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With nine days until the Iowa Caucus, every campaign is competing for those remaining key endorsements from activists and elected officials. The best way to lock in wavering Iowans is to do so in person, and Pete Buttigieg has the advantage there as he stumps...
From celebrities and athletes to spouses and friends, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have brought about everyone imaginable into Iowa in 2019 and 2020. It's a good way for the candidates to keep a presence when they themselves can't be in Iowa, to rally...
In the final stretch before the Iowa caucus, candidates have to make January count. Those still remaining in the race will have held well over 200 events in Iowa before the month is out. That's even with the interruption of the Senate impeachment trial, which called...
As Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar took to the Senate floor Tuesday to attend the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the role of the presidency was posed as a question to former Vice President Joe Biden at a town hall. “Does the...
Former Iowa Attorney General Bonnie Campbell and two state representatives are among those who announced their endorsements for Joe Biden for president this morning. Campbell, who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016, is praising Biden's work on the Violence Against Women...
A big and genuine smile is the last thing you expect of a person who has more than one reason to be fearful and not accepted. But it was his smile that greeted me as I entered Selene’s place of work. Selene Cass is the name he uses when performing drag. We met in the...
A big and genuine smile is the last thing you expect of a person who has more than one reason to be fearful and not accepted. But it was his smile that greeted me as I entered Selene’s place of work. Selene Cass is the name he uses when performing drag. We met in the...
Cold weather and technical difficulties didn't dampen the spirits of the Monday night crowd of 764 people that showed up for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Des Moines. That’s good, because it was his last Iowa event before he returned today to Washington, D.C., for the...
Most polling in Iowa has shown voters placing Sen. Elizabeth Warren as their preferred second choice option in race, an important advantage for her in the realignment phase of caucus night. But with so many other candidates dropping out before Feb. 3, those second...
Eight presidential candidates gathered Monday afternoon in Des Moines for the 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum, a minority-focused event dating back to 1984. Reporters from Vice News led one-on-one discussions with the candidates as they were...
One of the biggest stories out of Donald Trump's presidency is the long process of dismantling President Barack Obama’s legacy. Whether it’s rolling back environmental protections, packing the courts with right-wing ideologues, pulling out of hard-fought international...
The big question Iowa Democrats are grappling with as they try to select a nominee is a complicated one: who is "electable?" It's that question of who can beat Trump that has Iowans "paralyzed by fear," deeply afraid that they'll end up picking someone who could go...
Ahead of Monday's Brown and Black forum, event participants held a climate-focused panel calling upon local and national leadership to act on the issue that most often and disproportionately affects communities of color. Mustafa Santiago, vice president of the...
A new poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers has Joe Biden back in the front of the pack of Democratic candidates, with now a group of five contenders tightly competing for a win, place or show. Biden comes in at 24% in the latest quarterly survey commissioned by Focus on...
The American Postal Workers Union Local 44 of Central Iowa has endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, the campaign announced today. "Senator Bernie Sanders stands for the working class people of this country," said DMI APWU Local 44 President Mike Bates. "He...
Thursday evening, while hundreds gathered to see Pete Buttigieg at a town hall in Sioux City, 268 additional supporters signed into a caucus training session in Des Moines. The advanced class, Caucus 102, was a third training session for attendees, all either precinct...
Fifteen Latina, Latino and Latinx elected officials and activists from Iowa have joined 100 other Latino leaders from across the nation in endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren for president. Among those who endorsed Warren is Alfonso Medina, a small business owner in...
On this episode, Pat talks with AP Reporter Alexandra Jaffe about the recent debate in Des Moines, whether this primary is actually all that contentious, how campaigns plan to spin the Iowa Caucus, and some thoughts on Cory Booker's withdrawal...
On this episode, Pat talks with AP Reporter Alexandra Jaffe about the recent debate in Des Moines, whether this primary is actually all that contentious, how campaigns plan to spin the Iowa Caucus, and some thoughts on Cory Booker's withdrawal...
All eyes were on Iowa Tuesday night as the largest names in politics and media descended on the state to watch six Democratic hopefuls debate for the last time before the Feb. 3 caucuses. Well-known cable news hosts like CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper were...
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, running her first reelection race since going to Washington, D.C., is kicking off the new year as one of America's most unpopular senators. Morning Consult's latest Senator Approval Rankings, unveiled Thursday, show Ernst with only a 37% approval...
This year, the Citizens United decision turns 10 years old. To mark the occassion, eight pro-democracy groups have put together a forum to talk with four presidential candidates about getting money out of politics. This Sunday, Jan. 19, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy...
The final Democratic presidential debate before Iowans make their preferences known next month was a policy-heavy discussion that focused first on a topic not often explored over the past six debates: foreign policy. Debate moderators from CNN and the Des Moines...
The final Democratic presidential debate before Iowans make their preferences known next month was a policy-heavy discussion that focused first on a topic not often explored over the past six debates: foreign policy. Debate moderators from CNN and the Des Moines...
The entire political world is focused on Drake University in Des Moines tonight as six Democratic candidates take the stage for the final debate before the Iowa Caucus. The debate itself doesn't get underway until 8 p.m. tonight, but several hundred reporters have...
Kelly Shamp and her 19-year-old daughter have attended caucuses together for more than a decade. This year, for the first time, they are volunteering their time to help elect Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. "I think I've been dragging her...
Kelly Shamp and her 19-year-old daughter have attended caucuses together for more than a decade. This year, for the first time, they are volunteering their time to help elect Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. "I think I've been dragging her...
Kelly Shamp and her 19-year-old daughter have attended caucuses together for more than a decade. This year, for the first time, they are volunteering their time to help elect Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. "I think I've been dragging her...
Standing in Elizabeth Warren's corner on caucus night will be dozens of current or former Republicans and Donald Trump voters, and at least one former Ted Cruz precinct captain will be volunteering to bring out more. The Warren campaign today is rolling out the public...
With three weeks left until caucus-goers make their presidential picks known, Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned to Iowa with big-name endorsers in tow and a second-place showing in the latest Iowa Poll. Voters at her two events in Central Iowa met her with the same...
