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Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker has announced he will not run for reelection. Walker is currently the chair of the board and is the first African American to hold the seat. He says he intends to finish out his term, which runs through January of 2023.

Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra has formally announced he is running for reelection in the state’s 4th District. First elected in 2020, Feenstra primaried longtime Rep. Steve King, after King was removed from his committee assignments for making racist comments.

This year, typically sleepy school board elections have become fraught with fights over masks, vaccines and diversity curricula. Could this affect races higher up the ballot in 2022 and 2024?

The Iowa Democratic Party Chair said he received multiple threats, including one of lynching, after The Des Moines Register published an editorial from Wilburn that was critical of former President Donald Trump.

Iowa’s early voting period now begins 20 days before Election Day. For this year's city and school elections, that is Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Here’s how to vote early under the new rules.

Former President Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 9, 2021, where he endorsed U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley for an eighth term.

A congressional subcommittee is asking for records that would show any communications between Trump White House staffers and representatives of Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company Yellow Corporation. The committee wants to know why Yellow got a $700 million CARES Act loan.

This week, legislators drive to Des Moines to determine how Iowans will be represented in the Iowa Legislature and Congress. And while this nonpartisan redistricting process is considered a stand-out among peer states that allow for political interests to draw lines, Iowa hasn’t always been this way.

The Iowa Legislature passed sweeping voting law changes this spring that included changing the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot and barring election officials from sending ballot request forms to all voters. This year, absentee ballot requests must be received by your county auditor by 5 p.m. on Oct. 18.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley has ended speculation on whether he will run for reelection, announcing he will seek an eighth term in 2022.