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Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst on Thursday pushed back strongly against baseless accusations leveled by President Donald Trump’s campaign legal team that Republican and Democratic candidates may have “paid to have the system rigged” to win races in the 2020 general election. Ernst, interviewed on Fox News’ “Guy Benson Show,” was asked about conspiracy theories floated…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst on Thursday pushed back strongly against baseless accusations leveled by President Donald Trump’s campaign legal team that Republican and Democratic candidates may have “paid to have the system rigged” to win races in the 2020 general election. Ernst, interviewed on Fox News’ “Guy Benson Show,” was asked about conspiracy theories floated…

Iowa, J.D. Scholten says, is at a crossroads. Situated geographically between Nebraska and Wisconsin, the state’s politics can go one of two ways. For Democrats’ sake, “I’m hopeful that we go towards Wisconsin,” he said. While Wisconsin is no liberal bastion, the state elected a Democratic governor two years ago and helped deliver the presidency this…

Iowa, J.D. Scholten says, is at a crossroads. Situated geographically between Nebraska and Wisconsin, the state’s politics can go one of two ways. For Democrats’ sake, “I’m hopeful that we go towards Wisconsin,” he said. While Wisconsin is no liberal bastion, the state elected a Democratic governor two years ago and helped deliver the presidency this…

Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…

Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…

Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…

Congresswoman Cindy Axne out-performed the top-of-ticket margin in Fremont County by nearly 15 percentage points, lending credibility to the Democrat’s belief that her visibility in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District helped put her over the top on a day when other politicians in her party struggled. Fremont County, in Iowa’s far southwest corner along the Missouri…

Recounts are all but certain to be requested in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, the question is where they will occur. As of Tuesday afternoon, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart 196,852 votes to 196,812, a margin of only 40 votes, according to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. On Monday, unofficial…

Recounts are all but certain to be requested in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, the question is where they will occur. As of Tuesday afternoon, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart 196,852 votes to 196,812, a margin of only 40 votes, according to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. On Monday, unofficial…