Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in a special election last week. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48%, according ...

A group of community members are working to gather almost 600 signatures by Feb. 19 to trigger a special election to fill a ...

School funding and Iowa’s cancer rate dominated the conversation at the first legislative coffee session of the year at the DeWitt Community Center on Jan. 25.

The 91st General Assembly reconvened at the Capitol for a full week of legislating. Last week, there were 144 new bill ...

In a surprise upset Tuesday, a Democrat won the Jan. 28 special election to fill an open seat in the Iowa Senate. In a ...

Voters in Senate District 35 picked a Democrat, Iowa lawmakers considered bills relating to casino moratoriums, higher ...

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As one news account summarized, “For a moribund party, Democrats in the span of 24 hours are showing some signs of life.” ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat in a district Donald Trump won by 21 points. Newsweek has contacted both candidates and the White House for comment via email. The Republicans are ...

Republicans still have large legislative majorities in Iowa, but a Democrat’s apparent win in a solidly conservative area ...

Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated Republican Kate Whittington in the special election for Senate District 35, which was ...