Articles Tagged: Iowa Legislature

Jack Whitver will continue to lead Republicans in the Iowa Senate as treatment on his brain tumor continues, Iowa Senate Republicans announced Tuesday.

Also in the Capitol Notebook, Also, Iowa’s Ashley Hinson not seeking to replace New York’s Elise Stefanik in House GOP leadership

The chair of the Iowa House Education Appropriations Committee on Thursday afternoon called on University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson to terminate a UI Health Care fellow for a comment he posted on X following the presidential election.

Unofficial results show that Republicans — who already had among their largest majorities in decades going into the election — gained one seat in the Senate and three in the House.

Iowa seemed likely to make history with the election of Hiawatha City Council member Aime Wichtendahl to House District 80 — covering northern portions of Cedar Rapids up through Hiawatha and Robins.

Iowa voters approved a pair of proposed state constitutional amendments — one on voting and one on the gubernatorial line of succession — in Tuesday’s general election.

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Rep. Taylor Collins, a Mediapolis Republican, faces Jeff Poulter, of Middletown, in Tuesday's general election. Poulter disagrees with new laws passed by Republicans that restrict abortion and “attack” public education.

Both Democrats and Republicans are generally supportive of proposed constitutional amendments that would impact voting eligibility and the gubernatorial line of succession

Rep. Dave Jacoby, a Democrat from Coralville with more than two decades of experience in the Iowa Legislature, has rarely faced opponents in his bids for reelection. This year, he’s being challenged by Stephen Knoner, a Republican and first-time candidate for House District 86.

Democratic incumbent Tracy Ehlert said she is focused on boosting the state’s workforce by investing more in child care and public schools, while Republican challenger Barclay Woerner said he’s focused on further cutting taxes.

Planned Parenthood officials said many Iowans — who have the means — are seeking services in neighboring states with less restrictive abortion laws.

Republican incumbent Brad Sherman is not running for re-election in the district that represents Tiffin, Swisher, Oxford and all of Iowa County.

Two terms after starting her tenure in the Iowa Senate -- and two years after her constituency shifted southeast to include Washington, Kalona, and parts of Johnson County -- Republican Dawn Driscoll this November is looking to hang on to her seat representing District 46.