Iowa State Fair

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Butter artist Sarah Pratt will travel to Washington D.C. next summer to sculpt the cow as part of a year-long art exhibit celebrating state fairs around the country.

Baccam says service and community will be major themes in his run for Iowa’s 3rd District seat in the U.S. House. He faces Republican Rep. Zach Nunn.

Democrat Sarah Corkery is looking to unseat Republican incumbent Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District this November.

Democrat Ryan Melton wants to unseat two-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra. The candidate also challenged the Republican congressman in 2022.

Charles Aldrich, an engineer from Clarion, pushed for preserving personal rights and the Constitution during his speech at the The Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair.

A pair of voters who are also active in the Republican Party say Marco Battaglia should be off the ballot because the Libertarian Party did not hold county conventions.

Iowans have been showing off their baking skills in stiff competitions since the early days of the Iowa State Fair.

Libertarian Nicholas Gluba, who is running for Congress in Iowa's 1st District, said he wants to ban the use of eminent domain for private gain and rebalance government powers.

Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Christina Bohannan criticized Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' record on immigration and abortion at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday at The Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox.