Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell holds a substantial lead over the rest of the Democratic gubernatorial field, according to a new poll released this morning. A Remington Research Group poll commissioned by KBUR Radio of Burlington showed Hubbell at 46%, well...
Iowans can start voting as of today for the June 5 primary. Many Democratic campaigns took the opportunity to bring out their supporters to a county auditor's office early today and get their first votes in the bank. Secretary of State candidate Deidre DeJear is...
Shortly after 3:00 this afternoon, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in Iowa. It is the most restrictive measure in the entire country. "It's a big day in Iowa," Reynolds said at the bill signing in her office,...
Governor Kim Reynolds has until Saturday to decide whether to sign or veto Republicans' 6-week abortion ban. There's probably a 99% chance she signs it. But before it actually happens, let's take a look at the potential political fallout - as well as her huge...
Bernie Sanders is back on the airwaves in Iowa. This time it's for Pete D'Alessandro, a top adviser for Sanders' Iowa Caucus operation in 2016. D'Alessandro is running in a competitive three-way Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District nomination to...
Today is the one-year anniversary of Congressman Young’s vote to repeal Obamacare in favor of replacing it with the Trump healthcare plan. His vote in favor of the Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) on May 4, 2017 was a total flip-flop from the original...
A new poll has warning signs for Democrats in Iowa who are working to win back the voters they lost to Donald Trump in 2016. According to a recently released poll from Monmouth College, 63% of voters in Iowa's 1st Congressional District who backed Trump in 2016...
There were even more problems at the Iowa Finance Authority during former director Dave Jamison's tenure than sexual harassment, claims a former staffer who has filed a discrimination complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. Gabrielle Riesterer, who worked...
The truth comes out... some of it, anyway. Yesterday's release of the three-page document of sexual harassment claims against fired Iowa Finance Authority director Dave Jamison revealed disgusting new details and raised further questions about Reynolds' handling of...
Is Congressman Steve King at risk of losing reelection? Every single cycle, Democrats hope and pray that this will finally be the year that the reviled Republican will go down in electoral defeat. And every cycle, the conservative lean of Iowa's 4th Congressional...
