The Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard interviews former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on how 2020 Democrats are talking about rural America, how the Trump...
Bernie Sanders is bringing on Jessica Vanden Berg, a well-known veteran of Iowa and national campaigns, to his caucus team. She will serve as a senior advisor for their Iowa operation. As the AP reported last month, Vanden Berg was approached by Joe Biden's team...
The second public legislative endorsement of the Iowa Caucus goes to the same candidate who received the first: Senator Cory Booker. State Representative Jennifer Konfrst of Windsor Heights made her choice of Booker known today in a short video message. "Cory is...
Iowa is heaven on earth for political junkies, especially so for the Democratic activists who are closely following this year's historically large field of candidates. But if you live outside our great state, do you ever watch the TV clips of presidential...
Places like Iowa Falls feel a long way away from the national discussion on the Democratic primary. An Iowa town of 5,000 people, it's a long drive away from any county that even used to vote regularly for Democrats, and the kind of place where Fox News is the...
The Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard talks with State Representative Jennifer Konfrst about Dave Loebsack’s retirement plans and the 2nd District race, Pete Buttigieg’s...
As presidential candidates fan out across Iowa to woo caucus-goers, their campaigns are staffing up to build the organizing infrastructure to bring home a win on caucus night. Here's a quick roundup of some of the most recent top staff hires for the Iowa campaigns....
Current Ambassador to China and former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad donated $1,000 to the campaign of Randy Feenstra, the Republican primary opponent of Steve King, newly-released fundraising numbers show this afternoon. It's the latest sign that key Iowa...
Congressman Dave Loebsack will retire after his current term comes to an end, reported the Quad Cities Times this afternoon. He has served in Congress since his 2006 election when he won in a surprise upset, and was Democrats' lone federally-elected member from...
Senator Kamala Harris is running for president, but an event of hers in Des Moines yesterday was focused on other candidates - women running or thinking of running for local offices. She spoke with a group of about 125 women at an Emerge Iowa house party, where she...
