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It was Sunday morning in Davenport when Elizabeth Warren was asked about her chances at being elected in a general election compared to some of the field’s more moderate candidates. “What would you say to us?” A woman asked, after saying she was between caucusing for...
It was Sunday morning in Davenport when Elizabeth Warren was asked about her chances at being elected in a general election compared to some of the field’s more moderate candidates. “What would you say to us?” A woman asked, after saying she was between caucusing for...
It was Sunday morning in Davenport when Elizabeth Warren was asked about her chances at being elected in a general election compared to some of the field’s more moderate candidates. “What would you say to us?” A woman asked, after saying she was between caucusing for...
Marianne Williamson is back. The presidential campaign trail had only to wait a short few weeks before the former candidate graced early state voters again with her presence again. Williamson had withdrawn from the race on Jan. 10, but she returned to Iowa on Friday...
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...
Tom Steyer may be a billionaire now, but he’s not dying a billionaire. Or at least that’s what his wife, Kat Taylor, said on his campaign bus earlier this month while in Iowa, supporting his largely self-funded bid. The two have been united in their personal lives to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tucked away in the bright front room of an Iowa City ranch home on a recent Sunday afternoon, Pete Buttigieg field organizer Ruby Goldberg seamlessly demonstrated a mock door-knocking simulation and casually rambled off persuasive canvassing skills at the precinct’s...
As the importance of climate change climbs in the polls, a recent endorsement from the national Sunrise Movement might drive home Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new leading spot in Iowa. At an Iowa City climate rally on Sunday, for the first time since the group’s Thursday...
As the importance of climate change climbs in the polls, a recent endorsement from the national Sunrise Movement might drive home Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new leading spot in Iowa. At an Iowa City climate rally on Sunday, for the first time since the group’s Thursday...
As the importance of climate change climbs in the polls, a recent endorsement from the national Sunrise Movement might drive home Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new leading spot in Iowa. At an Iowa City climate rally on Sunday, for the first time since the group’s Thursday...
Des Moines has opened a new exhibit linking current political and social issues with historical housing discrimination in the city, and 2020 Democratic candidate John Delaney was one of its first guests. "Undesign the Redline" opened earlier this week at Franklin...
As Bernie Sanders' campaign entered the new year, they touted a host of impressive field numbers: 200,000 doors knocked in Iowa in 2019, with 4 million attempted voter contacts. That's for a state with around 3 million people. And in conversations with Sanders...
As Bernie Sanders' campaign entered the new year, they touted a host of impressive field numbers: 200,000 doors knocked in Iowa in 2019, with 4 million attempted voter contacts. That's for a state with around 3 million people. And in conversations with Sanders...
As Bernie Sanders' campaign entered the new year, they touted a host of impressive field numbers: 200,000 doors knocked in Iowa in 2019, with 4 million attempted voter contacts. That's for a state with around 3 million people. And in conversations with Sanders...
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...
Sen. Cory Booker's trip to Iowa this Tuesday was a short one, as he cancelled several planned caucus events amid the United States’ developing situation with Iran. He headed back to D.C. to attend a congressional briefing — the candidate sits on the Senate Foreign...
Sen. Cory Booker's trip to Iowa this Tuesday was a short one, as he cancelled several planned caucus events amid the United States’ developing situation with Iran. He headed back to D.C. to attend a congressional briefing — the candidate sits on the Senate Foreign...
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...
An issue that's gotten little attention in Iowa this Democratic primary cycle — foreign policy — is suddenly front-and-center in the country. And over the past two days, some attendees at caucus events had the latest crisis in the Middle East on their minds. Iowans at...
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...
The clock is ticking down on the end of 2019, though here in the Starting Line office, we're mostly just concerned with who's covering what candidate this weekend. I thought it would be nice to take a moment to look back at the very exciting, transformative year we've...
One of the tenets of Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential bid can be traced back to a Maya Angelou quote. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel,” she said. The New Jersey Senator often...
Pat Rynard sits down with Isabella Murray and Nikoel Hytrek to talk about their weekends on the road with presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. In the second half, we take you inside the bus on Cory Booker's trip to hear some fun...
