Two separate polls have been going around the 3rd District in the past few weeks. Both appear to be your standard message-testing polls, in which campaigns gauge various messages for their candidate and others to see which might be the most convincing. They usually...
The Asian & Latino Coalition announced this week that they are officially endorsing Cindy Axne in the Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District. The decision follows a forum they held with the three Democrats last week. The Asian & Latino Coalition...
Two Democratic candidates in major primaries have their first TV ads ready to air this week as the competition heats up a month and a half out from the election. Both Andy McGuire and Eddie Mauro rolled out introductory, biographical pieces for their candidacies for...
Cindy Axne is getting a big boost in her bid to win Democrats' nomination for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. EMILY's List is announcing this morning that they're endorsing the small businesswoman from West Des Moines. The backing from the influential national...
For all the drama that occurred with Theresa Greenfield's ballot and signatures situation, little attention was paid to the other developments in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District race a few weeks back. Iowa political news was pretty wild for the entire month of...
Congressional candidate Theresa Greenfield has ended her campaign. Attorney General Tom Miller put out a judgement late this afternoon that his office does not believe that Greenfield could use Chapter 43 of the Iowa Code to justify remaining on the ballot. Secretary...
The state's three-person elections commission met this afternoon in a lengthy hearing to consider eight objections to various candidates' ballot petitions. It was the most challenges anyone could remember there being in a single year, and it included several major...
Members of the Democratic 3rd Congressional District committee narrowly voted to move forward Theresa Greenfield's candidacy, allowing her to clear the first of three hurdles to join the Democratic primary ballot. The committee voted 36 in favor and 31 against to add...
Problems with candidate petitions and signatures is nothing new in Iowa politics, but the recent spate of problems have certainly surpassed past screw-ups. Both 3rd District Democrat Theresa Greenfield and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Corbett won't know...
It's been a tumultuous week in the Democratic primary to take on Congressman David Young in Iowa's 3rd District, but a poll conducted just before the chaos and shared with Starting Line showed Cindy Axne with a narrow lead in the race. The Axne campaign commissioned a...
