Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After nearly a decade of declining support in Iowa, Democrats are hoping to capitalize on the primary results as the first step toward regaining some strength in what once was a swing state. Among the nominees party voters selected Tuesday were two successful women to challenge Republican congressmen. However, it was wealthy businessman Fred Hubbell who will try for the state’s biggest prize _ a chance for Democrats to wrest away the governor’s office from Republican Kim Reynolds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines businesswoman Deidre DeJear has won the Democratic nomination for Iowa secretary of state and will face Republican Paul Pate in November. DeJear was the only African American woman seeking statewide office in Iowa this year. She becomes the first African American to win a major political party nomination for a statewide office in the state. She won the primary election Tuesday over Army veteran Jim Mowrer.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A wealthy businessman who has never been elected to public office will challenge Iowa’s Republican governor in November, offering voters two candidates with contrasting backgrounds and visions for the state. Fred Hubbell, a retired insurance executive, secured the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s primary by winning a crowded five-candidate contest. He’ll face Gov. Kim Reynolds, who ran unopposed. He far exceeded the 35 percent threshold needed to avoid a state party convention.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A lawyer for former Iowa Finance Authority director Dave Jamison is excoriating Gov. Kim Reynolds for firing him without investigating allegations of sexual harassment. During an unemployment appeal hearing, Jamison attorney Bruce Stoltze Jr. attacked state officials for refusing to share the allegations with Jamison or give him the chance to respond. He complained the state has withheld evidence and refused to make Reynolds available to testify.