After years of state and national progress on healthcare access, Governor Kim Reynolds brought back one of the worst features of pre-ACA healthcare: denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. And the company that was chosen to offer up the new plans just so happens...
Will Governor’s Race Come Down To Medicaid Or Younkers?
When Iowans enter the voting booth in November, which will weigh more heavily on their mind: Younkers or Medicaid? That seems to be what the race for governor is boiling down to at this point as Governor Kim Reynolds and Fred Hubbell are now months into their TV ad...
Reynolds’ Team Helped Man Wanting To Run On Mollie Tibbetts’ Murder, He Says
A man with a long history of bizarre, racist social media posts, including those which claimed Barack Obama was a secret Muslim, thanked Governor Kim Reynolds today for her team's assistance in trying to get him on the ballot for Attorney General. [Update: Starting...
Get Ready For The Ugliest Iowa Election Ever
You may as well get used to the above image. You'll be seeing it hundreds of thousands of times between now and November in countless Republican ads, both in Iowa and around the country. The disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts in Brooklyn, Iowa came to a sad and tragic...
I Actually Worked For Fred Hubbell. He’s The Governor We Need
Guest post from Mark Holub, who worked at Younkers 1986 to 1996. In 1986, I was hired as the Director of Visual Merchandising for Younkers and I worked with Fred Hubbell regularly. I remember a conversation I had with Fred early on in my tenure when we were touring...
Former GOP Senator David Johnson Endorses Fred Hubbell
Republican-turned-independent Senator David Johnson is endorsing Fred Hubbell for governor over Kim Reynolds today, the Hubbell campaign informed Starting Line this afternoon. Johnson left the Republican Party in June of 2016 over his disgust of Donald Trump's...
The State Of Iowa Races Three Months Out
Iowans will head to the voting booth three months from today on November 6 to vote in one of the most consequential elections in the state's history. How are each of the major contests shaping up at this stage, two months after the primary and following a relatively...
Even Grassley Thinks GOP’s Attacks On Hubbell Are Dumb
The Republican Party's efforts to define Fred Hubbell early on have not had much success in the past month and a half. Now even Senator Chuck Grassley is critical of his party's line of attack. “I always stick to policy when I’m campaigning, and I would advise other...
Fred Hubbell Puts Education Funding As Top Priority
On Monday, Democratic candidate Fred Hubbell met with 10 area educators in Des Moines as part of his “Priorities for Iowa” statewide tour from Sioux City to Davenport. The educators consisted of K-12 teachers, a school board member and a school counselor. He and...
Iowans In Kim Reynolds’ Attack Ad Are GOP Officials
Governor Kim Reynolds has the first fully negative TV ad out in the Iowa governor's race. In it, local Iowans from Newton, Spencer and Ottumwa criticize Fred Hubbell for the closures of Younkers department stores in their towns about 30 years ago. However, a little...