DES MOINES, IOWA (April 5, 2022) — Thousands of students across Iowa will cast ballots for their preferred candidates for US Senate, US House, and Iowa Governor in Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Youth Straw Poll. On Tuesday, April 12, Sec Pate will poll students on their preferred choices. More than 160 schools have registered to participate so far.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 30, 2022) — Governor Kim Reynolds has launched Iowa’s effort to aid the people of Ukraine.

The state is providing 146 protective helmets and 714 ballistic vests to Ukraine through donations from the Department of Public Safety and eighteen other law-enforcement agencies. The retired equipment is past the manufacturers’ recommended service life but still in usable condition.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 29, 2022) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the absentee ballot request period for the June 7 primary election is now open. Voters wishing to cast their ballot through the mail can submit their request for an absentee ballot beginning today. Iowa law allows a seventy-day request-period for absentee ballots.

County auditors can begin mailing absentee ballots twenty days ahead of Election Day, which will be Wednesday, May 18.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 28, 2022) — The State Objection Panel, comprised of Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, Attorney General Tom Miller, and State Auditor Rob Sand, will convene Tuesday, March 29 to review challenges to several candidates’ nomination petitions. The meeting is scheduled for 10AM in Room G15 (the legislative dining room) on the first floor of the Iowa State Capitol.

Challenges to the following candidates have been filed: