Jay Inslee has his sights set on Iowa after announcing his presidential bid this morning. The Washington State governor will travel here on Tuesday of next week, holding several events in Cedar Rapids, Ames, and West Des Moines that focus on climate change issues....
If you participate in the Iowa Democratic Party's new "virtual" caucus option next February, do you need "virtual" precinct captains to help organize everything? Marianne Williamson's campaign is planning on figuring out just that with their new plan to organize in...
It's Iowa Caucus season, which means all of the top political staffers in the country have begun their migration from D.C. and battleground campaigns out to the Hawkeye state. Presidential candidates have aggressively courted campaign operatives with Iowa ties for...
John Delaney has selected a well-known national political operative with deep Iowa ties to lead his campaign. John Davis, who had been advising Delaney in his presidential run, will now serve as national campaign manager, the campaign told Starting Line. The...
Guest post from State Representative Amy Nielsen of North Liberty on why she's endorsing Cory Booker in the Iowa Caucus. This is the first state legislator endorsement in Iowa of the cycle. It’s been hard to watch the news over the last few years. It seems like...
Who's brave enough to run against Joni Ernst? The first-term senator should be a top target for Democrats nationally, but she begins the 2020 cycle with an all-time high approval rating. The Des Moines Register found Ernst had a 57% job approval last week, a...
Voters might find themselves Googling his name, or they may recognize him from a recent viral video of a blistering Senate floor speech against colleague Ted Cruz. Colorado’s Senator Michael Bennet dropped into Iowa this past weekend to meet with and listen to Iowa...
As Amy Klobuchar worked her way through Iowa this week as an official 2020 candidate, she pitched a message of Midwest electability to local Democrats who saw their own state go red in 2016. "To do all this, we need to win," Klobuchar told the Ankeny Democrats on...
Congressman Rod Blum was defeated in his reelection effort by Abby Finkenauer last November, but that hasn't stopped the Republican from staying politically active. In fact, he's still running advertising online. A quick review of the Facebook Ad Archive shows Blum...
Senator Joni Ernst starts out her 2020 reelection effort in a strong position, garnering a 57% approval rating in a poll released by the Des Moines Register last night. She's spent her first years in D.C. largely unscathed by major controversy or any sustained...
