Pat Rynard founded Iowa Starting Line in 2015. He still keeps a close eye on Iowa politics, his dog’s name is Frank, and football season is his favorite time of year.
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Brad Zaun Bravely Defends… Ukrainian Workers?
State Sen. Brad Zaun wants you to know that he has the back of working families… it’s just not clear which country’s working families he’s talking about. In Zaun’s latest TV ad attacking his Democratic challenger Rhonda Martin, the incumbent Republican senator uses a photo of four workers on a construction site that appear to…
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Reynolds Encourages Iowans To Attend Trump’s Super-Spreader Rally
As Iowa passes a sobering milestone — 100,000 Iowans have now been infected with COVID-19 — Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging people to pack President Donald Trump’s Des Moines rally on Wednesday. The outdoor rally at the Des Moines airport is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., the third in a series of rallies from…
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Iowans, If You Care About Preexisting Conditions Coverage, Vote Democrat
Folks, this isn’t that hard. There is an incredibly clear divide on the issue of preexisting conditions coverage in health care policies. Democrats spent the last two decades fighting for and implementing the protections. Republicans spent that same time undermining it. As Iowa’s campaigns enter the final weeks of the election, health care is once…
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Inside Iowa’s Absentee Ballot Trends As Voting Begins
Iowa, it’s finally here. Early voting for the 2020 election officially kicked off this morning, with county auditor offices across the state opening for early in-person voting. Meanwhile, those same election offices were sending out trucks and vans filled with absentee ballots to post offices. There’s a lot of ballots to deliver. As of Friday…
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Inside Iowa’s Absentee Ballot Trends As Voting Begins
Iowa, it’s finally here. Early voting for the 2020 election officially kicked off this morning, with county auditor offices across the state opening for early in-person voting. Meanwhile, those same election offices were sending out trucks and vans filled with absentee ballots to post offices. There’s a lot of ballots to deliver. As of Friday…
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Inside Iowa’s Absentee Ballot Trends As Voting Begins
Iowa, it’s finally here. Early voting for the 2020 election officially kicked off this morning, with county auditor offices across the state opening for early in-person voting. Meanwhile, those same election offices were sending out trucks and vans filled with absentee ballots to post offices. There’s a lot of ballots to deliver. As of Friday…
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Iowa Trump Rallies Are A Public Health Threat, Must End
As if we needed any more evidence, the past 12 hours have driven home how Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is a major public health threat. Late last night, President Trump announced on Twitter that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID-19. It’s a destabilizing development for the country and the presidential campaign…
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Democrats Who Get It
If you’re not already signed up for Iowa Starting Line’s email newsletters, go sign up here. They’re meant as a roundup of quick hits of Iowa politics news, but sometimes I get carried away with some sections and write a lot. This morning’s was long enough I figured we may as well also put it…
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Dem Spouses Rally Iowa Activists At Cedar Rapids Drive-In Rally
Just as Joe Biden celebrated the Democratic nomination with a parking lot full of supporters in Delaware last month, his wife Dr. Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’ husband, spoke to a drive-in rally of Democrats in Cedar Rapids this Saturday. With over 70 cars and 130 attendees enthusiastically honking at their applause lines,…
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Iowa Absentee Ballot Requests 5 Times Higher Than 2016 At This Point
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office has begun their daily posting of absentee ballot request numbers throughout the state. The early numbers make it clear: Iowans are really, really ready to vote, and will be doing so by mail at a far greater rate this year. As of Tuesday, Sept. 22, there are 545,713 requests…
