As political candidates of all backgrounds denounce the role of dark money in American politics, recent news around Sen. Joni Ernst's campaign illustrates the difficult task of enforcing the rules already in place. Earlier this month, the AP reported that the senator...
Michael Franken, a retired Navy admiral and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, knows more about foreign policy than most candidates for public office. Since leaving a speck on the map in Northwest Iowa to attend college and join the military, Franken has moved more...
Sen. Joni Ernst's 2014 campaign paid the largest civil penalty ever levied by the Federal Election Commission against an Iowa politician, according to previously unreported commission records. In 2017, the FEC found Ernst's first campaign for Senate broke the law by...
Sen. Joni Ernst will make yet another choice, likely this week, on a judicial appointee with limited credentials and a controversial ideological background. Lawrence VanDyke has been nominated for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the second-highest level of the...
The American Democracy Legal Fund sent a letter today to the Federal Election Commission urging the government agency to investigate allegations that members of Sen. Joni Ernst's campaign violated election laws by coordinating with "dark money" group Iowa Values. The...
Sen. Joni Ernst's reelection efforts took a hit today in the midst of revelations her campaign may have illegally coordinated with the "dark money" group Iowa Values. But this isn't the first time Ernst has skirted the bounds of campaign finance laws. In the fall of...
Condemnation came swiftly Friday morning as news broke of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst's connection to the "dark money" group Iowa Values, and how it has helped raise money to bolster her 2020 reelection effort. The Associated Press reported today on material it obtained...
Eddie Mauro, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, has made his first TV ad buy of the 2020 cycle. The campaign will spend about $105,000 on digital and TV ads set to start airing today. The ads will run for three weeks, according to the campaign. "Cool Under...
U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield has collected more endorsements from current Iowa legislators than her three primary opponents, bringing her total this year to 23. Greenfield leads the field in fundraising and endorsements, earning the support of groups like...
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley's legislation to lower prescription drug costs passed his Senate Finance Committee over the summer with support from every Democrat on the committee. Since then, the bipartisan bill has gone nowhere in Mitch McConnell's Senate. The latest...
