In the Democratic primary for next year's secretary of state nomination, Army veteran and former congressional candidate Jim Mowrer begins the race with a large lead. In the poll that Starting Line commissioned with 20/20 Insight, 27% of likely Democratic...
Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell has jumped out to an early lead in Iowa Democrats' gubernatorial primary, according to a poll of likely Democratic primary-goers Starting Line commissioned with 20/20 Insight this past week. The June 5 primary next year is still...
Assistant Attorney General Rob Sand has investigated and prosecuted cases of corruption, fraud and abuse for the past seven years for Iowa. Now he looks to use that experience to turn the State Auditor's office into a more aggressive watchdog agency that keeps a...
A sexual harassment scandal at the Kentucky Statehouse has rocked the state's politics in recent days, resulting in a top Republican lawmaker stepping down from his leadership post. House Speaker Jeff Hoover resigned from his position (though not from the...
Just under three years from now, Senator Joni Ernst will face the voters of Iowa again in 2020. If you had to make a bet, most at this point would guess Ernst cruises to a reelection victory. Many rank-and-file Democrats enjoy mocking her and can't fathom why she'd...
Why, oh why, is politics so nasty? That was Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' lament yesterday when she was pressed by reporters about why she said at her recent fundraiser, "The liberals are unhinged and they are out for us." Her stated excuse for the highly-provocative...
The political news site Morning Consult has their new round of gubernatorial polls out from all 50 states, and there's good and bad news for Iowa's Kim Reynolds. The poll found she had 45% job approval, 27% disapproval, with another 30% listed as Don't Know/No...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey already had to wait an awfully long time for his anticipated nomination to an important USDA position. Now his final appointment may have to wait even longer. Politico reported today that Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced this afternoon that Iowa had failed to obtain a waiver on Iowa's stopgap health insurance plan yet from the Trump Administration and was withdrawing their proposal. About 70,000 Iowans are on the state's individual market...
Starting Line finishes its analysis of Iowa's four congressional races today by looking west to Steve King country (you can read our previous district posts here: 1st District, 2nd District, 3rd District). There's no one Democrats would like to see go away more...
