Nikoel Hytrek is Iowa Starting Line’s longest-serving reporter. She covers LGBTQ issues, abortion rights and all topics of interest to Iowans. Her biggest goal is to help connect the dots between policy and people’s real lives. If you have story ideas or tips, send them over to nikoel@new.iowastartingline.com.
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How Many Undecided Iowans Are Weighing A Warren/Buttigieg Pick
As the race toward the caucuses nears its end, everyone wants to know where Iowans will align on Monday night. One decision you hear many undecided caucus-goers mulling over is the choice between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Although their policy stances differ significantly in this year’s Democratic field, both remain extremely personally popular…
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How Many Undecided Iowans Are Weighing A Warren/Buttigieg Pick
As the race toward the caucuses nears its end, everyone wants to know where Iowans will align on Monday night. One decision you hear many undecided caucus-goers mulling over is the choice between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Although their policy stances differ significantly in this year’s Democratic field, both remain extremely personally popular…
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How Many Undecided Iowans Are Weighing A Warren/Buttigieg Pick
As the race toward the caucuses nears its end, everyone wants to know where Iowans will align on Monday night. One decision you hear many undecided caucus-goers mulling over is the choice between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Although their policy stances differ significantly in this year’s Democratic field, both remain extremely personally popular…
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Outside Groups Fill Iowa Airwaves Ahead Of Caucus
In the final days before the Iowa caucuses, outside money is flowing in. January has seen an uptick in spending from non-candidate campaigns on advertisements targeting different Democrats and causes before Iowans go to their caucus sites. A well-known one is Unite the Country, a Super PAC supporting Joe Biden. According to Open Secrets, the…
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Outside Groups Fill Iowa Airwaves Ahead Of Caucus
In the final days before the Iowa caucuses, outside money is flowing in. January has seen an uptick in spending from non-candidate campaigns on advertisements targeting different Democrats and causes before Iowans go to their caucus sites. A well-known one is Unite the Country, a Super PAC supporting Joe Biden. According to Open Secrets, the…
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Outside Groups Fill Iowa Airwaves Ahead Of Caucus
In the final days before the Iowa caucuses, outside money is flowing in. January has seen an uptick in spending from non-candidate campaigns on advertisements targeting different Democrats and causes before Iowans go to their caucus sites. A well-known one is Unite the Country, a Super PAC supporting Joe Biden. According to Open Secrets, the…
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The Final TV Ads: Each Candidate’s Closing Iowa Pitch
Time is running out for the 2020 presidential candidates to win over those still-undecided Iowa caucus-goers. With five days left, the top seven candidates competing here have new TV ads to make that last appeal to the people of Iowa before they caucus on Feb. 3. Here’s a look at what each Democrat is saying…
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Republican Lawmakers Target Transgender Iowans’ Rights
[UPDATE 8:00 PM: The bill is already dead in the House] Today, nine Iowa House Republicans proposed a bill endangering the rights of transgender Iowans. The bill, HF 2164, removes gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which would allow anyone, from private employers to public schools, to discriminate against…
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Dave Chappelle Gives Andrew Yang A Boost In Iowa
In 2020, celebrity endorsements for presidential candidates is normal. To hear that Jonathan Van Ness supports Elizabeth Warren, or that Bon Iver will play a concert ahead of a Bernie Sanders event is relatively routine at this point. So it wasn’t that odd when comedian Dave Chappelle announced he was a member of the Yang…
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Joni Ernst Quickly Fundraises Off Joe Biden Comments
Fresh off her viral moment where she inadvertently revealed that Republican’s real goal with their impeachment testimony was damaging Joe Biden politically, Sen. Joni Ernst is now fundraising off of it. Her newest fundraising email calls on the conservatives in Iowa to donate to her to prove Biden wrong after comments he made about her…
