Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including elections at the DNC and in ...

Before 1992. The Iowa House of Representatives switched partisan control 10 times from 1900 to 2022. Trifecta history. A state government trifecta is a term that describes single party government, ...

Around the state, Republican and Democratic leaders have already begun laying the groundwork for state House elections where margins are tight.

Chris McGowan, the president of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and Siouxland Initiative, says his background as a veteran, ...

After earning his Juris Doctor and passing the Iowa bar exam, McGowan returned to Sioux City and joined The Siouxland Initiative (TSI) in August 2003. The TSI was founded in the 1980s and is a private ...

Siouxland Chamber of Commerce President Chris McGowan is running for Congress in Iowa's conservative 4th Congressional District.

Democrat Angelina Ramirez won the special election for Iowa House District 78, becoming the first Latina elected to the Iowa Legislature. Ramirez, a social justice advocate, defeated Republican ...

Seventy-five businesses in the downtown Iowa City area have been in continuous operation for 20 or more years, and next month, the Iowa City Downtown District will recognize them with a series of ...

Democratic Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister from West Des Moines, is looking to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District in 2026.

Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott, a state senator and Lutheran pastor from West Des Moines, is running for Congress in Iowa's 3rd District, seeking to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn.

Iowa’s Northern District, which includes Linn, Black Hawk and Dubuque County, has not had an official U.S. Attorney since Pete Deegan stepped down in 2021. Timothy Duax has been the acting U.S ...

Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights announced Thursday she will run for Congress in Iowa's 3rd District in 2026. The Democratic leader said she will step down from her ...