Two waves hit Iowa on Tuesday. Unfortunately for Democrats, the red one was just a little bit stronger and in just the right places for Republicans to win statewide and in specific state legislative seats. The election results continued the trend of intensifying...
Democrats were feeling good early on last night. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer had both made history in their congressional victories. J.D. Scholten was actually leading Steve King. Democrats swept a series of Iowa House races in the Des Moines suburbs. Fred...
Republicans will continue to run all of Iowa government following tonight's elections after a blue wave failed to reach Iowa and Kim Reynolds held off Fred Hubbell's challenge. Reynolds currently leads by about two percentage points, but several news outlets have...
Rob Sand defeated State Auditor Mary Mosiman, ousting a Republican incumbent in one of Democrats' brighter moments of the evening. A former assistant attorney general, Sand will be the youngest statewide elected official in Iowa. While races for State Auditor are...
Abby Finkenauer will go to D.C. early next year as one of just two women elected to Congress under the age of 30 (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the other winner). She joins Cindy Axne in the joint honor of being the first women elected to the U.S. House out of Iowa,...
Harnessing a Democratic wave in suburban neighborhoods, small businesswoman Cindy Axne has defeated Congressman David Young in a race many thought might be a long-shot for Democrats at the beginning of the 2018 cycle. WHO-TV projected early tonight that Axne would...
It's here. It's finally, finally here. Iowans are headed to the polls this morning, and there's already reports of long lines and enthusiastic new voters registering at their voting place. After high-profile campaigns that have lasted an intense 16 months or more,...
Congressman Steve King ended his campaign in as hateful of a way as possible Monday, attacking national Republicans for funding a gay congressional candidate in California. Just a few hours after making those comments, he shared a stage with Governor Kim Reynolds...
Governor Kim Reynolds' final rally of her campaign will be held in Sioux Center with Congressman Steve King. Mired in state and national controversy over the past two weeks for his history of racist statements, King has become radioactive to many leaders within the...
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...
