March 2018
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Ep22: Nate Boulton Interview & Possible Lt. Gov Candidates
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard discusses possible Democratic candidates for Lt. Governor with former Jack Hatch campaign manager Grant Woodard, followed by an interview with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nate Boulton.
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The Latest GOP Suppression Effort: The 2020 Census
The Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is their latest attempt to punish Democratic states. It’s another tactic in their broader efforts to suppress the vote. The same Republicans that have pushed strict voter ID laws are behind this attack to alter an accurate census count. The Kansas Secretary…
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Who Might Democrats Pick As Their Lt. Governor Running Mate?
The candidates are on the ballot, the TV ads have been running for half a year and the final two months of the Democratic primary approaches. One major outstanding question remains: will anyone choose a lieutenant governor running mate before the June 5 primary? And even if not, who are the most likely names to…
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Reynolds Should Know That Silence Won’t Cut It
Here we go again. The ink is barely dry on the $1.75 million check the taxpayers of Iowa had to write last fall to settle a sexual-harassment lawsuit won by an employee of the Iowa Senate Republican staff. The leader of the Senate Republicans, Bill Dix of Shell Rock, resigned March 12, a few hours…
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Theresa Greenfield Ends 3rd District Campaign
Congressional candidate Theresa Greenfield has ended her campaign. Attorney General Tom Miller put out a judgement late this afternoon that his office does not believe that Greenfield could use Chapter 43 of the Iowa Code to justify remaining on the ballot. Secretary of State Paul Pate needed to decide by 5:00 P.M. today whether or…
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Iowa Democratic Party FOIAs Dave Jamison Sexual Harassment Info
The Iowa Democratic Party filed a Freedom Of Information Act with Governor Kim Reynolds’ office today to acquire more information in the case of Dave Jamison’s firing over sexual harassment allegations. Jamison was fired by Reynolds from his job as the director of the Iowa Finance Authority on Saturday after she was informed of “credible…
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Pelosi Visit A Big Win For Polk County Democrats Fundraiser
The Polk County Democrats featured speaker for their spring fundraiser is a legend in the Democratic Party. Democratic Congressional Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s amazing record speaks for itself. She is the longest serving political leader of either party in the past 40 years. Pelosi is the first and only female Speaker of the U.S. House…
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Corbett, Caligiuri Booted From Ballot, Greenfield Still Going
The state’s three-person elections commission met this afternoon in a lengthy hearing to consider eight objections to various candidates’ ballot petitions. It was the most challenges anyone could remember there being in a single year, and it included several major candidates like Kim Reynolds, David Young and Steve King. They also addressed the major situations…
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Ep21: Democratic County Conventions & Rep. Chris Hall Interview
Iowa Starting Line Podcast producer Chance Dorland joins host Pat Rynard to discuss Pat’s thoughts on recent Democratic County Conventions that took place across the state, followed by an interview with 13th District Iowa State Representative Chris Hall about recent happenings at the State House.
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My Granddaughter, The March And The Beginning Of Change
At 4:15 am on Friday, March 23, my wife and I drove over and picked up my granddaughter Zoe, 22, and got her to the Des Moines airport for a 6:00 am direct flight to Washington DC to attend the March For Our Lives scheduled for that day. She was accompanied by her friend Madeline,…
