Mike Zimmer, a longtime educator who won a special election to the state senate in January, will run for reelection.

Iowa State Senator Mike Zimmer has announced he will be running for reelection to represent Senate District 35 in the Iowa ...

Republican Christopher Prosch has been outspoken about his belief that rape victims should have to carry their pregnancies to ...

A news release says the senator intends to visit Iowa to "hold Republicans accountable for abandoning working families." ...

In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer pulled off a surprise victory over Republican Kate Whittington in an eastern Iowa Senate seat that Chris Cournoyer vacated when she became lieutenant governor. In ...

In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer of DeWitt defeated Republican Kate Whittington to flip an Eastern Iowa Senate seat that Republican Chris Cournoyer vacated when she became lieutenant governor.

In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer, of DeWitt, defeated Republican Kate Whittington to flip an Eastern Iowa Senate seat that Republican Chris Cournoyer vacated when she became lieutenant governor.

Several Democratic candidates and leaders will attend the Clinton County Fair on Wednesday, July 16. They will be volunteering in the Beer Barn from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the special election to fill the seat left by Sen. Rocky De Witt, R-Lawton, who passed away in June, will take place Aug. 26.

Former Navy admiral Mike Franken says Republican Chuck Grassley has lurched to the right and been in the Senate too long.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Iowa state Sen. Rocky De Witt died after a battle with cancer on Wednesday. De Witt, a Republican, represented District 1 in the Iowa Senate, covering Woodbury County.

Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Wahls appears in his first campaign ad of the 2026 election cycle. The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.