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

Democrat Claire Celsi defeats Libertarian Joshua Smith in Iowa Senate District 16, covering parts of West Des Moines, Clive ...

Democrat Megan L. Srinivas faces Republican Jerry Cheevers for Iowa House District 30 on Des Moines' south side.

Seven candidates, all incumbents, ran unopposed for their seats in the Iowa Legislature in Tuesday's election.

Iowa will provide comprehensive coverage of 2024 election results and analysis: What to expect from the Des Moines Register ...

Here are the Register's male Athlete of the Week candidates from the metro area for the week of Oct 27-Nov. 2.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has surpassed Republican Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, with likely ...

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

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

Just after the noon hour Wednesday, and 16 hours after voting closed in the state, the Democratic challenger in Iowa’s 3rd ...

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.