“This isn’t rambling. This isn’t rambling,” President Trump said 80 minutes into his rambling performance on stage in Dubuque on Sunday. “This is genius, if you want to know.” The event — announced on Oct. 15, canceled on Oct. 29 and reannounced less than 24 hours later — was the longest rally Trump has done […]
Iowa Governor’s race 2026
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Voting on Election Day? A guide for central and eastern Iowa
Election Day is this Tuesday, Nov. 3. The 2026 general election in Iowa includes races for governor, the U.S. Senate — marking the first time a open seat for governor and Senate have been on the ballot at the same time since 1968 — all four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and every […]
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Rob Sand encourages UI students to be ‘part of this movement’ and change the direction of the state
“We have one week to change the direction of the state of Iowa,” Rob Sand said at a get-out-the-vote event in Iowa City on Wednesday afternoon. “… So I’m asking you, think about what you’re doing the rest of this week, think about what you’re doing this weekend, think about what you’re doing next week.” […]
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Trump meanders through boasts, racist smears and praise for Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad in Iowa, joined by Hinson, Lahn, Bird, Mitchell and McGowan
“Can you believe I’m doing about 34 of these things?” President Donald Trump asked the people gathered in a hangar at the Sioux Gateway Airport for his rally on Thursday night. “Now, I don’t mind, I don’t mind. I don’t mind because I truly like the people here.” The Sioux City rally is part of […]
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Parents of Derek Wulf, Zach Lahn’s running mate, file petition for $275,000 in unpaid rent amid foreclosure on son’s farm, criminal investigation
Derek Wulf was facing three lawsuits over unpaid debts, as well as a criminal investigation into whether some of the collateral to secure a loan had been illegally disposed of, when Zach Lahn chose him as his running mate in June. The following month, the candidate for lieutenant governor of Iowa was able to settle […]
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Zach Lahn outraises Rob Sand in final campaign stretch, with 76% coming from two out-of-state PACs
Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn raised more money than Democratic Rob Sand during the three months between mid-July and the middle of October, according to campaign finance reports published by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board (IECDB) this week. It’s the first time Lahn, or any candidate running for any office in Iowa this […]
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President Trump is coming to Iowa ‘to get truly fantastic Warriors elected,’ even as polls show his popularity in the state has plummeted
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social on Thursday night that he’s coming to Iowa twice before the Nov. 3 election “to get truly fantastic Warriors elected.” The first Trump rally will be in Sioux City on Thursday. The rally will begin at 4:30 p.m. although speeches are not scheduled to start until 6 p.m., […]
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Rob Sand discusses SNAP cuts, food insecurity and improving the rural economy at Coralville food pantry
In April 2022, the Coralville Community Food Pantry (CCFP) broke ground on a new building, on a site donated by the Coralville United Methodist Church. At 5,000 square feet, the pantry’s new home next to the church was twice the size of the building it was then located in. At the groundbreaking ceremony, CCFP Executive […]
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‘We’re vetoing all the culture war bills’: Rob Sand brings his town hall campaign back to Johnson County
“I want to start with something that I think is common sense,” Rob Sand told the more than 950 people gathered in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) on Monday night. “Most people know it, but they don’t hear a lot of people who are running for office say it. I think […]
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Bounced checks, unpaid debts, lawsuits: Lahn running mate Derek Wulf is under investigation, may lose farm, Des Moines Register reports
Derek Wulf, running mate of Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn, is under investigation by the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, the Des Moines Register reported on Friday. The sheriff’s office “declined to comment on the nature of its investigation into Wulf,” the Register’s Tyler Jett wrote in his long, investigative story on Wulf’s legal […]
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Judge rules Iowa Libertarian candidates for governor and IA-03 don’t qualify for ballot in November
Iowa Libertarian candidates’ names will not appear on the ballot for the Iowa gubernatorial and 3rd District elections, a Polk County judge decided Thursday. Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin ruled the Libertarian Party of Iowa did not correctly conduct their replacement nomination process as outlined by Iowa law when the party nominated Charles […]
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Polls show Sand beating Lahn, Turek closing in on Hinson; Cook Political Report shifts their forecast in favor of Democrats
Republicans should be in an excellent position to win both the open seat for governor of Iowa and the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Donald Trump carried the state easily in each of the last three presidential elections. In 2024, he won Iowa by 13.2 percentage points, the biggest margin of victory in a presidential election […]
