Iowa Democratic Party

Three Libertarians who filed to run for governor, lieutenant governor and U.S. House in Iowa won't appear on the ballot. That's after members of the Republican party challenged their paperwork, and the state objection panel voted to remove the names of Nicholas Gluba, Jules Cutler and Marco Battaglia from Iowa ballots. In this episode, host Ben Kieffer recaps that decision as well as the state party conventions with Megan Goldberg of Cornell College and Jonathan Hassid of Iowa State University. They also discuss looming changes to Social Security and the tentative peace deal with Iran.

The Democratic candidate for governor and his running mate attended an event in Manning, where they focused on issues including clean water, data centers, education savings accounts and government accountability.

Iowa Democrats were approved to present their case to national Democrats on why the state’s Democratic caucuses should go in the early presidential nominating window in 2028. The DNC approved 11 other states' early contest waivers, as well.

Most Iowa Democrats who responded to a survey about the future of the party’s caucuses want the state to be early in the presidential nominating process, but they were divided on "going rogue" and holding an early contest even if national Democrats don't allow it.

Maryland U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen called on those at the Polk County Democrats' Steak Fry to seize responsibility in face of President Trump's agenda.

Democrat Catelin Drey beat Republican Christopher Prosch by 11% in a special election held Tuesday in northwest Iowa. The Iowa Senate district voted for President Trump by 10 points in 2024. After last night's victory, Democrats are claiming momentum in a red part of the state.