Pat Rynard

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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  • Politics

    Iowa Democrats Screw Up Latest Batch Of Caucus Results

    After telling the public for two days that the delay in results were in part due to extensive “quality control” checks, this afternoon the Iowa Democratic Party put out a new update in the caucus results that showed Deval Patrick at 1.1% of the state delegate equivalent total. There were no reports on caucus night…


  • Politics

    Iowa Democrats Screw Up Latest Batch Of Caucus Results

    After telling the public for two days that the delay in results were in part due to extensive “quality control” checks, this afternoon the Iowa Democratic Party put out a new update in the caucus results that showed Deval Patrick at 1.1% of the state delegate equivalent total. There were no reports on caucus night…


  • Politics

    Remember, Iowa Isn’t The Only One With Delegate/Vote Differences

    As results from the Iowa Caucus finally come in, many are noticing the difference in who leads the three (really, four) sets of numbers. There’s likely to be a lot of debate around Bernie Sanders leading the initial raw vote (or popular vote, as they like to say) and Pete Buttigieg probably winning the State…


  • Politics

    Remember, Iowa Isn’t The Only One With Delegate/Vote Differences

    As results from the Iowa Caucus finally come in, many are noticing the difference in who leads the three (really, four) sets of numbers. There’s likely to be a lot of debate around Bernie Sanders leading the initial raw vote (or popular vote, as they like to say) and Pete Buttigieg probably winning the State…


  • Politics

    Remember, Iowa Isn’t The Only One With Delegate/Vote Differences

    As results from the Iowa Caucus finally come in, many are noticing the difference in who leads the three (really, four) sets of numbers. There’s likely to be a lot of debate around Bernie Sanders leading the initial raw vote (or popular vote, as they like to say) and Pete Buttigieg probably winning the State…


  • Politics

    Early Insights From Initial Results Of The Iowa Caucus

    Finally. We have numbers. Just not all of them. After a disastrous caucus night where the Iowa Democratic Party could not release results, they finally posted 62% of the precincts this afternoon at 4 p.m. While they’re not complete, we can still glean some very interesting observations from them. Let’s start with some statewide numbers…


  • Politics

    In IDP Results Call Center, Fake Calls, Media Inquiries Slowed Process

    The collection of results from Iowa Caucus precincts around the state were significantly slowed last night when an unexpectedly high number of precinct chairs couldn’t use the Iowa Democratic Party’s reporting app or decided not to. That led them to utilize call-in lines to the state party, which got inundated with fake calls and media…


  • Politics

    In IDP Results Call Center, Fake Calls, Media Inquiries Slowed Process

    The collection of results from Iowa Caucus precincts around the state were significantly slowed last night when an unexpectedly high number of precinct chairs couldn’t use the Iowa Democratic Party’s reporting app or decided not to. That led them to utilize call-in lines to the state party, which got inundated with fake calls and media…


  • Politics

    In IDP Results Call Center, Fake Calls, Media Inquiries Slowed Process

    The collection of results from Iowa Caucus precincts around the state were significantly slowed last night when an unexpectedly high number of precinct chairs couldn’t use the Iowa Democratic Party’s reporting app or decided not to. That led them to utilize call-in lines to the state party, which got inundated with fake calls and media…


  • Politics

    Campaigns Grill Iowa Democrats On Caucus Results Call

    Frustrations started to boil over early this morning on a call between presidential campaigns and the Iowa Democratic Party. Multiple campaigns pressured IDP Chair Troy Price about the timeline of when reporting would resume, issues they saw in precincts and the overall integrity of the Iowa Caucus. “The integrity of this process has been one…