Nonprofit leader Melissa Vine of West Des Moines has started a campaign to represent Iowa’s 3rd District in Congress, becoming the second Democrat to join the race.

Baccam announced he is running for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District to challenge incumbent first-term Republican Zach Nunn.

State Sen. Zach Nunn has beat incumbent Rep. Cindy Axne for Iowa's 3rd District seat.

In Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, Republican Zach Nunn is looking to unseat Democrat Cindy Axne and a big focus of his campaign is higher prices.

Republicans are expected to do well in House races in November, but 3rd District Congresswoman Cindy Axne is highlighting the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion to renew Democrats’ interest in the midterms.

Both candidates in Iowa’s new third congressional district say they support boosting U.S. energy production, but aired their differences over wind turbines and carbon pipelines.

Cindy Axne, a two-term Democrat in the U.S. House, squared off against her Republican challenger, Zach Nunn, on issues including abortion, student loans and inflation.

3rd District Congresswoman Cindy Axne was at the Iowa State Fair Wednesday where she promoted the Inflation Reduction Act to voters the day after it was signed by President Joe Biden.

Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, has pushed back against Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and is calling for more tax cuts at the federal level.

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks will leave her home in Ottumwa to run in Iowa’s newly redrawn 1st Congressional District. Her decision puts to rest speculation over whether she would run against Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne in central Iowa’s new 3rd District, which now includes Miller-Meeks’ home in Wapello County.