Guest piece from Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz, Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald and Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert. The right to vote is the central tenet of our democracy, and the integrity of our voting system is essential to ensuring no voter...
Rita Hart earned a new endorsement from End Citizens United, which announced its support for her on Thursday. Hart, a farmer from Clinton County, is running for Congress in Iowa’s Second Congressional District after serving in the Iowa State Senate from 2013 to...
Despite dark money group Doctor Patient Unity funding an avalanche of ads in her home state, Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne is leading the way on combating surprise medical bills. The congresswoman led a group of freshman Democrats in introducing the "UPDATE Act" to protect...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has taken heat in recent weeks for her comments on Social Security reform, suggesting lawmakers need to hash out a fix to the retirement system in private in order to avoid public scrutiny for changing the popular program. Her latest remarks...
She's fucking moving to Iowa. Well, Kamala Harris may as well rent her own apartment here, because she'll be spending half of October in Iowa as part of a new, all-in blitz of the lead-off caucus state. Harris' campaign leadership confirmed to reporters on a call...
Tom Steyer has a message for Iowa farmers: Donald Trump screwed you. That's how his new TV ad in the lead-off caucus state opens, with a clip from Sen. Chuck Grassley on Iowa Press saying, "They screwed us." The quip from Iowa's senior senator in August was in...
Representatives Abby Finkenauer (IA-01) and Cindy Axne (IA-03) will be receiving some praise in their districts as part of a $2 million national campaign from Protect Out Care, targeted toward constituents interested in health care with social media, connected...
With the newly announced support of six former state legislators, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar brings her Iowa endorsement list total to 24 ahead of this weekend's Steak Fry. It follows one of her best polling showings in Iowa from this morning, where she was at...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst last made the headlines of the gun control debate in August when she was confronted in Johnston by a teacher distraught over active shooter drills practiced in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
In the midst of the largest United Auto Worker strike in more than a decade, Senator Cory Booker released a plan this morning to bolster unions and protect worker’s rights. The plan includes strengthening collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s 129,000 workers who...
