Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi says she's dealing with a medical issue that requires surgery and is keeping her from her work at the ...

Renee Hardman (D) and Lucas Loftin (R) are running for the seat left vacant when Sen. Claire Celsi died in October.

Some Iowans are ringing in 2026 with a special election on the final Tuesday of the year, casting ballots for a state senator ...

Democratic Sen. Claire Celsi has won reelection in Iowa Senate District 16, defeating Libertarian challenger Joshua Smith in the Nov. 5 election. Unofficial results show Celsi winning with 70% of the ...

Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin to win the seat representing parts of Des Moines’ suburbs. It became vacant after the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, is receiving hospice care, her family announced in a statement. Celsi, 59, has been facing an undisclosed medical ...

Iowa special election Tuesday pits Democrat Renee Hardman against Republican Lucas Loftin for Senate District 16, with ...

Six special elections in 2025 slightly altered the 91st General Assembly with flipped seats and historic firsts. The election ...

Iowa state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat from West Des Moines, died Oct. 6, her daughter posted on social media. She was 59. Celsi was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018 and reelected in 2022 and 2024 ...

John and Terri Hale own the The Hale Group, an Ankeny-based advocacy firm focused on older Iowans. Dean Lerner is an attorney and former Director of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals.

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that ...