Elizabeth Meyer

Eddie Mauro, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, has made his first TV ad buy of the 2020 cycle. The campaign will spend about $105,000 on digital and TV ads set to start airing today. The ads will run for three weeks, according to the campaign. “Cool Under Fire” weaves in footage from Sen.…

New ratings recently released on the competitiveness of U.S. House districts reflect positive momentum for Democrat J.D. Scholten and spell trouble for Congressman Steve King. Inside Elections moved the race for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District from “Lean Republican” to “Tilt Republican.” “With a combination of Republicans’ self-inflicted wounds, slow recruiting or suburbs continuing to shift against the…

U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield has collected more endorsements from current Iowa legislators than her three primary opponents, bringing her total this year to 23. Greenfield leads the field in fundraising and endorsements, earning the support of groups like NARAL Pro-Choice America, League of Conservation Voters, AFSCME Council 61 and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.…

Republican House candidates Bobby Schilling and Mariannette Miller-Meeks responded to criticism Tuesday condemning their participation in a Bettendorf political forum that featured far-right anti-Semite Nick Fuentes. Fuentes, according to the Quad-City Times, was the final speaker Monday night at the Scott County Teenage Republicans’ “Immigration Forum.” Fuentes attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally in…

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s legislation to lower prescription drug costs passed his Senate Finance Committee over the summer with support from every Democrat on the committee. Since then, the bipartisan bill has gone nowhere in Mitch McConnell’s Senate. The latest public news on the “Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act” came Nov. 21 at the Committee…

When Republican Bobby Schilling announced his candidacy for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, he was the only GOP candidate in the race. Now, the former Illinois congressman faces a primary challenger in state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa. Though Schilling has experience in the U.S. House of Representatives, he largely is seen as the outsider in…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein have worked together this year on legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. That is, until negotiations stalled over language dictating whether a dating partner or stalker could be barred from owning a firearm. The fight over the so-called “boyfriend loophole” has held up much-needed…