With just 18 days left until the June 5 primary, there's more developments from the campaign trail every day than we have to time to write about. Like our story last Friday, here's our end-of-week roundup piece for all the campaign news we didn't do full stories on....
New Endorsements, Ads And Trips As Primary Draws Closer
With just three and a half weeks remaining in the Democratic primary, the candidates are criss-crossing the state and blanketing the airwaves and mailboxes with ads. They're also rolling out endorsements from late-deciding leaders to project momentum. Here's a look at...
Iowa’s Obama/Trump Voters Still Mostly With Trump, Poll Shows
A new poll has warning signs for Democrats in Iowa who are working to win back the voters they lost to Donald Trump in 2016. According to a recently released poll from Monmouth College, 63% of voters in Iowa's 1st Congressional District who backed Trump in 2016 after...
Abby Finkenauer Raises Nearly Half Million In Latest Report
State Representative Abby Finkenauer will post another strong fundraising total for her bid to take on Congressman Rod Blum in Iowa's highly-targeted 1st District. Finkenauer's campaign tells Starting Line they raised over $480,000 in the 1st quarter of 2018, bringing...
Waxman: Congress Needs Environmental Leaders Like Heckroth
Guest post from former California Congressman Henry Waxman As a long-time member of the U.S. Congress and as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, protecting the environment for current and future generations was one of my top priorities. Throughout the...
What Are The Next Ten Words In 1st District Race? A Forum Reflection
A guest post from Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker One of the greatest screenwriters of the modern era developed a political television series called The West Wing. While the series came to an end over a decade ago, it has become required watching not only for...
How Congressional Primaries Stack Up With New Fundraising Numbers
Federal candidates' campaign finance reports for 2017's 4th quarter were due this past week, and they once again give us a sense of where the money aspect of Iowa's congressional races stand. The dynamics of the 1st District primary largely stays the same, while the...
Abby Finkenauer Raises $300,000+ In Q4 For Top-Targeted IA-01 Race
In one of Democrats' best hopes for flipping a Midwestern Republican congressional district, a leading Democratic challenger for Iowa's 1st District has raised over $300,000 in the 4th quarter reporting period. State Representative Abby Finkenauer's campaign informed...
With Zach Wahls And More, Iowa Dems’ Future Is On The Ballot In 2018
Few elections have ever held more longterm consequences for a state than the upcoming 2018 races in Iowa. A few of the issues at stake: the survival of public unions and Planned Parenthood, the existence of mental healthcare services, and the state's own political...
“Not One Penny” Group Aims Ads At David Young, Rod Blum For Tax Bill
Iowa Republican Congressmen David Young and Rod Blum will start feeling the pressure for their votes on a tax bill that targeted huge breaks to the wealthiest Americans this week. Not One Penny, a progressive coalition group formed earlier this year to push back...