Republican Wendy Larson and Democrat Rachel Burns both live in Odebolt. They are running to replace Mike Sexton, a Republican from Rockwell City, who resigned his seat in September to take a job with the Trump administration as director of U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Iowa.

Republican Wendy Larson will keep Iowa House District 7 red following a special election on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State's Office.The Iowa House seat was vacated earlier this year by former Rep.

As Republicans and Democrats look ahead to next year’s midterms, both parties are keeping an eye on a series of state and local special elections to close the year out. Democrats are seeking

Gov. Kim Reynolds set the election for Dec. 30 following the death of Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, in October. Early voting has begun starting Wednesday, Dec. 10.In the lead-up to the 2020 election,

Under the proposed redistricting map, four of the five Johnson County supervisors would share a district with a current colleague.

National Democrats are adding the Iowa House and Senate to their 2026 target map, citing recent over-performance in special elections and new opportunities to cut into GOP control in Des Moines.

Tiffin Democrat Travis Terrell calls for a $20-an-hour federal minimum wage and tougher corporate accountability in his campaign for Congress, and Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner seeks another term after helping Democrats break GOP super majority.

Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that Iowa reached a 20-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The settlement will provide Iowa with free access to an immigration database. Bird said this access will help prevent non-citizens from voting and safeguard election integrity for years to come.