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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 man Meyer was sharing a meal with said he was…

Bill Gerhard, President of the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council, announced his endorsement of Joe Biden for President today. “Born into a working class family in Scranton, Joe Biden will always stand with labor because at his core, he’s one of us,” said Bill Gerhard of Iowa City in a news release. “Whether…

With a little time to breathe now that most of the drama around the caucus reporting has slowed down, the Starting Line team is looking back at everything we experienced this past year. There really is nothing else in American politics like living through a caucus campaign cycle, whether you’re working on a campaign, reporting…

With a little time to breathe now that most of the drama around the caucus reporting has slowed down, the Starting Line team is looking back at everything we experienced this past year. There really is nothing else in American politics like living through a caucus campaign cycle, whether you’re working on a campaign, reporting…

A union family helped propel Minnesota senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar from the Minneapolis suburb of Plymouth, Minnesota, to Yale University and Chicago Law School. Union members helped make her the Hennepin County Attorney and a United States senator. Now running for president, Klobuchar has made labor issues a central part of…

Workers will be able to join a union if the want to under 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s six-point labor plan that he recently released while in Iowa. According to O’Rourke’s 21st Century Labor Contract that he will enact between workers, employers and the federal government, all workers:  Will be able to join a…

It’s coming down to the wire. With 97% of precincts reporting as of late Wednesday night, Pete Buttigieg holds a very tenuous lead in the Iowa Caucus results. He’s at 26.2% to Bernie Sanders’ 26.1% in the state delegate equivalent race. Sanders continues to hold a lead in the first and second alignment raw vote.…