Rita Hart, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa's 2nd District, already has broken a fundraising record in her bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Hart's campaign, she raised more than $278,000 in her first six weeks as a...
Rita Hart stood before a captive audience Tuesday night in Lee County to deliver one of her first stump speeches since announcing her candidacy in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Hart said in May she would run to replace outing Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack in a...
Newman Abuissa has never run for a political position before, other than lobbying fellow Democrats to serve as a convention delegate during the 2004 presidential election. But a lack of political chops is part of the appeal of his unconventional candidacy to represent...
Photos clockwise from top-left: Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (IA-01), former State Senator Rita Hart (IA-02), Congressman Steve King (IA-04), Congresswoman Cindy Axne (IA-03. Not only is Iowa ground zero for the dozens of Democratic presidential candidates competing...
In a show of organizational strength, Rita Hart announced today the endorsements of 73 local leaders in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District for her campaign. It included people in all 24 counties across the district and nearly every local Democratic state legislator....
Two Iowans launched their campaigns for Congress in video announcements this morning. They're running for separate seats, but the contrast couldn't be starker. Democrat Rita Hart made her run for Iowa's 2nd District official, while Republican Ashley Hinson launched...
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 Iowa...
Two waves hit Iowa on Tuesday. Unfortunately for Democrats, the red one was just a little bit stronger and in just the right places for Republicans to win statewide and in specific state legislative seats. The election results continued the trend of intensifying...
Democrats were feeling good early on last night. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer had both made history in their congressional victories. J.D. Scholten was actually leading Steve King. Democrats swept a series of Iowa House races in the Des Moines suburbs. Fred Hubbell...
It's here. It's finally, finally here. Iowans are headed to the polls this morning, and there's already reports of long lines and enthusiastic new voters registering at their voting place. After high-profile campaigns that have lasted an intense 16 months or more,...
