Iowa Democrats' campaign speeches sound different this year as the party attempts to win back voters they have lost in the state over the past decade.

With Republicans currently holding the “trifecta” of the Iowa House, Iowa Senate and the governor’s office heading into the 2026 election cycle, a trio of leaders from the opposition party — Iowa House Democratic Leader Rep.

On Monday night, Iowa Democrat J.D. Scholten joined state Rep. Josh Turek in support of his Senate bid. Earlier in the day, Scholten announced he would be dropping out of the race. Sign up for our Newsletters Scholten said Democrats' best chance to win is with Rep.

The Surf Ballroom and Museum was packed on Thursday night as Democrats from across North Iowa gathered in Clear Lake for an evening of food, camaraderie, and fiery campaign speeches

Some Democrats still saw the state’s rightward jolt in 2016 as temporary, believing that their flipping of two congressional seats in 2018 had reaffirmed Iowa’s purple status.

Iowa Democrats will begin mailing presidential preference cards for their 2024 caucuses on Jan. 12 and announce the results on Super Tuesday in March — a compromise with national party leaders ...

Republican Representative Zach Nunn is making an Iowa State Fair video about President Donald Trump’s tax law, shot on a John Deere tractor under the blazing August sun.