Elizabeth Meyer

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has faced sharp criticism this week for perpetuating a conspiracy theory accusing medical professionals of inflating COVID-19 cases and deaths, but this is not the first time Ernst has peddled far-right falsehoods in an election year. Six years ago, during the summer of Ernst’s first run for U.S. Senate, Yahoo News…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has faced sharp criticism this week for perpetuating a conspiracy theory accusing medical professionals of inflating COVID-19 cases and deaths, but this is not the first time Ernst has peddled far-right falsehoods in an election year. Six years ago, during the summer of Ernst’s first run for U.S. Senate, Yahoo News…

Congresswoman Cindy Axne’s campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to “mislead Iowa voters” by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young’s new TV ad features side by side photos of Axne and Speaker Nancy Pelosi as…

Congresswoman Cindy Axne’s campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to “mislead Iowa voters” by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young’s new TV ad features side by side photos of Axne and Speaker Nancy Pelosi as…

Congresswoman Cindy Axne’s campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to “mislead Iowa voters” by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young’s new TV ad features side by side photos of Axne and Speaker Nancy Pelosi as…

A Democratic advocacy group founded by former Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana is zeroing in on Sen. Joni Ernst’s first reelection race in an effort to engage rural Iowans to vote against the incumbent Republican. A new social media analysis from One Country Fund shows an opening with rural…

County auditors in Iowa found out on Aug. 20 they are not allowed to set up absentee ballot drop boxes in their communities ahead of the Nov. 3 election, despite having utilized them in past elections. The next day, when asked about the concerns of county auditors and controversial changes to the U.S. Postal Service,…

The lessons of Rita Hart’s childhood, lessons that have helped inform her public life, are neatly summed up in the words of Mother Teresa: “Live simply so that others can simply live.” The quote, inscribed on her parents’ tombstone, is indicative of how Hart has tried to live her life and the values she says…

Iowa Republican Ashley Hinson came under scrutiny this summer in light of reporting that showed she had plagiarized portions of op-eds and policy proposals from news outlets and Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer’s campaign website. Rather than a one-off mistake, a review of legislation Hinson sponsored as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives reveals a pattern…