U.S. Senate candidate Zach Wahls, a state legislator from Coralville, is connecting with union workers and reaffirming his support for the federal PRO Act and expanded labor rights as he looks to distinguish himself ahead of the Democratic primary election next summer.
More than 2,000 fairgoers participated in the nonscientific straw poll conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State’s office
J.D. Scholten is dropping out of the crowded Democratic primary in Iowa’s U.S. Senate election, and endorsing fellow Democratic state legislator Josh Turek, who just announced his candidacy this past week.
Iowa Democrats’ campaign speeches sound different this year as the party attempts to win back voters they have lost in the state over the past decade.
State Rep. Josh Turek, who announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, said the best thing for Iowans is for lawmakers to “move away from this party over country mentality.”
Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and more are participating in the state’s time-honored tradition of greeting Iowans at the State Fair.
Jackie Norris, a Des Moines school board member and former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, becomes the fourth Democrat running in Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate election.
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Scholten held a campaign event Monday at a central Iowa farm to highlight his federal agriculture policy proposals.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday dismissed concerns that he cut off debate before a vote to nominate an attorney who previously represented President Donald Trump to federal district court last week. The action caused Senate Democrats to walk out of a committee meeting earlier this month.
Also in the notebook, another Republican has announced his candidacy for Congress in Western Iowa’s 4th District
Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, described himself as a “baseball-playing, monopoly-busting, beer-drinking, Bible-reading, working-class proud prairie populist from Sioux City, Iowa, and a sixth generation Iowan” when he spoke with dozens of people who turned out for a Cedar Rapids campaign event Tuesday evening.
Campaign fundraising from April through June in Iowa’s 2026 U.S. Senate election was competitive between some of the top candidates, according to new federal campaign reports filed Tuesday. But Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst holds a hefty financial advantage over all challengers — should she choose to run for re-election.
A handful of Iowa Republican lawmakers have announced they are backing U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's run for governor.
Following the U.S. Senate’s passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Iowa Hospital Association says it is ‘deeply concerned’ with the impact Medicaid spending reductions will have on Iowa hospitals
National bus tour rolls through Cedar Rapids to rally opposition to Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package
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