Elizabeth Meyer

Americas PAC, a Marion-based super PAC, largely is funded by a wealthy Illinois man who has made dismantling labor unions a key focus of his campaign donations. Todd Dorman, a columnist with the Cedar Rapids Gazette, wrote this week about Americas PAC and how it is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a 12-week…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst gave several problematic answers in a recent Fox News interview, in which she watered down Turkey’s invasion in Syria, defended the president’s relationships with authoritarian leaders and parroted Republican talking points on impeachment. Here are three takeaways from her interview with Neil Cavuto: Excused Trump’s Affinity For Dictators Cavuto asked Ernst…

Iowa Republican David Young is running for Congress in a swing district with the kind of large suburban population that is quickly moving away from Donald Trump. But based on the way he answered questions in a recent radio interview, one might assume he was trying to win votes for a safe Republican seat. At…

On the campaign trail, U.S. Senate candidate Eddie Mauro hits many of the issues important to Democratic voters like health care, gun safety and climate change. But beyond his stump speech, it is apparent Mauro has a deeper connection to these issues than political ideology. The Des Moines native has a pre-existing health condition, has…

Iowa Congressman Steve King drew a “Pants On Fire!” rating today from the fact-checking website PolitiFact, for pushing a conspiracy theory that the whistleblower who spoke out against President Donald Trump is George Soros’ son. King, who often buys into viral fake news stories, posted a tweet at 6:21 a.m. Thursday and later took it…

The American Principles Project ran TV ads in Kentucky this year warning residents a vote for a Democratic governor could lead to transgender youth openly participating in sports. The man behind the conservative think tank is Terry Schilling, son of 2nd Congressional candidate Bobby Schilling. Schilling is in a two-way Republican primary for the open…

NARAL Pro-Choice America announced its endorsement today of Theresa Greenfield, one of four Democrats vying for the chance to unseat GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. In a press release, the abortion rights group called the Iowa race “crucial to flipping the Senate and protecting reproductive freedom.” “As long as Senator Ernst and Majority Leader [Mitch] McConnell…

U.S. Senate candidate Michael Franken, whose military career took him around the world and to Washington, D.C., has found his background handy in helping fund his race for the Democratic nomination. Franken, a retired Navy admiral, was the last of the four candidates to enter the race against Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. Because he declared…