When Donald Trump visited Iowa in July this year, he tossed "Make Farmers Great Again" hats into a crowd outside Dubuque and thanked Congressman Rod Blum for support of his agenda. Blum responded by praising Trump's handling of the trade wars and tariffs. “Thank you...
The $117 million in federal funding for the Cedar Rapids flood wall is not as was originally publicly promised, Starting Line has confirmed from multiple sources. Last month, city leaders were informed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that $41 million of the...
Congressman Rod Blum does not seem to like reporters. Like, he really, really does not like them. At least that's the case for two Iowa reporters that Blum has clearly built up a hatred for after they asked him tough questions or ran investigative stories on his...
Abby Finkenauer will launch the first TV ads of the general election in Iowa's nationally-watched 1st Congressional District race this Tuesday. Her first spot on the airwaves is called "Dinner Table" and focuses on a spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation. The ad...
Iowans will head to the voting booth three months from today on November 6 to vote in one of the most consequential elections in the state's history. How are each of the major contests shaping up at this stage, two months after the primary and following a relatively...
If you missed any of President Donald Trump's visit to Iowa today, don't worry. You'll likely see video clips of the roundtable he held just outside Dubuque for months to come in Democratic campaign commercials. Trump brought several of his cabinet secretaries and his...
State Representative Abby Finkenauer's campaign to take on Congressman Rod Blum continues to pick up steam following her large win in last month's Democratic primary. Finkenauer will report raising over $765,000 in the second quarter of 2018, which appears to be the...
Now that the dust has settled from Tuesday night's primaries across Iowa, let's take a closer look at some of the trends and the county-level turnout numbers. There's some interesting information there that helps explain what happened, why campaigns end up the way...
State Representative Abby Finkenauer has won her primary to be the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st Congressional District. If she defeats incumbent Republican Rod Blum in November, at 28 she may well be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Another young...
So, there was a bit of news that happened in Iowa politics this week. The Des Moines Register story on Nate Boulton and his subsequent withdrawal from the race dominated headlines for most of the week. It shook up a still-fluid primary with less than two weeks to go...
