Iowa Democratic Senator Mike Zimmer is sworn into office on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in the Iowa State Senate Chambers. Zimmer defeated Republican Kate Whittington in a Jan. 28 special election to ...

A focus on bread-and-butter issues, not the culture wars, helped an Iowa Democrat win in a red area. His playbook is now ...

Democrat Mike Zimmer, a school board president and retired educator, defeated Republican Katie Whittington, a Republican Party organizer, in a special election for an eastern Iowa state senate ...

Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in a special election last week. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48%, according ...

The 2025 RAGBRAI route cutting through northern Iowa was also announced this week. Here's a rundown of this week's top stories. Democrat Mike Zimmer wins Iowa Senate District 35 special ...

The Senate Democratic caucus got a little bigger Monday, as Sen. Mike Zimmer was sworn into ... Republicans hold a 34-16 supermajority in the Iowa Senate. Zimmer, 64, has a degree from the ...

Democrat Mike Zimmer is the newest Iowa senator, flipping the Senate District 35 seat in a special election last week. Zimmer won with 52% of the vote to Republican Katie Whittington’s 48% ...