Also, legislators considered a bill that would enhance penalties for individuals who wear a hood in an effort to conceal their identity while committing a crime.

Iowans in Clinton County, as well as parts of Jackson and Scott counties, will get to vote Tuesday in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer. Cournoyer vacated the Senate District 35 seat after Gov.

Sharon DeGraw announced that she would be suspending her campaign for Iowa City City Council. Her name will remain on the primary ballot.

Governor Kim Reynolds says the 2024 election was a political “lesson” on how voters view the abortion issue. “Abortion extremism was just resoundingly defeated in the presidential race and in Iowa,” Reynolds said early this afternoon.

Consumer fireworks could be sold from a permanent structure throughout the entire year and be shot off on Election Day under a House bill.

Voters in three eastern Iowa counties will head to the polls Tuesday to decide who will represent them in the state senate.

Iowa City will hold a primary election on Feb. 4 to determine the two candidates that will advance to the March 4 special city council election.

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Voters may only vote for one candidate in the primary. Only District C voters may vote in the primary. In the March 4 election, all voters in Iowa City will be able to vote. The winner will serve the remainder of the four-year term ending in 2027, that was left vacant when Councilmember Andrew Dunn resigned at the end of 2024.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Chris Cournoyer to serve as lieutenant governor. Cournoyer represented Senate District 35 and has since resigned from that role.

Only residents of Iowa City’s District C are eligible to vote in the primary on Feb. 4, but all city residents can vote in the general election, which will be March 4. District C includes downtown Iowa City and north-central Iowa City.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans