedar Rapids Democrat is likely to become Iowa’s first Arab American state lawmaker. He is running unopposed in the November election in House District 78. At age 26, he also would be one of the state’s youngest lawmakers.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Grassley and Ernst on the gun bill, primary absentee voting, Deidre DeJear begins her general election campaigning, and a big abortion ruling.