2026 Midterm Elections
Get the latest news from the 2026 midterm elections, including campaign events and candidate profiles. IPR reporters follow important races happening at the state level and track Iowa’s U.S. Senate and U.S. House races.
2026 Election News
- What to know about Amendment 1 on your ballot
- Iowa has open races for governor and U.S. Senate for the first time since 1968
- Pate dismisses fears of federal ballot seizures, touts Iowa election safeguards
- Who are Iowa’s candidates for governor?
- Today is Election Day. Here’s what you need to know to vote in Iowa
Voters can use The Iowa State Bar Association’s judicial retention voter guide when deciding which judges to retain on their ballot.
Federal Races
Select a race to learn more about the office, candidates and where the candidates stand on the issues. Not sure who will be on your ballot? Find out here.
Cody Scanlan
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The Des Moines Register
U.S. Senate candidates Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek faced off on topics such as immigration, healthcare and affordability during an hour-long debate on Iowa PBS.
Natalie Krebs/Lucius Pham
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Iowa Public Radio
Cody Scanlan
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The Des Moines Register
Madeleline Charis King / Isabella Luu
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Iowa Public Radio
Sheila Brummer
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Iowa Public Radio
Statewide Races
Select a race to learn more about the office, candidates and where the candidates stand on the issues. Not sure who will be on your ballot? Find out here.
Savannah Blake
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The Gazette
The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending.
Eliza Billingham
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IPR News/ Photo courtesy of Nate Williems
Grant Gerlock/Madeleine King
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Iowa Public Radio
Courtesy of the campaigns
Latest Election News
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The 2026 midterm elections are on Nov. 3. Here's what you need to bring to the polls when you vote on Election Day. -
President Donald Trump was in Dubuque Sunday to lead one of his final rallies ahead of the midterms. Trump and GOP candidates urged Iowans to turn out on Election Day. Democrats and the Iowa Farmers Union held their own events calling for a change in leadership in Des Moines and Washington, D.C. -
Five Republicans and one Democrat will appear as candidates for governor on Iowa ballots in the June 2 primary elections, according to the final candidate list released by the Iowa Secretary of State. -
Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand are making their final push for support ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. This week, Lahn rallied MAHA supporters in Des Moines and Sand held a Get Out the Vote event in Iowa City. -
Candidates in Iowa's 3rd District are using congressional stock trading bans to tell voters how they'll stand up to corruption. While Sarah Trone Garriott is tying corruption to affordability concerns, Nunn says he's responding to voter frustration that goes beyond party lines. -
IPR reporters spoke to customers at four coffee shops around the state to hear what's on their minds ahead of the election.
