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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Early Fundraising Leaders Among House Democratic Challengers
While Republicans at the Iowa Statehouse advance a host of right-wing bills this session, many strong Democratic challengers in key swing districts are putting together their campaigns for the fall elections. Several of them that launched their campaigns last year have already raised significant funds, even out-raising the Republican incumbent in a few places. State…
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Key Recruits And Retirements Help Dems’ House Map Hopes
As the official filing season has begun for Iowa state and federal races, news of legislator retirements and candidate announcements have shaken up the forming 2020 battleground map. Several of the developments should benefit Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Iowa House and denying Republicans two more years of total Statehouse control. To flip the Iowa…
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Key Recruits And Retirements Help Dems’ House Map Hopes
As the official filing season has begun for Iowa state and federal races, news of legislator retirements and candidate announcements have shaken up the forming 2020 battleground map. Several of the developments should benefit Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Iowa House and denying Republicans two more years of total Statehouse control. To flip the Iowa…
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Key Recruits And Retirements Help Dems’ House Map Hopes
As the official filing season has begun for Iowa state and federal races, news of legislator retirements and candidate announcements have shaken up the forming 2020 battleground map. Several of the developments should benefit Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Iowa House and denying Republicans two more years of total Statehouse control. To flip the Iowa…
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First To File, Franken Aims To Sway Rural Voters From Ernst
And we’re off. The official filing period for Iowa elected offices has begun. Between today and March 13, state and federal candidates looking to put their name on the June 2 primary ballot are dropping off their signature-filled petition sheets with the Secretary of State. First in the door this morning: Mike Franken, the retired…
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So Much For Local Control, This Time On Housing Discrimination
Republicans: the party of small government. Just only when it agrees with them. Once again in Iowa, local municipalities have had to pick up the slack of their state government, passing local laws to protect vulnerable citizens when the Republican-led Legislature refuses to do so. And once again, Republican lawmakers are now working to override…
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Senate Pulls Ultrasound/72-Hour Bill In Favor Of Constitutional Approach
The Senate Republican effort to implement mandatory ultrasounds 72 hours before an abortion may be finished for this legislative session. Sen. Brad Zaun made the decision known this afternoon at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the last gathering of the committee before the first legislative funnel ends this week. Zaun told reporters afterward…
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Poll: Majority Of Iowans Say Ernst Was Protecting Trump In Impeachment Vote
Iowans aren’t buying Joni Ernst’s defense of her vote to acquit Donald Trump in the Senate. A new poll put out today shows 58% of Iowans believe that Ernst “voted with [her] party and wanted to protect Trump politically.” The other 42% agreed with the statement that Ernst “thought Trump did not commit an impeachable…
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Poll: Majority Of Iowans Say Ernst Was Protecting Trump In Impeachment Vote
Iowans aren’t buying Joni Ernst’s defense of her vote to acquit Donald Trump in the Senate. A new poll put out today shows 58% of Iowans believe that Ernst “voted with [her] party and wanted to protect Trump politically.” The other 42% agreed with the statement that Ernst “thought Trump did not commit an impeachable…
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Poll: Majority Of Iowans Say Ernst Was Protecting Trump In Impeachment Vote
Iowans aren’t buying Joni Ernst’s defense of her vote to acquit Donald Trump in the Senate. A new poll put out today shows 58% of Iowans believe that Ernst “voted with [her] party and wanted to protect Trump politically.” The other 42% agreed with the statement that Ernst “thought Trump did not commit an impeachable…
