Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in Tuesday’s special election. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48%, according to unofficial results published by the Iowa Secretary of State.

Iowa Democrats scored an upset in a state Senate special election on Tuesday, months after being wiped out in the Hawkeye State in the presidential contest. Democrat Mike Zimmer narrowly defeated Republican Katie Whittington,

Voters in Senate District 35 picked a Democrat, Iowa lawmakers considered bills relating to casino moratoriums, higher education and school threat assessment teams and the 2025 RABGRAI route was announced.

Here's what Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Wielein said about his priorities ahead of Tuesday's primary.

Hull, said the bill was drafted with the intention of making sure that only citizens can vote in elections in Iowa.

Democrat Mike Zimmer beat out Republican Kate Whittington in a special election to fill newly appointed Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer's state senate seat.

The legislation, House Study Bill 37, would require a person’s citizenship status to be listed on the back of their driver’s license or non-operator identification card.

Unofficial results as of 9:40 p.m. with all counties and precincts reporting, show Zimmer leading with 4,812, or 51.72%, to Whittington's 4,473 votes, or 48.08%.

Here's what Iowa City City Council candidate Oliver Wielein said about his priorities ahead of Tuesday's primary.

Martin Graber was elected to the Iowa House in 2020. He served 32 years in the Iowa National Guard and retired as a brigadier general.

While the Des Moines area had relatively light rain, parts of southern Iowa have seen almost 2 inches of rainfall. How much rain did Des Moines get? Des Moines was on the northern edge of the rainfall and received 0.