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The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here,...
The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here,...
The Democratic presidential candidates competing in Iowa addressed crowds of supporters late Monday night at watch parties around Des Moines despite not knowing who came out on top in the first-in-the nation caucus state. All candidates were declaring victory here,...
A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight's precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted...
A few hours remain before results roll in from tonight's precinct caucuses in Iowa, but satellite caucus locations held earlier today in Iowa, around America and abroad revealed interesting early clues to support and organization. The Iowa Democratic Party exerted...
Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the first satellite caucus held in Iowa today, giving him an early victory in the first publicly-known result of the entire Democratic primary process. Sanders got the support of 14 caucus-goers out of the 15 that attended a satellite...
Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the first satellite caucus held in Iowa today, giving him an early victory in the first publicly-known result of the entire Democratic primary process. Sanders got the support of 14 caucus-goers out of the 15 that attended a satellite...
Iowa Reps. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer have announced who they'll bring with to Tuesday evening's Presidential State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Shannon Baity, a special education teacher at Southeast Polk Community School District, will join Axne. Abby...
Iowa Reps. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer have announced who they'll bring with to Tuesday evening's Presidential State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Shannon Baity, a special education teacher at Southeast Polk Community School District, will join Axne. Abby...
Iowa Reps. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer have announced who they'll bring with to Tuesday evening's Presidential State of the Union Address in Washington D.C. Shannon Baity, a special education teacher at Southeast Polk Community School District, will join Axne. Abby...
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...
Guest op-ed from state Reps. Sharon Steckman, Bruce Bearinger, Cindy Winckler, Ruth Ann Gaines, Molly Donahue and former state Rep. Linda Nelson. We need a president who understands that education is one of the very best investments in the future we can make. We need...
The very first results of the 2020 national Democratic primary process will come from an Iowa Caucus gathering in... the Republic of Georgia. Yes, the first caucus will occur in the Caucasus. This year, the Iowa Democratic Party's expanded use of satellite caucuses...
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...
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...
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...
As Joe Biden takes campaign hits from both President Donald Trump and his competitors in the primary, firefighter union members will have the former vice president's back in the final weeks before the Iowa Caucus. During an interview with Starting Line this morning,...
As Joe Biden takes campaign hits from both President Donald Trump and his competitors in the primary, firefighter union members will have the former vice president's back in the final weeks before the Iowa Caucus. During an interview with Starting Line this morning,...
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...
Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer's 1st District is home to a crucial constituency for Democratic presidential candidates working to win the Iowa caucuses and beyond, and on Thursday, at the start of Joe Biden's four-day swing in the state, he got a leg up there. "Joe...
2019 was a long year for Iowa farmers. It's hard to keep up with everything that happens in a news cycle. Multiply that by 365 days of Donald Trump as president, and you end up with more than one could possibly stay up to date on. But for Midwest farmers, 2019 was...
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...
Though President Donald Trump was impeached and faces a trial to determine if he will be removed from office, his judicial nominees are still being heard and confirmed. Thirteen judges were confirmed the same week he was impeached in the House, bringing Trump’s number...
They're filling the gas tank back up in John Delaney's big blue RV for a final blitz across Iowa in the last month leading up to the caucus. Delaney and his team will embark upon a 40-stop tour in January, focusing their time in many tiny towns in rural counties as he...
During the second day of Sen. Cory Booker’s open-press, all-on-the-record bus trip across Iowa, the Senator was more settled into his travel and was getting some additional work done. He went up to the front of the bus several times to make phone calls and conduct...
