This is the first election with the new state Legislature and U.S. House districts. It’s the first election ever where Tama County is in U.S. House District 1.
There’s something for both political parties in Tama County in this election. In House District 72, Nathan Wrage and Christina Blackcloud-Garcia are competing for the Democratic nomination. In Senate District 36, which is all of Tama and Marshall counties plus La Porte City, Republicans Jane Jech and Larry McKibben each want the nod. None of these candidates are incumbents.
It’s not as exciting as the House race just to the northwest with Pat Grassley and Annette Sweeney, and it’s certainly not Wisconsin, where voters “essentially have been asked to cast ballots every 60 days for more than a year.”
EDIT: Because Tama County is in U.S. House District 1, there’s another competitive Republican primary — Ben Lange vs. Rod Blum for the right to challenge Bruce Braley.