Sioux City Senator Rick Bertrand talked a big game in criticizing former Majority Leader Bill Dix's handling of sexual harassment in the Iowa Senate, but it turns out Bertrand was part of the problem. That's what was revealed in yesterday's in-depth Des Moines...
NextGen Iowa is launching a major digital advertising campaign that goes through the final weeks of the election, targeting young Iowans to encourage them to vote on November 6. The $162,000 online expenditure in Iowa is part of a national $4 million effort from...
Iowans have started voting as we head into the final weeks of the 2018 election, and campaign staff and volunteer work is paying off in many important legislative swing districts. A look at the early vote data shows high percentages of registered Democrats...
The first debate between Governor Kim Reynolds and Fred Hubbell was a contrast in styles: a combative and engaged incumbent and a poised, collected challenger. There were no knock-out blows and few major missteps, but one odd response from Reynolds may linger...
Boone County Democratic activists didn't know they were hosting a major event with Cory Booker until late this past Saturday. About 36 hours later, over 200 cheering people gave the New Jersey senator a hero's welcome at a Monday mid-day rally in the small town of...
Another potential 2020 Democratic contender is appearing in Iowa TV ads over a year out from the Iowa Caucus, though he's not having to pay for them. Iowa Senate Republicans have decided to use Congressman Eric Swalwell of California as their new boogeyman in local...
Democrats in Iowa leapt at their first chance to cast a ballot in the 2018 election yesterday, far outpacing the number of Republicans who did the same. The Secretary of State's office reported this morning that 7,870 votes are already in the bank from the first...
Stretching the truth in political ads is pretty run of the mill in today's campaigns, but State Representative Louie Zumbach of Coggon takes the tactic to an utterly absurd level in his latest mailer. In a direct mail piece that voters in House District 95 (rural...
When Senator Cory Booker took the stage at Iowa Democrats' largest event of the year last night, emotions were running high in the room of over 1,100 party activists. Most were still seething or depressed over the Brett Kavanaugh vote that took place just hours...
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard goes through some of the worst lies and deceptions in the latest Iowa Republican ads. And we interview Christian Andrews about his campaign for House District...
