PBS NewsHour reported that Iowa's governor and Senate races are both competitive in this year's midterm elections, with the state's incumbents retiring. The outlet's report on the midterm contests was prepared by Peter Tubbs of Iowa Public Television.

According to the report, it has been more than a decade since Iowa had a Democratic governor or senator. PBS NewsHour stated that this year's retirements have made both contests competitive for the first time in that period, although the summary does not say which incumbents are leaving or which candidates are running in either race.

PBS NewsHour also reported that "record-high diesel prices" have hit the state's agriculture industry particularly hard. The outlet said those prices could influence the midterm elections, but the summary presents this as a possibility and does not describe how voters or campaigns are responding.

The summary does not give the level of diesel prices or the size of the increase, and it does not describe the agriculture sector's share of the state's economy. Those details, along with the full account of the reporting, appear in the complete PBS NewsHour broadcast report, which Iowa Public Television's reporting supports.

Sources: PBS NewsHour: Surging diesel prices loom over Republicans in Iowa's midterm races.