Big cheers here at the Iowa GOP watch party in Des Moines as Fox News calls Iowa for Donald Trump.

The Associated Press has called the presidential race in Iowa for Donald Trump desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Lanon Baccam — the Democratic Party’s nominee in Iowa’s third congressional district — has issued a concession statement. #iapolitics

Iowa counties certified the state's 2024 election results today in a largely drama-free process that marked the end of a high-stakes presidential contest. Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen and Ames Tribune reporters covered the votes in five counties. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who represented eastern Iowa in Congress from 1977-2007, has died at the age of 82. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

No one has shaped my career more than carolhunter, who elevated every story she touched. Fearless, unapologetic, never suffered a fool. Running DMR caucus coverage is some of the most fulfilling work I’ve ever done, mostly because I got to do it with her. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/loc…

How to fit all that carolhunter's done for me, for this newspaper and this community into a tweet? I'm so grateful to have come up in this industry under her steady, thoughtful and courageous leadership. We're all better for it. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/loc…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her next lieutenant governor

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces state Sen. Chris Cournoyer, a Republican from LeClaire, as the state's next lieutenant governor. Cournoyer just took the oath of office at the Iowa Capitol. Story by Brianne Pfannenstiel desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Gov. Kim Reynolds is in the House chamber and ready to deliver her Condition of the State address. Watch here: desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Joni Ernst says she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth after today's confirmation hearings. “After our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense." desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Gov. Kim Reynolds proposes classroom cellphone ban, Medicaid work requirements, Iowa 'DOGE.' Full story from the governor's Condition of the State address with Marissa Payne and Sabine Martin. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Iowa doesn't offer a single day of dedicated paid parental leave for state workers after the birth of a child. As Gov. Kim Reynolds makes a renewed push, is this the year lawmakers finally change that? desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Major Iowa employers and business groups, whose opposition helped sink past bills to remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, are staying silent this year as Republicans prepare to vote today to strip trans civil rights protections from law. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

In a surprise move, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she will NOT run for reelection in 2026: desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird will not run for Iowa governor in 2026 desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Brenna Bird's decision not to run for governor seems to have shaken up the GOP primary race a bit. US Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03) is reconsidering a gubernatorial run in 2026, a senior source within his operation tells me. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

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Iowa U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn will run for reelection to his 3rd Congressional District seat and forego a gubernatorial campaign, he has confirmed. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

As national Democrats gear up for a conversation about the 2028 presidential nominating calendar, Iowa Democrats are asking themselves whether they want to obey the national party’s process or go "rogue” with a renewed push for first-in-the-nation desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…