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If you’ve followed Pete Buttigieg’s rise in Iowa, you know it’s been one of the more surprising stories in the field. And if you had doubts about his sustainability, it would help to take a closer look at his ground game. Buttigieg hasn’t changed much about the...
Kelly Shaw, the Republican Mayor of Indianola, announced today he will switch parties and caucus for Senator Amy Klobuchar for president on February 3. "Those of you who know me, and there are several of you here in the community that know me, would be surprised I...
Kelly Shaw, the Republican Mayor of Indianola, announced today he will switch parties and caucus for Senator Amy Klobuchar for president on February 3. "Those of you who know me, and there are several of you here in the community that know me, would be surprised I...
Kelly Shaw, the Republican Mayor of Indianola, announced today he will switch parties and caucus for Senator Amy Klobuchar for president on February 3. "Those of you who know me, and there are several of you here in the community that know me, would be surprised I...
Iowa State Sen. Pam Jochum of Dubuque is endorsing Joe Biden for president today, adding to his tally of more than a dozen legislative endorsements. “With so many good, solid, smart people seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination ... the decision has not been easy,"...
Iowa State Sen. Pam Jochum of Dubuque is endorsing Joe Biden for president today, adding to his tally of more than a dozen legislative endorsements. “With so many good, solid, smart people seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination ... the decision has not been easy,"...
Iowa State Sen. Pam Jochum of Dubuque is endorsing Joe Biden for president today, adding to his tally of more than a dozen legislative endorsements. “With so many good, solid, smart people seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination ... the decision has not been easy,"...
A sisterhood of Yang supporters spent Sunday morning in Davenport wearing last night’s makeup and subdued hair curls, laughing in pajamas around their kitchen island between sips of coffee and bites of homemade strawberry shortcake. They’re a group of women (plus a...
A sisterhood of Yang supporters spent Sunday morning in Davenport wearing last night’s makeup and subdued hair curls, laughing in pajamas around their kitchen island between sips of coffee and bites of homemade strawberry shortcake. They’re a group of women (plus a...
If Sen. Bernie Sanders prevails in next week's Iowa Caucus, it'll be thanks in part to a little help from his friends. Stuck in D.C. during most weekdays in the final two weeks by the Senate impeachment hearing, Sanders is leaning on his significant stable of popular...
If Sen. Bernie Sanders prevails in next week's Iowa Caucus, it'll be thanks in part to a little help from his friends. Stuck in D.C. during most weekdays in the final two weeks by the Senate impeachment hearing, Sanders is leaning on his significant stable of popular...
If Sen. Bernie Sanders prevails in next week's Iowa Caucus, it'll be thanks in part to a little help from his friends. Stuck in D.C. during most weekdays in the final two weeks by the Senate impeachment hearing, Sanders is leaning on his significant stable of popular...
Anyone who’s run for office or held an elected position can tell you — public service often comes with significant personal cost. Weekends away from family as you campaign for votes. Long nights in committee meetings. Scrutiny of your personal and public life,...
Charles City resident Denise Morozov made a few major life changes last year. She took a new job, moved from her home state of Nebraska, switched her party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and became, for the first time in her life, active in politics. The...
Guest op-ed from Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa. Last July, I walked along the Fourth Street Bridge overlooking the Cedar River, alongside South Bend Mayor Buttigieg. It was the same place I came the night of December 1, 2015, when I learned the people of...
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...
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...
There is a retired businessman in western Iowa who bristles every time he reads a newspaper article from somewhere in our state about government officials who have misused their government credit cards for unauthorized purchases. This man is worried such abuses could...
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...
Kurt Meyer, chair of the Tri-County Democrats in north-central Iowa, spent Election Day 2016 knocking on doors in Cresco, about 50 miles from his home. He was shoveling down a quick lunch with a fellow door-knocker when he first realized something might be off. The...
Kurt Meyer, chair of the Tri-County Democrats in north-central Iowa, spent Election Day 2016 knocking on doors in Cresco, about 50 miles from his home. He was shoveling down a quick lunch with a fellow door-knocker when he first realized something might be off. The...
Pete Buttigieg is headed into the Democratic debate in Des Moines next week with a new group of prominent Iowa endorsers. State Rep. Kristin Sunde, a first-term legislator who flipped a Republican district in 2018, announced her backing of the former South Bend mayor...
Pete Buttigieg is headed into the Democratic debate in Des Moines next week with a new group of prominent Iowa endorsers. State Rep. Kristin Sunde, a first-term legislator who flipped a Republican district in 2018, announced her backing of the former South Bend mayor...
Pete Buttigieg is headed into the Democratic debate in Des Moines next week with a new group of prominent Iowa endorsers. State Rep. Kristin Sunde, a first-term legislator who flipped a Republican district in 2018, announced her backing of the former South Bend mayor...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar's Iowa campaign team is ready to prove it will be a force to be reckoned with caucus night. Her team has put together a 99-county day of action currently scheduled for Saturday, which one team member says will be used as a bit of a practice run for...
If presidential candidates' events get interrupted through Jan. 11 by large signs and chants supporting Palestinian freedom, it’s because a group of youth activists are touring the state to confront and engage candidates with hopes they commit to cut military funding...
Dubuque residents Tom Townsend and Dave George have a big decision to make Feb. 3. As current and former business managers of local labor unions, they’re not only caucusing for their own interests but considering the needs of each of their chapter members. Townsend...
Whenever a major political or world event happens, the attention during this presidential primary quickly turns to how the individual Democratic candidates will respond. Where's their statement on the matter? Will they tweet out a response? What will the candidate say...
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the Green New Deal demonstrate how taking a hard-line stance against the significant climate legislation may play a central role in his 2020 campaign platform. While speaking last Saturday to the Turning Point USA Summit in...
