Also in the Campaign Almanac, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates announce endorsements, a candidate for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District makes a fundraising announcement, and the League of Women Voters plans a candidate forum in Iowa City.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson officially kicked off her U.S. Senate campaign in Cedar Rapids, pledging to be Trump’s “top ally” and targeting Democrats as “radical.”
At a Cedar Rapids stop, Zach Wahls pitched his U.S. Senate run as a fight to “fix the broken economy by cleaning up corruption.” From child care costs to rent hikes, drug prices and gun safety, he linked pocketbook struggles to special-interest influence — and pledged to take no corporate PAC money.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s announcement that she will not seek a third term in office creates an open seat for the 2026 election. Not since 2014 — and only four times in nearly six decades — has a U.S. Senate election in Iowa been without an incumbent. Here’s who is — and isn’t — running for the seat.
Also, state legislator Dave Jacoby endorses Zach Wahls in Democratic U.S. Senate race
Former Pine Lake State Park manager Don Primus, of Steamboat Rock, unsuccessfully ran for Hardin County supervisor in 2020.
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
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.
Iowa’s crowded field of Democrats running for U.S. Senate in 2026 pitched themselves and their campaigns to an audience of party members as they gear up for next year’s primary.
Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and more are participating in the state’s time-honored tradition of greeting Iowans at the State Fair.
Also in the notebook, another Republican has announced his candidacy for Congress in Western Iowa’s 4th District
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.
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
Also in the notebook, Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst names the charity that will benefit from her Roast and Ride fundraiser
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