Unofficial results show Celsi winning with 70% of the vote, compared to 30% for Smith. No Republican filed to run. ...

Some local stores in Des Moines are closing or offering "retail therapy" sales in response to the results of the presidential ...

The Associated Press as of Wednesday has not called the race in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District because the margin is close ...

Democratic Rep. Mary Madison ran as an incumbent for another term to represent Iowa House District 31 in West Des Moines.

Local 5 rounded up five events happening around the Des Moines metro this weekend to distract you from the November gloom.

In the mayoral race at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo, voters turned out for a young, sharp candidate with lots of charisma.

An attorney, he told the Des Moines Register in a candidate survey that if reelected ... While both Bagniewski and Schreader ...

J. Ann Selzer’s Iowa Poll had previously been lauded as the “gold standard” because of its ability to accurately predict elections and detect activity late in the campaigns that later become apparent ...

A few races had not yet been called Wednesday, but the GOP appears to have clinched an Iowa House supermajority and expanded its Senate supermajority.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — If Beggars’ Night had to get postponed, at least the rain totals were worth it! Widespread 1-2” totals ...

The Des Moines Register reviewed campaign finance data from Jan. 1, 2023, through the end of the most recent filing period on Oct. 14 to identify some of the most expensive Iowa Statehouse races.