The Republican incumbent, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), first won election to Congress in 2020 by six votes. A state legislator who had lost three previous bids for the House of Representatives, Miller-Meeks finally won by an extremely close margin amid the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The amendment would clarify that if the governor leaves office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor and can appoint their own replacement.

Under Iowa law, judges are appointed by the governor but subject to retention elections, where voters get a yes-or-no vote on whether to keep them in their position. This year's slate includes Supreme Court Justice David May and four judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals,

In our Beyond the Podium series, Iowa's News Now is speaking with all of the candidates running for Congress in Iowa.Starting on Oct. 6, political reporters Nic

The Iowa Secretary of State's Offices has announced a new voter initiative to get veterans to the polls on Nov. 5.

In the November election, Republicans are hoping to defend a strong majority in the Iowa House while Democrats are looking to regain seats.

When voters in the 4th District fill out their ballots for the U.S. House of Representatives, they will see two familiar names: Republican incumbent Rep. Randy Feenstra and Democrat Ryan Melton. Two years ago,

Two candidates are competing for a Des Moines-based Iowa House seat that is open this year with the retirement of longtime Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad. Democrat Rob Johnson and Republican Danielle Duggan are on the ballot in Iowa House District 34.

Local Democrats and voting advocates are sounding the alarm that a proposed Iowa constitutional amendment — nominally about voting age rules — is actually a ban on noncitizen voting. Why it matters: Those implications have not been widely discussed by politicians of either party in the five years the proposal has been under consideration,

Two candidates are on the ballot for this year's general election to represent Iowa House District 38, which covers Newton, Colfax and most of Jasper County. Incumbent Republican Rep. Jon Dunwell, who is seeking his third term,

Cg2: secretary of state paul pate// (r ) iowaWhile data shows voter fraud is exceedingly rare, a new poll by NPR, PBS and Marist found about 58% of Americans a

There are roughly the same number of registered “no-party” voters as there are registered Democrats in the state of Iowa.