Editing Ames, Iowa (section)

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Ames, Iowa}}
From 1979 through 2011, Ames was the location of the [[Ames Straw Poll]], which was held every August prior to a presidential election year in which the Republican presidential nomination was undecided (meaning there was no Republican president running for re-election—as in 2011, 2007, 1999, 1995, 1987, and 1979). The poll would gauge support for the various Republican candidates amongst attendees of a [[fundraising]] dinner benefiting the [[Republican Party of Iowa|Iowa Republican Party]]. The straw poll was frequently seen by national media and party insiders as a first test of organizational strength in Iowa.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/08/14/iowa.saturday.02/|title=Iowa Saturday|publisher=CNN|date=August 14, 1999}}</ref> In 2015, the straw poll was to be moved to nearby Boone before the Iowa Republican Party eventually decided to cancel it altogether.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Jennifer |date=June 12, 2015 |title=The Iowa Straw Poll is dead |publisher=The Des Moines Register |url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/12/iowa-straw-poll/71116276/}}</ref>

Ames is part of [[Iowa's_50th_House_of_Representatives_district|Iowa House of Representatives District 50]], currently represented by [[Ross_Wilburn|Ross Wilburn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Iowa_House_of_Representatives_District_50|title=Iowa House of Representatives District 50 - Ballotpedia|website=ballotpedia.org|access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref> It is part of [[Iowa's_25th_Senate_district|Iowa Senate District 25]], currently represented by [[Herman_Quirmbach|Herman Quirmbach]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Iowa_State_Senate_District_25|title=Iowa State Senate District 25 - Ballotpedia|website=ballotpedia.org|access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref>