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 ...

Iowa Democratic Senator Mike Zimmer is sworn into office on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in the Iowa State Senate Chambers. Zimmer ...

DES MOINES — Iowa’s K-12 public schools would receive a 2.25% general state funding increase in the next school year under a ...

Eight days after Donald Trump was sworn in, an Iowa Democrat flipped a state senate seat held by the Republicans in a district that went for Trump by 21 points in November. Iowa Senator-elect Mike ...

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 ...

Residents of red counties in blue states wish they had a new political home. Also, in Florida, the Legislature is starting to stand up to Ron DeSantis.

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on Trump nominees and ...

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

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

Iowa Democrats scored an upset in a state Senate special election on Tuesday, months after being wiped out in the Hawkeye ...