The best chance for Democrats to stop President Donald Trump's agenda is to retake the U.S. House in 2018. To do that they'll have to pick up about two dozen seats, as well as not lose any. Here...

Despite his comfortable victory in 2016, Democrats are eager to take another shot at Republican Congressman David Young. The Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa-based district was won...

I've watched as Donald Trump buzzed his helicopter directly over Hillary Clinton at the Iowa State Fair, then come back for a second pass. I've attended a Ben Carson event that turned a downtown...

A packed room of nearly 100 Democratic activists in Des Moines' Beaverdale neighborhood gave Todd Prichard a positive reception Tuesday night as chatter increases over his likely run for the...

With a roiling national debate over healthcare, immigration and Donald Trump's presidency, Congressional town hall forums in recent weeks have seen massive turnouts of angry constituents. In a...

For a party that hasn't seen a major, non-presidential statewide victory in over a decade, Iowa Democrats are looking for a special kind of candidate in 2018: one that can win. Friends of State...

Second-term U.S. House member Rod Blum could face second-term Iowa House member Abby Finkenauer in his reelection campaign in 2018. Finkenauer, the 28-year-old Democratic legislator from Dubuque,...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has long prided himself on providing a strong check on the executive branch. At campaign events and town halls during his reelection effort last year, he often touted...

State Senator Liz Mathis has decided against running for governor, she announced at a meeting of the Northwest Des Moines Democrats tonight. Her decision ends months of speculation of whether the...