On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Desmund Adams was on the road again. This day he was headed west, to campaign stops in Adair County and Council Bluffs. Adams, one of three Democratic candidates in the 3rd District primary, has logged a lot of miles during his campaign...
Republican Congressman David Young today voted for a measure that would have protected LGBT individuals from discrimination in government contracting. Well, until he switched his vote to a "No," that is. Why? Because it looked like the amendment might actually...
Patty Judge was running a few minutes behind when she got her travel schedule last Thursday, full of meetings and event drop-bys in northern Iowa. She gathered with her campaign staff in her East Village office housed out of Jeff Link’s consulting firm. “I need a...
Early voting in Iowa's June 7th primary has now been underway for a week. Iowans can vote in person at their county auditor's office or by an absentee ballot at home. The number of those absentees are always a very interesting thing to track (especially to this...
Iowa Starting Line will be doing a series of posts where we follow along a major primary candidate for most of a day as they campaign. We hope it gives a different, unique look into who the man or woman running for office is, beyond just their stump speeches and...
It's Teacher Appreciation Day today, where we thank the committed professionals who get up each day to prepare our state's children for the future. And many of them in Iowa could probably use an extra reminder of how grateful we really are for all their hard work....
The Johnston and Urbandale Democrats hosted the three hopefuls looking to take on David Young – Desmund Adams, Jim Mowrer and Mike Sherzan – for the Des Moines/Council Bluffs-based 3rd District. About four dozen local Democrats filled the seats at the Johnston...
Tornadoes to the southwest of Des Moines threatened to cut short the 3rd District Democrats’ forum in Johnston on Wednesday night, but the candidates in the room were at least all blowing in the same direction on policy issues. Meanwhile, the 1st District forum...
Iowa looks to play an important role in control over the U.S. House of Representatives this November. If 2016's 1st Quarter fundraising reports are any indication, Republicans face some real problems in the Hawkeye State. Iowa's two most-vulnerable incumbents,...
Democrats in Western Iowa are used to voting against Steve King. They've done it year in and year out, always to no avail. It's become a bit of a ritual: each campaign cycle a Democrat announces his or her candidacy and all the activists get excited that maybe this...
