Election 2024

22 days after Election Day, The Associated Press declared US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks the winner. She will represent Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks will serve Iowa’s 1st Congressional District in Congress. The Associated Press called the race for the incumbent one day before Thanksgiving.  The AP put Miller-Meeks’ final winning margin at 798…

A recount confirmed Democratic state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott’s victory over Republican challenger Mark Hanson. The votes are tallied, and incumbent state Sen. Garriott of West Des Moines is safe. Hanson, of Waukee, challenged her 24-ballot lead to a recount following election night. But the recount boards found the original results hold up. Trone Garriott…

A recount confirmed Republican Mike Pike’s victory over Democratic incumbent state Sen. Nate Boulton.  The votes were counted and recounted. And Mike Pike flipped Senate District 20 red.  The Republican will represent an area that includes Des Moines, Altoona, Pleasant Hill and southwest Ankeny.  At the end of election night, Pike was ahead by 44…

Democrat Christina Bohannan is calling for a recount of all 20 counties in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. There is an 800-vote margin that separates Republican US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa and Democrat Christina Bohannan of Iowa City. Over 414,000 people voted in the election. And a 0.2 percentage point margin sets the two apart. …

We talked to an expert about the rise in anxiety during the 2024 election season, and what to do about it.

As we take stock of what happened in 2024 and prepare for the road ahead, the results in the 1st Congressional District show some interesting trends. Here are some key takeaways from Tuesday’s election. In Iowa’s southeastern congressional district, not only do we not have an official call from the Associated Press late into the…

Harris delivered her remarks at Howard University, her alma mater and one of the country’s most prominent historically Black schools, in the same spot where she hoped to give a victory speech.

Iowa’s first-elected trans woman makes history a second time and wins a seat in the Iowa Legislature. 

We care for us: That’s the message we want Iowans to carry with them in the immediate aftermath of the election, instead of despair.

Despite some Democratic wins, Republicans carried the night. They maintain control of the Iowa Legislature and congressional seats. Going into Tuesday, Iowa Democrats had a lot to be excited about. A list of winnable seats in Des Moines. Two seats in Congress labeled “toss-ups.” And an Iowa Poll that suggested big wins for Democrats. But…