Each Iowa legislative district that had a special election in 2025 swung at least 10 points toward Democrats. Will that ...

This year’s midterm elections could draw heightened attention to Iowa because several high-profile seats are open, including ...

Despite what some perceived as a move to suppress voting in a special election, Iowans have elected the first Black female to ...

State lawmakers are gathering at the Iowa Capitol on Monday for the first day of Iowa’s 2026 legislative session, where they ...

DES MOINES - Iowa Democrats were riding high after the 2008 election of Barack Obama, whom they helped catapult into the White House with the Iowa Caucuses earlier that year. Their political clout was ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — The 2026 Iowa midterm elections are less than a year out, and policy issues that campaigns ...

Groups that do extraordinary work helping vulnerable people should not be subject to uncommon government scrutiny, writes .

It's Election Day in Iowa. Voters will weigh in on their local city council, mayor and school board races at polling places across the state. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters who did not ...

Several of the bond issues on Iowa ballots this November came close, but didn’t quite reach the 60% threshold for approval, while the largest school bond issue in state history easily passed. Matt ...

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber and ...

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Monday that Iowa, alongside three other states, has reached a settlement agreement allowing state officials to access a federal ...

Does Iowa deserve another shot? Is South Carolina too red? New Hampshire too white? Nevada too far-flung? Democrats are ...