Iowa Caucus

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 leaders or volunteers. After packets of materials were passed out, the group practiced…

Fifteen Latina, Latino and Latinx elected officials and activists from Iowa have joined 100 other Latino leaders from across the nation in endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren for president. Among those who endorsed Warren is Alfonso Medina, a small business owner in Marhsalltown. Medina, who introduced Julian Castro at a recent Elizabeth Warren event in Marshalltown, moved…

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 gone the following day, leaving the remaining members of…

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 a president who believes in public schools, who supports educators…

Andrew Yang was not on the debate stage Tuesday, but #AmericaNeedsYang was a top-five trend on Twitter. The Yang campaign believes they should have been on the debate stage, and Yang could still qualify for the Feb. 7 debate, held in New Hampshire four days before voters cast the first ballots of the primary. But…

Andrew Yang was not on the debate stage Tuesday, but #AmericaNeedsYang was a top-five trend on Twitter. The Yang campaign believes they should have been on the debate stage, and Yang could still qualify for the Feb. 7 debate, held in New Hampshire four days before voters cast the first ballots of the primary. But…

This year, the Citizens United decision turns 10 years old. To mark the occassion, eight pro-democracy groups have put together a forum to talk with four presidential candidates about getting money out of politics. This Sunday, Jan. 19, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Gov. Deval Patrick will be…

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 should give an indication of how the overall caucus race is playing…

Ten minutes after Bryce Smith, the chairman of the Dallas County Democrats, found out Sen. Cory Booker, who he had endorsed, was dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, he received a phone call from another campaign. “My grandmother, who was sitting at home and is an avid MSNBC watcher, was the first person to…

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 Register led Tuesday night’s debate at Drake University with the United States’ assassination of…