The president accuses Selzer of fraud after she conducted a poll right before the 2024 election that showed Kamala Harris leading in Iowa. He ended up winning the state.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KTIV) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has set the date for a special election to fill the state Senate seat formerly held by the late Rocky De Witt. The governor Monday afternoon issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, August 26, 2025 as the date for that special election in Senate District 1.

President Donald Trump previously sued the former pollster, who predicted former Vice President Kamala Harris would win Iowa by 3%.

US President Donald Trump on Monday dropped a federal lawsuit over an Iowa poll that wrongly forecast he would lose the midwestern state in November's election, but refiled it in

The original complaint revolves around a pre-election poll showing Vice President Harris with a three-point lead in Iowa.

President Donald Trump has dropped his lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register, which he filed in response to a poll she conducted for the paper right before the November election.

Abigail Maas will seek the Republican nomination for the job in 2026, setting up a primary challenge against Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer.

The president sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register over a poll showing Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, a state he won, before the 2024 election.