Tom Barton
State Government ReporterTom has nearly 20 years’ experience reporting on government, politics and public policy in Iowa and South Carolina. For the past five-plus years, he has covered Iowa politics full time, first as Iowa politics reporter for the Quad-City Times and most recently as Deputy Bureau Chief for The Gazette. He is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication.
My Latest Stories
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Watch here for results of the Iowa Secretary of State race, with Republican incumbent Paul Pate facing Democrat Ryan Peterman -
Watch here for results of the Iowa Attorney General race, with Republican incumbent Brenna Bird facing Democrat Nate Willems. -
Watch here for results of the Iowa Auditor race, with Republican Chris Cournoyer facing Democrat Taylor Wettach. -
Watch here for results of the Iowa governor race, with Republican Zach Lahn facing Democrat Rob Sand. -
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. -
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. -
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Justice Department election monitors are expected at a couple of Iowa locations, although he did not have an exact count. He described their role as observing compliance with civil rights protections, including access for voters with disabilities and opportunities to cast provisional ballots. -
The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending. -
President Trump is on a whirlwind tour to rally support for Republicans in competitive races. His latest stop was in Sioux City on Thursday night to support Ashley Hinson for Senate and Zach Lahn for governor. -
Iowa's Board of Regents unanimously selected Nebraska professor Carson Holloway to lead the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, as its outgoing interim director criticized the regents and university administrators' handling of the center.
