2016
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Jim Mowrer Closes Out Campaign Emphasizing Veteran Record
As Jim Mowrer closes out his campaign for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, he’s getting some help from fellow veterans who have made the journey from soldier to statesman. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts congressman and Iraq War veteran, joined Mowrer at events in Central Iowa this week. The central part of Mowrer’s candidacy has always been…
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Andrea Phillips Brings Business Background To Ankeny Race
If there’s anyone who knows how to bargain, it’s candidate for Iowa House in District 37, Andrea Phillips. Although Phillips has never aspired to political leadership, she has been involved in politics since 1992, volunteering with the Clinton-Gore campaign. More recently, she has been a stellar surrogate for Hillary Clinton, hosting watch parties and GOTV…
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Iowa Legislative Targets Shift In Final Key Finance Report
The final Iowa legislative finance reports came out Friday evening, and the spending indicates a shifting battlefield in the fight for control of the Iowa Senate and House. Both parties appear to have given up on several races that were previously considered competitive, and a few surprise districts have made their way onto the spending…
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A Secret Weapon For GOTV: Puppies?
NextGen Climate, the national climate change group, announced this week their new secret weapon to turn out millennial voters: their staff and volunteers will be bringing their pooches to events. They noticed, apparently quite by accident, that when their volunteers brought their puppies with them to events, the group had greater success at getting students…
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How The College Vote Is Turning Out In Iowa
When Barack Obama won Iowa in 2008 and 2012, college students were a key part of his winning coalition, turning out at record rates. For Hillary Clinton to overcome Iowa’s Trump-trending voter base, she’ll need to at least come close to generating the same turnout among young students. She’ll also have to tamp down third party…
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Miyoko Hikiji Fights To Knock Off Brad Zaun In Iowa Senate
If you know nothing about this challenger with a tough-to-pronounce name, maybe you know the man she’s looking to take down, State Senator Brad Zaun. Zaun’s history as a legislator, no matter what your party affiliation, either baffles or makes one want to run for the hills. Oftentimes, both. Still, his apparently amiable demeanor and…
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Republicans Should Be Worried About Trump’s Russian Ties
The Republican Party should be very concerned about more news stories this week linking Donald Trump to the Russian government. These new allegations reinforce the building narrative that Trump has questionable business relationships and foreign investments with Russian interests closely allied with President Vladimir Putin. Trump’s bizarre bromance with Putin has fueled the impression that…
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Jessica Kean’s Campaign To Improve Rural Iowa In House District 58
Jessica Kean did not plan on running for office this year. The 31-year-old mother was happily content raising her family in Maquoketa and working in her nonprofit job that helps children with cancer. Then Democrat Pete Hird withdrew his candidacy from the open House seat in July and Kean’s phone started ringing. House Minority Leader…
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Shooting Suspect Appears To Be In Confederate Flag Incident
Police have identified Scott Michael Greene of Urbandale as the suspect in the horrific killings of two police officers in Des Moines last night. Officers from the Des Moines and Urbandale police departments were shot and killed while in their vehicles, responding to a shooting around Merle Hay Road. Greene appears to have a YouTube…
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Iowa’s Registered Voters Jump By Over 36,000, But Down From 2012
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office released the new voter registration totals this morning. Iowa gained 36,809 new registered voters in the month of October. There were 10,296 new registered Democrats, 9,622 new registered Republicans and 15,112 new registered No Party voters. The advantage of the new No Party voters shouldn’t come as a surprise,…
