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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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…
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Who’s Laughing Now, Joni?
It’s the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it’s just not playing out the way she’d hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of the vote. It’s a stunning reversal of Democrats’ fortunes in the Hawkeye…
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Who’s Laughing Now, Joni?
It’s the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it’s just not playing out the way she’d hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of the vote. It’s a stunning reversal of Democrats’ fortunes in the Hawkeye…
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Joni Ernst Fundraises Off SCOTUS Immediately After RBG’s Death
After the news broke tonight of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst took to Twitter to express her condolences for the trailblazing jurist. “My prayers go out to the family of Justice Ginsburg. She was a pioneer who paved the way for women across America,” Ernst wrote. Her…
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Iowa Abandons Routine Testing At Nursing Homes As Outbreaks, Deaths Mount
At a time when there are 39 current long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration has announced the state won’t be implementing a new federal rule to strengthen surveillance testing efforts there. In a letter sent to nursing home facilities yesterday that Iowa House Democrats released this morning, the Iowa Department…
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Iowa Abandons Routine Testing At Nursing Homes As Outbreaks, Deaths Mount
At a time when there are 39 current long-term care facility COVID-19 outbreaks in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration has announced the state won’t be implementing a new federal rule to strengthen surveillance testing efforts there. In a letter sent to nursing home facilities yesterday that Iowa House Democrats released this morning, the Iowa Department…
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Reynolds Again Dead Last In U.S. For COVID Job Approval
Just a mere one in four Iowans approve of the way Gov. Kim Reynolds is handling the state’s coronavirus response, another update from a comprehensive national poll has found. Only 26% of those surveyed in a 50-state poll from Northeastern University, Harvard University and Rutgers University supported Reynolds’ approach to the pandemic. That was the…
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Reynolds Again Dead Last In U.S. For COVID Job Approval
Just a mere one in four Iowans approve of the way Gov. Kim Reynolds is handling the state’s coronavirus response, another update from a comprehensive national poll has found. Only 26% of those surveyed in a 50-state poll from Northeastern University, Harvard University and Rutgers University supported Reynolds’ approach to the pandemic. That was the…
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Ernst Privately Apologized For COVID Comments, Declines Public Apology
Sen. Joni Ernst privately apologized to an Iowa medical organization for her comments two weeks ago where she implied health care workers were inflating COVID-19 totals and gave credence to pandemic conspiracy theories. However, she declined to issue a public apology to further walk back the statements that doctors have worried would lead Iowans to…
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Ernst Privately Apologized For COVID Comments, Declines Public Apology
Sen. Joni Ernst privately apologized to an Iowa medical organization for her comments two weeks ago where she implied health care workers were inflating COVID-19 totals and gave credence to pandemic conspiracy theories. However, she declined to issue a public apology to further walk back the statements that doctors have worried would lead Iowans to…
