State Elections

Linn GOP nominates candidates at convention for auditor, Iowa House races

A new state law requires an Iowa registered voter’s status to be moved from active to inactive after failing to vote in any general election

November brings the first general election in Iowa under a new state law that gave exclusive jurisdiction over prosecuting elections crimes to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office

In addition to the usual logistical challenges of putting on an election, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and county auditors are dealing with added issues like a shortage of poll workers on Election Day, and misleading or outright false information being delivered to voters.

Local elected officials and community advocates stood next to a 20-foot inflatable IUD used as a symbol as part of a national campaign to protect the right to contraception amid a growing partisan clash over reproductive rights in the United States.

Democrats running in Iowa’s two most competitive U.S. House races have outraised Republican incumbents.

St. Ansgar Republican doesn’t give a reason for ending his reelection campaign.

Registered Republicans — who make up more than 35 percent of Iowa voters — now outnumber Democrats in Iowa by more than 130,000.

Also, Delhi Republican running as an independent for Congress.

The Iowa Democratic Party held its state convention Saturday and announced Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will speak at the party’s annual fundraiser next month

The goal is to have a Democrat facing off against a Republican in almost every election in the state, Democrats said during a fundraising dinner Saturday in Davenport. While the primary has passed, parties can still nominate candidates by convention.

History shows incumbent presidents with low approval ratings typically hurt down-ticket candidates