Polk County Conservation Director Rich Leopold announced this morning that he was ending his campaign for Iowa Governor. Leopold, the state's former DNR director, was the first candidate to announce back in January. He cited the difficulty of running an...
It's been a banner two weeks for Iowa Republicans. Last Wednesday they saw Terry Branstad step down for his Chinese ambassador role, swore in Kim Reynolds as governor, celebrated it this Friday night and hosted Vice President Mike Pence at Joni Ernst's Roast And Ride....
Just a couple months ago, Iowa Democrats were wondering if we'd have more than one or two candidates in the race for governor in 2018. Now, about one year out from the primary, we're up to nine contenders who have either officially declared or have set up an...
Democrats have another contender for the 2018 gubernatorial nomination: Cathy Glasson. She kicked off an exploratory committee today with a video outlining what she calls a "bold, progressive" agenda for Iowa. An ICU nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals for over...
Iowa politics can be fun when you have a long memory. Take today, for instance. Kim Reynolds announced Adam Gregg as her "acting" lt. governor (due to Attorney General Tom Miller's ruling, he will be essentially a staff role for the time being). In doing so, Reynolds...
Kim Reynolds was sworn in as Iowa's 43rd governor yesterday, but it certainly didn't take her long to kick off her reelection campaign. On the same day that she laid out her policy agenda for the state, her staff amended her former lt. governor campaign committee to a...
While Iowa's Democratic leaders congratulated Kim Reynolds on her swearing in as Iowa's newest governor, they also offered up deeply skeptical and critical concerns. Only a handful of well-known Democrats attended Reynolds' ceremony, including legislative leaders Rob...
Iowa has a new governor. Kim Reynolds was officially sworn in this morning at a large ceremony in the rotunda of the Capitol, with many of the state’s top officials, Republican legislators and major conservative activists in attendance. Terry Branstad resigned the...
While the Donald Trump presidency disintegrates before the nation's eyes in non-stop breaking news stories, local politics marches on in Iowa. Let's do a quick round-up of recent news. Des Moines City Council The race for Des Moines City Council Ward 3 originally...
Speaking in a legislative conference room at the Statehouse just down the hallway from the office he hopes to soon occupy, Todd Prichard told supporters and the media he would campaign for “forgotten Iowans” as he launched his official gubernatorial bid. He kicked off...
