Democrats in a pair of competitive House districts are spotlighting the anti-abortion stances of Republican incumbents after the state enacted one of the most restrictive bans in the country.

The letter from Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird comes as a U.S. House committee launched a probe on suspicions about ActBlue fundraising.

A crowd of around 100 interested spectators from around House District 53 filed into the Tama American Legion on Monday night to hear from incumbent Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) and challenger Tommy Hexter (D-Grinnell) during a forum sponsored by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and moderated by

Iowa House Democrats vow to enshrine abortion rights in the Iowa Constitution should they reclaim a legislative majority in the Nov. 5 election.

This year is the first presidential election since Iowa Republican lawmakers cut the time allowed for all forms of voting and put new restrictions on voting by mail. Democrats and Republicans in Iowa are encouraging absentee voting this fall even though it’s become more difficult.

In this episode of On Iowa Politics, we analyze the latest Iowa Poll results, which reveal that a record 64% of Iowans support legal abortion in all or most cases, and 59% oppose the state law that restricts abortions after six weeks.

Democrats say ensuring Iowans have access to in vitro fertilization will be one of their priorities if Democrats win a majority of seats in the Iowa House. House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds wouldn’t sign a repeal of Iowa’s six-week abortion ban,

The Iowa Democratic Party has mailed a second round of absentee ballot request forms to about 36,000 Iowa voters this month. The shape of the forms in the first mailing prevented them from being automatically processed by Postal Service machines.

Incumbent Democrat Rep. Kenan Judge will face-off against Republican Oliver Bardwell in the race for Iowa House District 27.

Several new private and charter schools have opened since Gov. Kim Reynolds created taxpayer-funded education savings accounts.

Democrats hope to drive voters in local ballot races by advocating to make changes to topics like abortion and public education, if they can win the House majority.