Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo has filed to run in the Democratic primary for Iowa House District 53, submitting her paperwork on Friday, March 6, at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. The filing window for Iowa’s 2026 primary elections will close March 13 at 5 p.m. Candidates who ...
TAMA COUNTY – Want to become a Tama Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Commissioner, give back to your community and have a positive impact on Iowa’s land, water and people? Seats for two (2) Tama SWCD commissioners will be found on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, ...
AREA – Tama County Republicans and Democrats caucused separately in several locations on the evening of Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, including at Gladbrook City Centre where half a dozen Republicans gathered to elect delegates for upcoming county and state conventions, submit party platform planks ...
On Saturday morning, Jan. 31, at the Toledo Public Library, Democrat Clint Twedt-Ball, a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 2 — a seat currently held by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate — took three curious Tama County residents ...
Zach Wahls, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, and his staff succeeded in making a cold snowy day in January feel friendly and family-like as 22 guests were invited to sit with him around a table last Saturday afternoon for a campaign stop at El Cerrito restaurant in Tama. Wahls asked for ...
Thirty-plus people gathered on a sunny Friday afternoon, Jan. 9, to experience Republican Adam Steen, candidate for Iowa governor, at his campaign stop held in Toledo at Holy Grounds Coffee. The event was hosted by local Iowa House Rep. Dean Fisher and started off with an energetic entrance by ...
It’s the start of the political season and Lindsay James, candidate for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district including counties in the northeast quadrant of the state showed up for her planned campaign event Dec. 13, at the Toledo Public Library despite near whiteout conditions. James, who ...
With the November 4 City and School Election now behind us, the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle would like to return to the longtime tradition of publishing the write-in votes for the various races on the ballot. These results are especially important in contests where no candidates appeared on the ...
In this year’s city and school elections, 2,679 ballots were cast in Tama County out of 8,976 registered voters. In the race for Tama City Council incumbent, Kristy Eisentrager received 118 to retain her seat. The second seat was taken by newcomer Chris Smith, receiving 115 votes to edge ...
The News Chronicle sent questions to all three of the declared candidates for STC school board including incumbent Joe Hanus in District 2, who is running unopposed, and incumbent Elizabeth Dolezal and challenger Angela Bair in District 1. Below are responses from the candidates running in ...