# Iowa voters pick their nominees for the 2026 election

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election.md
Podcast: [River to River](https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576)
Published: 2026-06-04T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2026-06-04/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election
Audio file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/5d200c83-8a20-48a7-ab87-ad51012cafbe/19678788-2695-4e2f-8c0a-b45e01407cd1/audio.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/river-to-river-1060576/episodes/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election
Duration seconds: 2872

## Resource

Iowa Republicans rejected a candidate President Donald Trump endorsed for governor. On this politics day episode, we dive into the primary results. Political scientists Donna Hoffman of the University of Northern Iowa and Kelly Shaw of Iowa State University analyze these results and look ahead to the midterms. They also discuss the Senate race and the competition in Iowa Congressional Districts.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/river-to-river-1060576/episodes/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-to-river-1060576/iowa-voters-pick-their-nominees-for-the-2026-election.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.