Elizabeth Meyer

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Sunday there is “no reason” President Donald Trump “shouldn’t be out and about” campaigning if he has tested negative for COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease he was diagnosed with on Oct. 2. “He should be negative, and if that’s true, there’s no reason he shouldn’t be out and about,”…

For J.D. Scholten, visiting all 374 towns in Iowa’s sprawling 4th Congressional District gave him the opportunity to see up close “the potential in this district.” But it also put into focus the hardships facing rural America, from closed down grocery stores to low crop prices and struggling hospitals. In Palo Alto County, just south of…

For J.D. Scholten, visiting all 374 towns in Iowa’s sprawling 4th Congressional District gave him the opportunity to see up close “the potential in this district.” But it also put into focus the hardships facing rural America, from closed down grocery stores to low crop prices and struggling hospitals. In Palo Alto County, just south of…

During the course of her reelection campaign, Sen. Joni Ernst has featured testimonials on social media from Iowans speaking to her support for farmers and tax relief. What the videos fail to mention, however, are the links between the Republican Party of Iowa and the men praising Ernst. On July 29, Ernst’s campaign Twitter account…

During the course of her reelection campaign, Sen. Joni Ernst has featured testimonials on social media from Iowans speaking to her support for farmers and tax relief. What the videos fail to mention, however, are the links between the Republican Party of Iowa and the men praising Ernst. On July 29, Ernst’s campaign Twitter account…

Before President Trump declared an end Tuesday to negotiations on coronavirus stimulus legislation, Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne estimated Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin “were more than halfway through with good negotiations.” Then, the tweet came. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we…

Throughout the 2020 election cycle, Iowa’s three congressional seats held by Democrats have been rated a toss-up by most election forecasters. Today, The Cook Political Report decided to shift Iowa’s 3rd District race between Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Republican David Young from toss-up to “Lean Democrat.” In a new analysis published Thursday, The Cook…

Throughout the 2020 election cycle, Iowa’s three congressional seats held by Democrats have been rated a toss-up by most election forecasters. Today, The Cook Political Report decided to shift Iowa’s 3rd District race between Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Republican David Young from toss-up to “Lean Democrat.” In a new analysis published Thursday, The Cook…

Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle. In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September, Greenfield’s campaign says it raised $28.7 million, a “record-shattering” figure never before reported by a U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa.…

From the time Donald Trump first secured the Republican nomination for president, he has vowed to nominate pro-life judges to the Supreme Court in an effort to win over a conservative bloc of voters who want to see abortion outlawed in the United States. Now, with a third confirmation in sight, Trump and vulnerable Senate Republicans…