Iowa Caucus

Elizabeth Warren’s pledge to do no fundraising call time to big donors or hold high-dollar fundraisers was met initially with skepticism from some political insider circles this year, until it started working. Now Warren sits near the top of the field with money raised and cash on hand, largely fueled through small-dollar donors. Last week,…

The fourth presidential debate seemed to mark yet another new chapter in the Democratic primary, with Elizabeth Warren taking all the attention of a front-runner, and Pete Buttigieg debuting a more aggressive approach. Those new dynamics at play got plenty of ink in relation to the national picture, but where the real consequences could play…

Elizabeth Warren will return to Iowa later this weekend to a new raft of prominent endorsers, including former Lt. Governor Sally Pederson. Twenty-four leaders from across Iowa announced their support for Warren today, adding to her growing list of endorsements in the lead-off caucus state where she now narrowly leads in the polls. It’s a…

California businessman Tom Steyer made his debut on the national debate stage last night, along with eleven of his closest Democratic presidential candidate friends. One of Steyer’s two biggest issues — impeachment — led off the night. However, his other passion — climate change action — received no attention at all. “I thought I was…

In the middle of the night, at a gas station in rural Iowa, an employee recognized a little-known presidential candidate approaching the cash register. “You’re Bennet,” the woman said. The “Bennet” she recognized was Michael Bennet, a U.S. senator from Colorado and one of more than a dozen Democratic candidates vying for the White House.…

Scroll through past Iowa Caucus result maps, and you’ll often find a peculiar outlier in the southeast corner of the state. There lies Jefferson County, home to Fairfield, a small town once described by Oprah Winfrey as “America’s most unusual town,” well-known in Iowa for its support of outside-the-box candidates on both sides of the…

He won’t be in the debate this evening, but Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is still making progress in Iowa today with the new endorsements of several notable Iowans. The list of new endorsers include Woodbury County Supervisor Marty Pottebaum, Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker, former Iowa Senate Assistant Majority Leader Staci Appel and former…

Sunday’s United Food and Commercial Workers forum in Altoona was supposed to be focused on labor issues. In the hall, with several hundred labor union members seated in the audience, it was. Outside, not so much. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who’s had a tough time polling over 3%, said “I don’t know, I don’t know,”…

A guest piece from a group of young Iowans on Cory Booker’s gun stances. It would have been shocking if it wasn’t so predictable. A couple weeks ago, Donald Trump met with Wayne LaPierre and talked about the NRA — an organization that was a Russian asset during the last presidential election — supporting Trump…

Guest piece from Des Moines School Board Member Dionna Langford. Students and families are under huge pressure today, in Des Moines and across the country. Wages are not keeping up with the costs of basic everyday needs — housing, childcare, health care, prescriptions, transportation. If you are a working adult, you know the list goes on. For those of us who…