(Radio Iowa) – Democrat Jackie Norris has ended her campaign for the U.S. Senate. Norris, who is president of the Des Moines School Board, says the recent crisis surrounding the immigration arrest for former superintendent Ian Roberts has demanded her full attention — and has made her and the school board the target of vicious and coordinated attacks. Norris says it’s clear she needs to focus on her role on the school board and the campaign to pass a 265 million dollar borrowing plan for Des Moines Public Schools this November.

Des Moines School Board President Jackie Norris ends U.S. Senate campaign (Norris campaign photo)

Norris has worked on high profile Iowa campaigns and taught history and government at high schools in Ames, Perry and Johnston and was elected to the Des Moines School Board in 2021. Norris says ends her senate campaign with her head held high and will keep fighting for better politics and for a Democrat to win Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat in 2026.