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Republican members of...
State Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, will not seek reelection in 2022. The legislator made her announcement on Monday morning.Â
Mascher told The Daily Iowan she had been thinking about retirement...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Iowa’s new redistricting maps into law Thursday evening.Â
The maps were approved by the Iowa house and senate on a bipartisan basis last week.Â
“Today I signed...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• November 4, 2021
Iowa Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, will not seek reelection to his seat in 2022.
"I am deeply grateful for the trust, guidance, and strong support I have received from the people of Iowa City and...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• November 3, 2021
Former Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa, died on Tuesday at 101. Iowa’s elected officials at the state and federal levels have put out words of condolences.Â
Smith was the longest-serving Iowan in the...
Sen. Grassley, R-Iowa, said on a national basis, he felt that voters were influenced by inflation, immigration, and calls to defund the police in elections on Tuesday night. He cited Virginia, where...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• November 2, 2021
Rita Hart, former state representative and the 2020 Democratic Congressional candidate who lost in Iowa’s current 2nd Congressional District by six votes, endorsed Democratic state Rep. Christina...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• November 1, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence encouraged Iowans to prioritize protecting the Constitution and said the Biden administration’s economic and social policies were failing on Monday night.Â
Young...
A couple dozen students stood outside of the Iowa Memorial Union before, during, and after former Vice President Mike Pence’s speech on Monday night. The demonstrators used signs, chalk and chants...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• October 31, 2021
Thirty years ago, local legislators said that the fatal shooting at the University of Iowa was not going to affect gun legislation in the state — and they were right, to some extent.
Due to a...
Iowa voters looking to cast their ballot election ahead of time for the local and school board elections had a shorter window this election cycle, a result of new voting laws passed by the Iowa legislature...
