Elizabeth Meyer

Iowa Reps. Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer today released the first television ads of their respective re-election campaigns with just under 100 days until Election Day. Axne’s ad focuses on how she has helped Iowans in the 3rd District navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The six-figure ad buy begins Tuesday in the Des Moines media market,…

The latest sign of the turning tide in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race came Thursday when the Cook Political Report dubbed the contest a toss-up, tugging the seat further from first-term Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. The nonpartisan election analyzer began the summer with Iowa in its Lean Republican category, a shift from Likely Republican that came…

As an educator who taught for two decades at rural high schools in Eastern Iowa, Rita Hart has taken a strong stand on what she believes needs to happen in order for students to safely return to their classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday morning, Hart, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd…

As an educator who taught for two decades at rural high schools in Eastern Iowa, Rita Hart has taken a strong stand on what she believes needs to happen in order for students to safely return to their classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday morning, Hart, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd…

Upon learning that local officials in Dubuque were ordered to slow down coronavirus testing there, Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer sent a letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds asking why procedures and hours of operation at the Test Iowa clinic were being changed. On Monday, the Telegraph Herald reported that Epic Health and Wellness, where the Test Iowa…

As President Donald Trump threatens to station federal law enforcement officers in Democratic-run cities across the country, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said she supports sending federal officers to cities where federal property is at risk. “We are not going to stand idly by and let people destroy federal property,” Ernst said Tuesday morning on a…