Theresa Greenfield, a top contender for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, may not appear on the ballot after a last-minute problem was discovered yesterday with her petition signatures. Republican incumbent David Young will likely be a top target of national...
3rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Austin Frerick will be getting some help from a national organization dedicated to helping elect LGBTQ candidates to office. Run With Pride announced their endorsement of Frerick earlier this week as part of a slate of...
The "political revolution" returned to Iowa on Friday with Senator Bernie Sanders holding two rallies in the state, but the Vermont senator would argue it never left. Stumping for his former adviser Pete D'Alessandro's congressional campaign in Des Moines, Sanders...
The nation is coming to terms today with yet another horrific mass shooting at a school, this time in Parkland, Florida. Will anything substantive on gun laws change now that we've had our 18th mass shooting in just the first month and a half of 2018? As long as Iowa...
The six Democratic candidates in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District held a forum on Tuesday night this week. the Iowa Starting Line sat down with several of the students involved and who attended to get their reaction to the field. We also interview...
Democratic 3rd District candidate Pete D'Alessandro has a big guest coming in to campaign for him later this month: Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a rally with D'Alessandro on February 23. It will be the biggest surrogate of the cycle to come in specifically for a...
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...
Theresa Greenfield's days start early - and for good reason. As the president of a real estate business and a Democratic candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, she has a lot to get done in any given week. "I’m a farm kid, so I get up with the sun,"...
The next governor of Iowa and member of Congress from the state's 3rd District could be determined by what happens on Monday when Democrats gather for their off-year caucus. Attendees at the February 5th Iowa Caucus will kick off the caucus-to-convention delegate...
Senator Matt McCoy set off a Polk County political earthquake today, one whose aftershocks will impact other major races up and down the ballot. McCoy made official this afternoon what many had speculated for most of the past year: he's challenging incumbent Johnny...
