Stephen Gruber-Miller

Libertarian Marco Battaglia said U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged him to drop out of the race for Congress in Iowa's 3rd District.

Libertarian Marco Battaglia said U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged him to drop out of Iowa's 3rd District race.

A state panel removed Libertarian candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and the 3rd Congressional District from Iowa's general election ballot.

"I cannot in good conscience ask you to vote for Ashley Hinson," losing Republican Senate candidate Jim Carlin wrote. "She does not share our values, and a Republican label is not enough."

After losing the Republican U.S. Senate primary by a wide margin, Jim Carlin says he can't ask his supporters to vote for GOP nominee Ashley Hinson.

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Josh Turek criticized his Republican opponent, Ashley Hinson, over her vote for the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" at a campaign event in Des Moines.

Des Moines Register Iowa cannot restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from using their benefits to buy certain foods, such as pop and candy, a federal judge ruled.

Libertarians Nicholas Gluba and Jules Cutler say a state panel wrongly ruled they failed to qualify for Iowa's Nov. 3 general election ballot.

Des Moines Register Libertarian Rick Stewart says U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked him to consider ending his bid for Congress in northeast Iowa's 2nd District.

Libertarian Rick Stewart says U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called him and asked him to consider ending his bid for Congress.