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Could Iowa Democrats Win 2026’s Gubernatorial and US Senate Races?
Iowa has had open seats for governor and the U.S. Senate in just two of the previous 30 cycles in which both offices have been on the ballot since 1914 Iowa Democrats landed their preferred...
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Christina Bohannan and a Review of Retread Iowa US House Nominees
One in seven U.S. House elections in Iowa history have had a previously defeated major party nominee on the general election ballot The Democrat who lost the most competitive U.S. House race in the...
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Will Iowa Republicans Sweep All State Offices in 2026?
It’s been more than a half-century since the GOP swept all state executive offices A month after the unexpected announcement last April that Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds would not seek a third...
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Will a Record Number of Governors Seek a 3rd+ Consecutive 4-Year Term in 2026?
As many as seven incumbents could seek their third (or fourth) straight victory to four-year terms Coming off an election cycle with the lowest percentage of gubernatorial incumbents since at least...
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Number of Single-Party State Congressional Delegations Reaches 70+ Year High
The 119th Congress will have the most states represented by just one party on Capitol Hill since the 83rd Congress and largest number of all-GOP delegations since the 71st Recent Smart Politics reports...
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How Many Presidential Campaigns End After the Iowa Caucuses?
Whether faring well, so-so, or even poorly in the caucuses, more than 90 percent of presidential candidates remain in the race post-Iowa There is an oft-repeated saying in presidential campaign news...
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Kyrsten Sinema and a Brief History of US Senators Placing 3rd (Or Worse)
Fewer than 10 incumbents from the nation’s upper legislative chamber have placed outside of the top two candidates on the general election ballot When Arizona U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced she...
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Libertarians Set Multiple Party Records in 2022 Gubernatorial Races
The nation’s largest third party set record highs in races for governor in seven states While no third party or independent candidates came close to winning governorships during the 2022 midterms,...
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On Shaky Gubernatorial Ground?
Three sitting governors were victorious with the lowest percentage of the vote in their state in more than 80 years On the campaign trail for governor in 2022 and 2023 are a handful of incumbents who...
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Chuck Grassley and a History of 7-Term US Senators
Eighteen senators have been elected to at least seven terms; more than half never saw an eighth but just one ran for reelection and lost Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley made it official this week that...
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Iowa GOP Eyes 5th Straight US Senate Win
Only once in the direct election era have Iowa Republicans won more than four consecutive elections for the office All signs point to Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley running for an eighth term next...
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How Many Midwestern States Does the 2020 Democratic Nominee Need to Carry to...
Democratic nominees have won the White House in every cycle since the formation of the Republican Party in which they carried at least half of the region’s states Only six states flipped their partisan...
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How Many States Will Split Their Presidential and US Senate Vote in 2020?
The 2016 cycle was the first in history in which no state saw its voters split its ticket for these two offices One of the most unusual facets of the 2016 election is that it marked the first time in...
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Iowa GOP Seeks 1st Unseating of Freshman US Rep in More Than a Half-Century
Iowa freshmen U.S. Representatives have won their last 22 reelection bids since 1968 Former Iowa U.S. Representative David Young officially announced earlier this week that he would vie to take back...
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Loebsack to Quietly Exit US House
Over the last half-century, only five of Iowa’s 25 exiting U.S. Representatives did not seek reelection or another elected office Seven-term Democratic U.S. House member Dave Loebsack announced he...
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King’s Candidacy Could Lead Iowa to an Electoral First in 2020
Iowa may be represented by different political parties in its 117th Congress U.S. House and U.S. Senate delegations for the first time in state history Steve King doubled-down this past week in the...
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Steve King Could Become 1st Iowa US Rep to Lose Renomination Bid Since 1940s
Iowa U.S. Representatives have won each of their last 196 renomination bids since the 1950 cycle Many Democrats have long wished Steve King would be unseated from his Western Iowa congressional...
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Three Midwestern States Host Most Competitive Gubernatorial Elections in More...
Iowa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin each had unusually close races for governor this cycle As expected, multiple gubernatorial seats in the Midwest flipped to the Democrats during the 2018 midterms with...
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Axne Records Rare Plurality Win in Iowa US House Race
The 3rd CD member-elect is just the sixth candidate to win without the support of a majority of voters in the state out of more than 250 U.S. House elections since 1940 While Iowa Democrats did not...
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Iowa Democrats Make Run At History in 2018 Congressional Races
A Democratic sweep of all four congressional districts would leave Iowans without a GOP member in its U.S. House delegation for the first time since the mid-1850s The decade has not been kind to Iowa...
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