Iowa is on pace to easily surpass its final 2014 early vote totals before Election Day. Democrats' numbers are looking particularly strong, pulling away by a strong margin from Republicans in the last week. There are 35,192 more registered Democrats who have voted...

Thousands of Iowans are casting their ballots every single day as we enter the final 20 days of the campaign. Democrats started out with a big lead, but it's recently narrowed to what the party has typically seen in the past. We’re now at a pretty decent place to...

Iowans will head to the voting booth three months from today on November 6 to vote in one of the most consequential elections in the state's history. How are each of the major contests shaping up at this stage, two months after the primary and following a relatively...

The state's three-person elections commission met this afternoon in a lengthy hearing to consider eight objections to various candidates' ballot petitions. It was the most challenges anyone could remember there being in a single year, and it included several major...

School has been back in session across Iowa for college and high school students for a few weeks now. While Donald Trump is certainly a constant topic of discussion, important Iowa campaigns are well underway for governor, Congress, the Iowa Legislature and other...

Just as reliably as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West, not a week goes by in Iowa politics without a new candidate running for this or that major office. Iowa Democrats have about 22 declared or strongly-considering candidates for governor and the three...