Pat Rynard

Riding off of a strong performance at last weekend’s Steak Fry in Des Moines, Beto O’Rourke is announcing a new round of Iowa endorsers today. Nine new caucus activists and elected officials are publicly throwing their support behind the former congressman. They include Floyd County Treasurer Frank Rottinghaus and Oelwein Mayor Peggy Sherrets, two well-known…

A former field organizing fellow and volunteer for Elizabeth Warren’s Iowa campaign died Monday night in a car crash outside of Council Bluffs in Western Iowa. Zachary Presberg, 22, a native of Piedmont, California, was driving east from Council Bluffs toward Oakland when a semi-truck struck his car after he attempted to pass another vehicle.…

A key to any successful Iowa Caucus campaign is having a broad base of support distributed throughout the state’s 99 counties, rather than pockets of strong support here and there. It’s particularly important here because of the way delegates are apportioned — you can’t simply run up the score in one area while doing poorly…

As it has in past Democratic primary cycles, this weekend’s Steak Fry event proved a major road marker on the path to the party’s nomination. That, combined with the Des Moines Register’s new poll and Saturday’s The People’s Presidential Forum, helped set the tone for the new state of the race in the Iowa Caucus.…

It’s Steak Fry day in Iowa. The biggest event yet of this Iowa Caucus season is upon us, and campaigns are pulling out all the stops to project momentum to both caucus-goers and the media. Seventeen Democratic presidential candidates will be speaking at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry, the third annual the county party…

The Iowa endorsements continue to roll in for Pete Buttigieg ahead of tomorrow’s big Steak Fry event in Des Moines. Twelve more Iowa activists and elected officials are publicly backing the South Bend mayor, including several leaders in women’s rights organizations, LGBTQ leaders, a former Iowa City mayor and a notable past Bernie Sanders activist.…

She’s fucking moving to Iowa. Well, Kamala Harris may as well rent her own apartment here, because she’ll be spending half of October in Iowa as part of a new, all-in blitz of the lead-off caucus state. Harris’ campaign leadership confirmed to reporters on a call this morning the new campaign strategy that was inadvertently…

Tom Steyer has a message for Iowa farmers: Donald Trump screwed you. That’s how his new TV ad in the lead-off caucus state opens, with a clip from Sen. Chuck Grassley on Iowa Press saying, “They screwed us.” The quip from Iowa’s senior senator in August was in reference to the Trump Administration’s granting of…

Amy Klobuchar may have an extra bounce in her step as she heads into this weekend’s big Polk County Democrats Steak Fry event. A poll put out this morning by Focus On Rural America has her moving into 5th place in the Iowa Caucus, leap-frogging fellow senator Kamala Harris. The poll, conducted by David Binder…

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s worst fears are coming true. In tweets and top official statements this weekend, the Trump White House seems like it’s inching its way toward a conflict with Iran after drone strikes from an unknown source knocked out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production. Rebels in Yemen took public credit, but there’s suspicion…