Statewide, Iowa – Zach Wahls of Coralville — one of two Democrats running for the U.S. Senate — says 10,000 people signed his nominating petitions for the Primary ballot — and 15 percent of them are registered Republican or independent voters.
Wahls says he’s done 250 campaign events in 66 of Iowa’s 99 counties — and voters tell him they’re most concerned about the economy.
Wahls started his campaign last June, a few months before Iowa Seantor Joni Ernst, a Republican, announced she would not seek reelection.
Wahls was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 2019 and reelected in 2022.
Wahls spoke with reporters in the Iowa Capitol’s rotunda this past Wednesday morning. Josh Turek, a member of the Iowa House, is also running for the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate nomination, but has not yet filed the paperwork to get his name on the June 2nd Primary ballot.
Friday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for federal and state candidates to submit nominating petitions for this year’s Republican and Democratic Party Primaries.
