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Grassley A Paper Tiger On Protecting Iowans From Floods

Grassley A Paper Tiger On Protecting Iowans From Floods

Senator Grassley is running ads bragging that he “works.” He claims he has a nearly perfect attendance record. He claims he rarely misses a vote. So why isn’t he fighting for Iowans that have been flood victims multiple times? Why can’t Grassley get adequate flood...

Rod Blum Is Too Extreme Even For Republicans

Rod Blum Is Too Extreme Even For Republicans

First District Congressman Rod Blum, elected in 2014, made the first vote of his career a protest vote by voting against the reelection of John Boehner as House Speaker. Blum was one of 25 rogue Tea Party-supported members to vote against Boehner. Boehner has since...

Ron Corbett Emerges From Floods Ready For 2018 Governor’s Race

Ron Corbett Emerges From Floods Ready For 2018 Governor’s Race

Few words of politics were uttered as Cedar Rapids prepared for and experienced the floods of 2016. But the makings of Iowa's next governor may have been forged in the tense week as the city battled back the second-highest ever crest of the Cedar River. Cedar Rapids...

The State Of Iowa’s Early Vote And How It All Works

The State Of Iowa’s Early Vote And How It All Works

Hillary Clinton visits Iowa today, the day that early voting begins in the state. Her rally is at a plaza in downtown Des Moines that's just a stone's throw away from the Polk County Auditor's office, where in-person early voting is held from now to the election. The...

What Down-Ballot Democrats Hope To See In The Debate

What Down-Ballot Democrats Hope To See In The Debate

I watched the first 2012 debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the basement of a fellow campaign staffer's supporter housing in Cedar Rapids. Everyone was disappointed in Obama's widely-criticized first outing. Before that night we knew we had a...

Rene Gadelha’s Attacks On Liz Mathis Blow Up In Her Face

Rene Gadelha’s Attacks On Liz Mathis Blow Up In Her Face

Rene Gadelha's campaign to unseat popular Democratic State Senator Liz Mathis is not going so well. In the span of just one week Gadelha's attack ads have gotten two negative fact checks from two of the district's biggest media outlets. First came a column from Todd...

Shuttered School Used In Iowa Senate Republicans’ Ads

Shuttered School Used In Iowa Senate Republicans’ Ads

Last week Starting Line pointed out the striking similarity between every Iowa Republican state senate ad. It was obvious they had filmed all of their ads in the same location with the same set of children, rather than their own home districts they're running in. But...

The Key Iowa State Senate Races To Watch In 2016

The Key Iowa State Senate Races To Watch In 2016

While most Iowa news stories focus on the presidential and senate race, every Iowa activist knows the real battle for Iowa's future lies in the Iowa State Senate races. With a 26-23-1 majority in the Iowa Senate, Democrats can't afford to lose a single seat....

Awkward: All GOP State Senate Candidates Have Same Kids In Ads

Awkward: All GOP State Senate Candidates Have Same Kids In Ads

It seems all the targeted Republican state senate candidates had a big TV shoot recently, as they've all posted their first ads online in the past few weeks. The ads themselves are so-so at best, but you rarely see very creative TV spots at the statehouse level. Each...

Voting for All We Can Be

Voting for All We Can Be

Guest post from Miyoko Hikiji, Iowa State Senate Candidate in District 20, Author of All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq, Army & Iowa National Guard Veteran 1995-2004. Ninety-six years ago today, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was certified...

Meet Iowa Democrats’ All-Female Tickets

Meet Iowa Democrats’ All-Female Tickets

When voters go to the polls in the Northeast Iowa counties of Allamakee and Clayton this year, this is what they’ll see in the Democratic column of their ballot: President: Hillary Clinton U.S. Senate: Patty Judge Congress: Monica Vernon State Senate: Jan Heikes State...

Iowa Democrats Offices Point To State Legislative Strategy

Iowa Democrats Offices Point To State Legislative Strategy

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 2016 election back in early May. Taking a look through the list, most of...

Critical Next Two Weeks In Iowa For Trump And Clinton

Critical Next Two Weeks In Iowa For Trump And Clinton

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 next 10 days. Tim Kaine speaks today in Cedar Rapids. Jennifer Jacobs...

Voter Revolt Growing Over Iowa’s Mental Health Care Mess

Voter Revolt Growing Over Iowa’s Mental Health Care Mess

Iowa families dealing with mental health issues have hit the breaking point. The closure of mental health institutions and the privatization of Medicaid have put increasingly unbearable strain on many seeking help. That frustration is quickly spilling over into the...

Which Democrat Will Build Iowa’s Next Political Machine?

Which Democrat Will Build Iowa’s Next Political Machine?

  Each election cycle in Iowa, the biggest campaign battlegrounds center around swing legislative districts. In suburban Linn County, the rural northeastern counties, Cedar Falls, central Iowa around Marshalltown and Newton, along with a few pockets out west,...

Who Do Democrats Think Should Run For Governor In 2018?

Who Do Democrats Think Should Run For Governor In 2018?

The Iowa Democratic Party's state convention dragged long into the night yesterday, and there were stretches where voting and the agenda moved very slowly. So what to do? How about start speculating about 2018? Obviously this year's presidential election and...

What Will Bernie Sanders’ Legacy Be? Iowa Supporters Weigh In

What Will Bernie Sanders’ Legacy Be? Iowa Supporters Weigh In

Bernie Sanders' campaign for the presidency is starting to wind down, but the impacts of his incredible run will be felt for years to come in the Democratic Party, progressive politics and the American electoral system. Around this time last year the early hints of a...

Which Senate Candidate Is Really The More Electable One?

Which Senate Candidate Is Really The More Electable One?

When Patty Judge entered the U.S. Senate race a little over two months ago, some Iowa Democrats were excited about the prospect. Chuck Grassley might finally be vulnerable thanks to his historic obstruction of the Supreme Court nomination, but some were worried Rob...

A Day On The Trail With Monica Vernon

A Day On The Trail With Monica Vernon

Monica Vernon's Memorial Day started like many other Iowans: doing a little bit of yard work. She picked several pink peonies from her garden to fill a vase to welcome home her youngest daughter, Eleanor, flying in later in the day. That was about all there was time...

Patty Judge’s Awesome Time-Traveling TV Ad

Patty Judge’s Awesome Time-Traveling TV Ad

Iowa Senate candidate Patty Judge put out a new TV ad today two weeks in advance of the June 7 primary. It highlights her leadership as the Homeland Security advisor for Iowa during the 2008 floods. It's a little heavy on the "let's work together" rhetoric, but seems...

Another Look At Updated Early Vote Numbers For The Primary

Another Look At Updated Early Vote Numbers For The Primary

With just two weeks left before Iowa's primary elections on June 7, let's take another look at the early vote totals across the state. A lot has changed since we first discussed the numbers three weeks ago. The Secretary of State's office is posting these totals...

A Day On The Trail With Rob Hogg

A Day On The Trail With Rob Hogg

What good is an endorsement? That’s an open question in any political campaign. Some bring an army of volunteers, others bring only the single vote of the endorser. State Senator Rob Hogg has a lot of public endorsements in his quest for the Democrats’ nomination for...

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