Iowa 2022 Elections

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

As federal lawmakers hash out details of bipartisan gun laws in the wake of recent mass shootings, a new coalition of gun safety advocates warn a pro-gun amendment to the Iowa Constitution will prohibit reasonable safety measures that Iowans support.

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

From pushing to provide taxpayer funding to pay for students to attend private schools, to a flat tax and abortion restrictions, DeJear argues Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has prioritized extreme policies over Iowans while real issues like rural revitalization and access to quality, affordable health care have been shortchanged.

If you won’t advocate for the policies we want, we’ll find someone who will.

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.

On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: It's all election, all the time, with takeaways from the Iowa primary results.

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.

House incumbent will face Republican Bernie Hayes in general election