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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Elizabeth Warren Lands 24 New Iowa Endorsements After Debate
Elizabeth Warren will return to Iowa later this weekend to a new raft of prominent endorsers, including former Lt. Governor Sally Pederson. Twenty-four leaders from across Iowa announced their support for Warren today, adding to her growing list of endorsements in the lead-off caucus state where she now narrowly leads in the polls. It’s a…
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Tom Steyer On No Climate Debate Talk, Fundraising, His Tie
California businessman Tom Steyer made his debut on the national debate stage last night, along with eleven of his closest Democratic presidential candidate friends. One of Steyer’s two biggest issues — impeachment — led off the night. However, his other passion — climate change action — received no attention at all. “I thought I was…
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Eddie Mauro Drops $1 Million Into His Senate Campaign
Des Moines businessman Eddie Mauro is certainly serious about defeating Sen. Joni Ernst. New FEC campaign finance reports out today show that Mauro has invested another $1 million of his own money into his Senate campaign during the 3rd quarter of the year. That’s on top of the $100,000 he loaned himself earlier this cycle.…
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What If Russia Interfered In Joni Ernst’s Reelection?
Photo: Joni Ernst meets the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during her trip to Ukraine in February. Photo via U.S. Embassy Kyiv. Joni Ernst has a problem. She is completely incapable of stating the simple fact that a president of the United States should not request or pressure a foreign power to dig…
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Iowa Sets Up A Never-Ending Reign Of Grassleys
Sometimes when an article on Senator Chuck Grassley’s legacy is written, you’ll see the old photo of him on the left from 1959. That’s from when Grassley was all of 25 years old, entering the Iowa House for his first of eight terms before getting elected to the U.S. House and later the U.S. Senate.…
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Pat Grassley Will Be The Next Speaker Of The Iowa House
We have a new Speaker of the Iowa House for the 2020 legislative session: Pat Grassley. The grandson of Senator Chuck Grassley secured his party’s support for the top job in the House this morning. House Republicans gathered at the Statehouse around 10:00 a.m. to vote for Linda Upmeyer’s replacement. She announced last week at…
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Klobuchar Up With New TV Ad, Plans 50th County Visit In Iowa
In her first TV ad of the presidential primary, Amy Klobuchar is pitching herself to Iowa caucus-goers as the candidate who can best appeal to all parts of the country. “If you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes in our politics and you are tired of the noise and the nonsense, you’ve got…
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Linda Upmeyer To Step Down As Speaker At End Of Year
Iowa will have a new Speaker of the Iowa House — just not yet. Linda Upmeyer announced today at a House Republican caucus meeting at the Statehouse that she will be stepping down as speaker at the end of 2019 and not seek reelection in 2020. An election to pick the next Republican leader will…
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Vindicated Steyer Warns Media Of “False Equivalence” On Impeachment
When Tom Steyer talks about the House’s move this past week to launch an impeachment investigation, most of his sentences begin with “my point on this all along” or “as I’ve always been saying.” And it’s true, Steyer, the former California businessman now running for president, has been talking about impeachment for a long time.…
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In Iowa, All Hands On Deck For Booker’s Do-Or-Die Fundraising Push
The 50-some staffers of Cory Booker’s Iowa Caucus operation turned into 50-some finance assistants this past week as their campaign fights to survive in the primary. In addition to their usual field duties, the Iowa staff have hit the phones and their own personal networks to cobble together every dime they can before the end…
