LEE-GAZETTE DES MOINES BUREAU

DES MOINES — More than 2,000 Iowa State Fair attendees participated in the Iowa Secretary of State’s State Fair Straw Poll during a summer in which a number of competitive political party primaries have formed for the state’s 2026 elections.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office announced the results of the unofficial and unscientific straw poll Monday.

Anyone who attended the Iowa State Fair was able to vote in the State Fair Straw Poll on tablets set up at the Iowa Secretary of State’s booth in the Varied Industries Building.

Straw Poll participants had to choose a party to cast votes in the state’s various 2026 primary campaigns.

Pate conducts the State Fair Straw Poll as a means to engage Iowans and encourage participation in elections.

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