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

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 ...

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

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

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

A former chair of the West Des Moines Democrats announced Wednesday she is running for state Senate, launching a primary challenge against Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines. Julie Lasche Brown, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, looks on during the first day of the legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, January 13, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy ...

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 ...