Former Maryland Governor and Iowa Caucus competitor Martin O'Malley will return to Iowa this Sunday to headline the Progress Iowa Corn Feed in Des Moines. It's O'Malley's second trip back to the state since the February 1 caucus - he was here in June to campaign on...
The Iowa State Fair has come and gone, with another year of political candidate visits in the books. Starting Line attended nearly all the of the Soapbox speeches hosted by the Des Moines Register, but got a little distracted with fair food afterward and I didn't...
As soon as the election on November 8 concludes, the next big campaign for the future of the Iowa Democratic Party begins. Andy McGuire does not plan on running for a second term as party chair, likely to launch a run for governor soon after the election instead....
I'm excited to announce today that the Iowa Daily Democrat will be merging with Iowa Starting Line to create the largest progressive/Democratic-leaning news site in the state. This is a big step forward for everyone involved and will help us further the cause of...
When voters go to the polls in the Northeast Iowa counties of Allamakee and Clayton this year, this is what they’ll see in the Democratic column of their ballot: President: Hillary Clinton U.S. Senate: Patty Judge Congress: Monica Vernon State Senate: Jan Heikes...
Many major candidates doing the mandatory Iowa State Fair visit often just do a quick in-and-out, hitting up the Butter Cow, Pork Tent and maybe one other location before leaving. Not so for Mike Pence. Donald Trump's running mate spent a little over two hours at...
Today is the final day for federal candidates to file their paperwork to get on the Iowa ballot. Gary Johnson's supporters turned in their papers this morning, confirmed the Iowa Secretary of State's office, the last of the four most well-known candidates to do so....
The Iowa Democratic Party announced several new field offices around the state this week, bringing their total number of offices to 24 in the state. The party began opening local offices for the 2016 election back in early May. Taking a look through the list, most...
No trip to Iowa during mid-August is complete without a visit to the Iowa State Fair. So that's where Virginia Senator Tim Kaine ended up on a hot and sunny Wednesday afternoon. Hillary Clinton's running mate began the day with a rally in Cedar Rapids, then made...
For the next week and a half, Iowa is back in the center of the political universe, as is only right. But will we be after that? The presidential campaigns are barnstorming through Iowa over the next 10 days. Tim Kaine speaks today in Cedar Rapids. Jennifer Jacobs...
