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MRAPs, Beau Biden, And How Jim Mowrer Featured In National Biden Ad
What began as a professional relationship between an Iowan and a long-shot presidential candidate morphed into more than a decade of friendship with one of the most well-known families in American politics. Jim Mowrer walked into Joe Biden’s Iowa campaign office in 2007 the day after he came home from a yearlong tour in Iraq.…
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MRAPs, Beau Biden, And How Jim Mowrer Featured In National Biden Ad
What began as a professional relationship between an Iowan and a long-shot presidential candidate morphed into more than a decade of friendship with one of the most well-known families in American politics. Jim Mowrer walked into Joe Biden’s Iowa campaign office in 2007 the day after he came home from a yearlong tour in Iraq.…
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Iowa Dems: Ernst Prioritizing Barrett Vote At Expense Of COVID Relief
While Sen. Joni Ernst and her Republican colleagues on Wednesday touted the Senate’s $500 billion coronavirus relief bill, Democrats defended their votes against a proposal they contend comes nowhere close to meeting the needs of Americans as the pandemic continues to tear through states, including Iowa. A record-breaking 534 Iowans are hospitalized today with COVID-19,…
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With 2 Weeks Left, Issue And Party Groups Flood Iowa With Ads
With only two weeks to go until polls close on Nov. 3, the barrage of TV, radio, newspaper and social media ads is relentless in the final stretch, particularly when Iowa has a hotly contested race that plays a significant role in which party will control the Senate next year. Behind North Carolina, Iowa is…
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DOJ Intervenes To Protect Ernst In ‘Political’ Move, Legal Expert Warns
The Justice Department has inserted itself into a court case involving Iowa Values, a dark money group with ties to Sen. Joni Ernst, arguing the Federal Election Commission cannot be compelled to investigate the charges against Iowa Values because it does not have enough voting members. Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark on Friday filed…
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Inside Iowa’s Big Q3 Fundraising Totals For Federal Races
Iowa Democrats nearly swept their Republican opponents in fundraising in the final quarter before Election Day, setting the candidates up for plenty of TV time, mailers and a barrage of social media ads. The U.S. Senate race between first-term senator Joni Ernst and Democrat Theresa Greenfield provides the most striking fundraising a federal Iowa race…
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Inside Iowa’s Big Q3 Fundraising Totals For Federal Races
Iowa Democrats nearly swept their Republican opponents in fundraising in the final quarter before Election Day, setting the candidates up for plenty of TV time, mailers and a barrage of social media ads. The U.S. Senate race between first-term senator Joni Ernst and Democrat Theresa Greenfield provides the most striking fundraising a federal Iowa race…
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Joni Ernst: Systemic Racism Does Not Exist In Iowa
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. “To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?” a debate moderator asked Ernst. “No, I don’t,” Ernst replied. “I believe that…
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Joni Ernst: Systemic Racism Does Not Exist In Iowa
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. “To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?” a debate moderator asked Ernst. “No, I don’t,” Ernst replied. “I believe that…
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Trump Complains Iowa Storms Overshadowed His Nobel Nominations
At a campaign rally in Des Moines, President Donald Trump lamented the lack of attention he received for Nobel Peace Prize nominations, seemingly frustrated that coverage of devastating storms in Iowa received more media coverage. “I turn on the television, they talked about your floods in Iowa,” Trump said Wednesday night at Des Moines International…
