Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard discusses all the recent visits from Democrats' top national stars in Iowa and what help it gives to local candidates. And we interview Governor John...
Starting Line has obtained a memo from the Iowa Farm Bureau that lays out their plan to use corporate donations from the agriculture industry to fund an independent expenditure group created solely to swing the Secretary of Agriculture race to Republican Mike Naig....
While some of Democrats’ biggest national names crisscrossed Iowa in recent weeks to boost local candidates and prepare for 2020 runs, a small gathering in Polk City on Sunday night saw another side of the developing Democratic presidential field. Marianne...
Bernie Sanders got the band back together at his rally in Sioux City for Steve King opponent J.D. Scholten yesterday evening. A crowd of 500 people, many of whom caucused for Sanders three years ago, packed an auditorium at Morningside College to hear the senator’s...
Thousands of Iowans are casting their ballots every single day as we enter the final 20 days of the campaign. Democrats started out with a big lead, but it's recently narrowed to what the party has typically seen in the past. We’re now at a pretty decent place to...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard recaps what moments stood out to him in last night's gubernatorial debate between Fred Hubbell and Kim Reynolds. And we interview Mitchell County Democrats...
If Democrats learned anything from the past decade, it's that holding the presidency while losing statehouses, governor's mansions and Congress greatly limits your ability to accomplish anything. So, it's been a delicate balance for 2020 hopefuls as they visit...
Rod Blum isn't very subtle with his closing message for his reelection campaign. A new TV ad that appears to have started running today repeatedly hits challenger Abby Finkenauer for saying, "I legislate with my heart too much." But it's the first few seconds that...
Republicans may yet lose two senate majority leaders in the same year. That's seems to be the goal of the Senate Democrats as the party launched a massive ad blitz today to take down Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver in his Ankeny district. Amber Gustafson, a gun...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard breaks down the massive fundraising numbers from Iowa's Democratic congressional candidates. And we interview Joan Marttila about her campaign for House...
