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Sanders Lands 1st Iowa Legislative Endorsement With Ft. Madison’s Kurtz
Fort Madison State Rep. Jeff Kurtz today became the first Iowa lawmaker to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, calling him a politician that “has been consistent through his entire career on the issues that matter to the 99%.” Kurtz, elected to represent District 83 in the Iowa Legislature in 2018, told Starting Line he caucused for…
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Iowa Moms Pack Joni Ernst’s Office To Protest Migrant Detention Centers
Dozens of women and children packed Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s office in Des Moines for several hours over the last two days to protest squalid conditions at immigration detention centers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The group arrived Tuesday at the Federal Building hoping to speak with Ernst over the phone, who currently is in Washington, D.C.,…
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Abby Finkenauer Takes Aim At For-Profit College Scams
Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer highlighted the stories of two Iowans this week who were scammed by a for-profit educational institution, in hopes of codifying legislation to relieve them of their student loan debt. Army veteran Jeff O’Brien of Cedar Rapids and Julie Rohret of Williamsburg attended a press conference with Finkenauer at Kirkwood Community College in…
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Bobby Schilling Launches IA-02 Bid To Fight ‘Radical Leftists’
Republican Bobby Schilling launched his candidacy for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District this week with a message of “fighting for Iowa values.” Schilling, 55, now has a home in Le Claire, but previously lived in Rock Island, Illinois, and represented that state’s 17th Congressional District there. Now that the former congressman lives in Iowa, he is…
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Iowa Voices Launches Six-Figure Ad Buy Hitting Joni Ernst On Health Care
A new grassroots organization in Iowa launched its first advertisement this morning targeting Republican Sen. Joni Ernst and her mixed voting record on health care. Iowa Voices invested in the six-figure ad buy, airing in media markets across the state, to show Iowans how their junior U.S. senator has repeatedly taken votes to put their…
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Former Illinois Congressman Files Papers To Run As A Republican In IA-02
Former Illinois Congressman Bobby Schilling is running for office again, this time in Iowa’s 2nd District. Schilling, a Republican who served one term in west-central Illinois’ 17th District, was defeated in 2012 and again in 2014 by Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, who now is chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Lee Enterprises’ Erin Murphy…
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Rita Hart Tops Initial Quarter Fundraising Record in IA-02
Rita Hart, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District, already has broken a fundraising record in her bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to Hart’s campaign, she raised more than $278,000 in her first six weeks as a candidate. A farmer, former educator and two-term state senator, Hart announced…
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Steve Bullock Hits Small Towns In Eastern Iowa, Pitches Electability On 4th
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock had most of Eastern Iowa to himself this Fourth of July as presidential candidates fanned out in cities around the state to meet Iowa voters. Bullock, one of 24 Democratic candidates running for president in 2020, began his day Thursday morning in Cedar Rapids at the Fifth Season 5k. From there,…
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Rita Hart Ready To ‘Lean In’ And Listen To Iowans In 2nd District Race
Rita Hart stood before a captive audience Tuesday night in Lee County to deliver one of her first stump speeches since announcing her candidacy in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. Hart said in May she would run to replace outing Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack in a district spanning 24 counties in southeast and eastern Iowa. At…
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Eddie Mauro: Path To Senate Majority “Is Coming Through Iowa”
Senate candidate Eddie Mauro visited an unlikely town Tuesday afternoon as part of his promise to “meet people where they’re at” as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination. Wapello, a Southeast Iowa community in Louisa County that’s alongside the Mississippi River, typically is not a stop on the trail for Democrats running statewide. The seven…
