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A New Spin On The Old Campaign Bus Tour
Guest op-ed from Porter McNeil, a longtime Democratic consultant from the Quad Cities In 2016, roughly 80,000 votes across the upper Midwest proved to be the margin of despair for Democrats as they watched a Hillary Clinton popular-vote win “trumped” by the Electoral College. David Axelrod and David Plouffe, in a May 4 piece for…
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Keep The U.S. In The U.S. Postal Service
Guest post by Mark Sarcone, editor and legislative director for Des Moines’ American Postal Workers Union I am a proud postal worker. During this coronavirus pandemic, my fellow frontline coworkers and I continue to go to work every day, even in these dangerous times, to serve the people who rely on us. The public Postal…
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Where Iowa Senate Democrats See Their Openings In 2020
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats’ Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there are presidential year seats and midterm year seats. During the last…
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Where Iowa Senate Democrats See Their Openings In 2020
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats’ Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there are presidential year seats and midterm year seats. During the last…
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Beall: Franken’s Experience Makes Him Strongest Against Ernst
Guest op-ed by former State Sen. Daryl Beall of Fort Dodge Admiral Mike Franken’s 37-year Navy career catapulted his Northwest Iowa humble beginning to literally around the world. And he has returned to his native home to seek another form of public service — as the United States Senator from Iowa. Born and raised in…
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Beall: Franken’s Experience Makes Him Strongest Against Ernst
Guest op-ed by former State Sen. Daryl Beall of Fort Dodge Admiral Mike Franken’s 37-year Navy career catapulted his Northwest Iowa humble beginning to literally around the world. And he has returned to his native home to seek another form of public service — as the United States Senator from Iowa. Born and raised in…
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Prichard: Transparency Required Before Reynolds Loosens Restrictions
Guest op-ed from House Democratic Leader Todd Prichard On Friday, Governor Reynolds started loosening the public health measures being used to stop the spread of COVID-19. She also announced she would be taking additional steps to loosen more restrictions on Monday. The announcement was made just minutes after she released data that suggested just the…
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Bernie Sanders Will Continue to Leave a Legacy
Guest op-ed from Sami Scheetz, former Iowa Constituency Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders. For more than 150 years, Iowa has served as a progressive beacon for the rest of the nation. We outlawed the death penalty nearly 60 years ago and became one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009. Contrary to…
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Bernie Sanders Will Continue to Leave a Legacy
Guest op-ed from Sami Scheetz, former Iowa Constituency Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders. For more than 150 years, Iowa has served as a progressive beacon for the rest of the nation. We outlawed the death penalty nearly 60 years ago and became one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009. Contrary to…
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In Pandemic, Gov. Reynolds Oversteps Trusted Local Control
Guest op-ed from Jonathan Grieder, a Waterloo City Councilmember Local government is key and fundamental to our system of government here in Iowa. In fact, it’s so important that in 1968 Iowa voters codified home rule into the Iowa Constitution. Local city councils, school boards, and county boards of supervisors were given their power through…
