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School Staff Asked To Pitch In At Burlington Hospital As COVID Surges
A school district in Southeast Iowa is turning to its staff to help volunteer at the local hospital as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue at a record-breaking pace across the state. In Burlington, where the public school district and Catholic high school have shifted to online learning, the superintendent of the Burlington Community School…
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Scholten: ‘Year-Round Organizing’ A Must For Iowa Democrats
Iowa, J.D. Scholten says, is at a crossroads. Situated geographically between Nebraska and Wisconsin, the state’s politics can go one of two ways. For Democrats’ sake, “I’m hopeful that we go towards Wisconsin,” he said. While Wisconsin is no liberal bastion, the state elected a Democratic governor two years ago and helped deliver the presidency this…
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Scholten: ‘Year-Round Organizing’ A Must For Iowa Democrats
Iowa, J.D. Scholten says, is at a crossroads. Situated geographically between Nebraska and Wisconsin, the state’s politics can go one of two ways. For Democrats’ sake, “I’m hopeful that we go towards Wisconsin,” he said. While Wisconsin is no liberal bastion, the state elected a Democratic governor two years ago and helped deliver the presidency this…
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Recounts Are Coming In IA-02. Here’s What The Process Looks Like.
Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…
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Recounts Are Coming In IA-02. Here’s What The Process Looks Like.
Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…
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Recounts Are Coming In IA-02. Here’s What The Process Looks Like.
Lucas County Auditor Julie Masters had a simple message when asked if she had any advice for Iowa’s election officials as they brace for recounts in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District: “Pray, keep the faith.” Last Thursday, Masters oversaw a machine recount of the 4,648 ballots cast during the 2020 general election cycle in the Southern Iowa…
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How Cindy Axne Picked Up 307 New Votes In A Rural County
Congresswoman Cindy Axne out-performed the top-of-ticket margin in Fremont County by nearly 15 percentage points, lending credibility to the Democrat’s belief that her visibility in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District helped put her over the top on a day when other politicians in her party struggled. Fremont County, in Iowa’s far southwest corner along the Missouri…
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Where New Votes In IA-02 Are Adding To Hart, Miller-Meeks’ Totals
Recounts are all but certain to be requested in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, the question is where they will occur. As of Tuesday afternoon, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart 196,852 votes to 196,812, a margin of only 40 votes, according to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. On Monday, unofficial…
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Where New Votes In IA-02 Are Adding To Hart, Miller-Meeks’ Totals
Recounts are all but certain to be requested in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, the question is where they will occur. As of Tuesday afternoon, Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democrat Rita Hart 196,852 votes to 196,812, a margin of only 40 votes, according to unofficial results from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. On Monday, unofficial…
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Top Iowa Republicans Haven’t Acknowledged Biden’s Win
Joe Biden secured enough electoral votes on Saturday to win the presidency, but the top Republicans in Iowa and across the country haven’t acknowledged his win as President Donald Trump refuses to concede and trumpets claims of widespread voter fraud without evidence. According to The Associated Press, President-elect Biden has won 290 electoral votes compared…
