A guest post from House Leader Mark Smith As a lifetime resident of Iowa, I am proud of our state’s progressive history. We were vehemently opposed to slavery from our beginning days and we were...
Since February Republicans have repeatly been warned by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it was inevitable that the Zika virus would invade America unless Congress...
As soon as the election on November 8 concludes, the next big campaign for the future of the Iowa Democratic Party begins. Andy McGuire does not plan on running for a second term as party chair,...
I'm excited to announce today that the Iowa Daily Democrat will be merging with Iowa Starting Line to create the largest progressive/Democratic-leaning news site in the state. This is a big step...
Many major candidates doing the mandatory Iowa State Fair visit often just do a quick in-and-out, hitting up the Butter Cow, Pork Tent and maybe one other location before leaving. Not so for Mike...
Today is the final day for federal candidates to file their paperwork to get on the Iowa ballot. Gary Johnson's supporters turned in their papers this morning, confirmed the Iowa Secretary of...
The Iowa Democratic Party announced several new field offices around the state this week, bringing their total number of offices to 24 in the state. The party began opening local offices for the...
No trip to Iowa during mid-August is complete without a visit to the Iowa State Fair. So that's where Virginia Senator Tim Kaine ended up on a hot and sunny Wednesday afternoon. Hillary Clinton's...
For the next week and a half, Iowa is back in the center of the political universe, as is only right. But will we be after that? The presidential campaigns are barnstorming through Iowa over the...
Guest post from Tobita Chow, chair of The People’s Lobby, who will be speaking at this weekend's CCI event The Bernie Sanders campaign came out of nowhere and took everyone by surprise by nearly...
