DES MOINES - Iowa Democrats are in a slump that dates back a decade. They have not won a state-level race atop the ballot since 2008, Tom Harkin’s last election.
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, has announced her bid to be chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
DES MOINES — The last time Iowa had a race for governor without an elected incumbent, the Democratic candidate won 62 counties and the blue counties dotted the map from river to river.
With Iowa's new voter ID law in effect, Election Day was all about "doing more with less," according to Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz.
Now that Democrats have regained their majority in the House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, still plans to seek a leadership position. But which position remains unclear.
Voters turned out in record numbers for Tuesday's midterm election, with more than half of registered voters in area counties casting ballots.
Traditionally, election judges have been retirees with time to provide the task of making an election happen. As residents age or become seasonal residents, however, they become less inclined or able to serve.
Iowa Democratic leaders aligned a massive effort to wrestle the Iowa House from Republican hands during this year’s midterm elections, but it appeared late Tuesday they would fall a few seats short of that goal. The Senate and governor's office will also stay in Republican hands.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa —Republican U.S. Rep Steve King won reelection by a narrow margin Tuesday night, gaining 50 percent of the vote.
Republican lawmakers in the Quad-Cities coasted to re-election on Tuesday night amid several contests for control over Iowa’s House and Senate districts, fending off several Democrats who were seeking office for the first time.
IOWA CITY — Eastern Iowa’s purplish 2nd Congressional District crowed its blue hues Tuesday with its 12-year Democratic incumbent Dave Loebsack surging toward a seventh consecutive two-year term.
Republican Kim Reynolds convinced Iowans to stay the political course Tuesday, claiming a hard-fought victory over Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell in her first solo statewide election.
Incumbent Supervisor Brinson Kinzer will no longer be the lone Democrat on the Scott County Board of Supervisors, but Republicans maintained majority of the board Tuesday night.
Following a hard-fought campaign, Republican incumbent state Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, held on to his seat in the 36th District by the narrowest of margins Tuesday night with 50.9 percent of the vote.
WATERLOO — Democrats retained control of the Iowa's treasurer office and the attorney general seat but other statewide offices were too close to call in late Tuesday night election results.
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Moline, easily won another term in Congress on Tuesday to continue to represent the 17th District by routing Republican challenger Bill Fawell, of Galena, Illinois.
Although the Democrats were on the defense, holding nine of the 13 Rock Island County Board seats up for election, they appeared Tuesday night to be on the verge of picking up one more seat in District 12 as Mike Steffen was behind Democrat David Adams 911 to 679.
DUBUQUE — NBC has called Iowa's 1st District race, saying Rep. Abby Finkenauer will defeat Republican Rod Blum, a race political handicappers called one of the seats most likely to get swept into the Democratic column by a blue wave.
Mike Fennelly, a longtime businessman and Republican, will succeed his father, Bill Fennelly, as Scott County Treasurer.
Rock Island County Clerk Karen Kinney and Sheriff Gerry Bustos, both Democratic incumbents, appeared to be the victors Tuesday night.
Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz said Tuesday she believes turnout in this year’s midterm elections will exceed what it was in 2014, the last non-presidential election.
Ian Snyder, 18, voted today for the first time.His proud mom is Raeanne Christiansen. “We get to vote! We’re Americans!” she said. Linda Cook, reporting for the Quad-City Times. pic.twitter.com/QICdJztXmK— Linda Cook, reporter, Quad-City Times (@CookTimes) November 6, 2018
After all the rallies, debates and campaign commercials, it’s finally here: Election Day.
ANKENY --- In the final hours before the polls opened on Election Day, Kim Reynolds and Fred Hubbell took their campaigns on one final lap to ensure as many of their supporters as possible commit to voting.