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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Senator Bill Dix Resigns Following Iowa Starting Line Article
Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix announced this afternoon that he was resigning both from his leadership position and from the Iowa Senate following this morning’s publication of a Starting Line article that showed him in what appeared to be a romantic relationship with a Statehouse lobbyist. Senate Republicans announced they would hold a vote…
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Video Appears To Show Bill Dix In Romantic Relationship With Lobbyist
A video recently obtained by Iowa Starting Line appears to show Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix in a romantic relationship with a Statehouse lobbyist while out at a Des Moines bar. The evening the two were together happened on Thursday, March 1 at Waveland Tap on University Avenue. The people who captured the moment on…
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Austin Frerick Endorsed By “Run With Pride,” A National LGBTQ Organization
3rd Congressional District Democratic candidate Austin Frerick will be getting some help from a national organization dedicated to helping elect LGBTQ candidates to office. Run With Pride announced their endorsement of Frerick earlier this week as part of a slate of Democrats running for Congress that they plan to support in 2018. “Austin Frerick is…
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Mark Chelgren Leaving Senate, Mariannette Miller-Meeks Announces Run
Democrats won’t have “Senator Sizzler” to kick around anymore. But Democrats’ chances of making up ground in the Iowa Senate also got a little harder today with Senator Mark Chelgren’s announcement that he wouldn’t run for reelection in 2018. Three-time congressional candidate, ophthalmologist and former state public health director Mariannette Miller-Meeks declared she would run…
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Ep16: The Iowa Gubernatorial Field Takes On LGBTQ Issues
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard speaks with Iowa Safe Schools Executive Director Nate Monson about last night’s Rainbow Forum where nine gubernatorial candidates gave their thoughts & opinions on a wide range of LGBTQ issues.
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Ep15: Voting Rights Under Attack In Iowa
Pat Rynard investigates the ongoing Republican attack on Iowans’ voter rights through conversations with Let America Vote executive director Abe Rakov & Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Jim Mowrer on today’s episode of the Iowa Starting Line Podcast.
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Governor “Everything’s Fine” Is Whistling Past The Graveyard
Governor Kim Reynolds wants you to know that Iowa is “Number One.” Like, she really, really wants you to know that. Ever since U.S. News & World Report labeled Iowa the best state in the country to live in yesterday, Reynolds’ official office, her campaign and the state Republican Party has blasted out the praise…
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You May Soon Be A Felon If You Lose An Injury Claim Against Your Employer
If you sue your employer after getting injured on the job and fail to win your case, you might end up as a felon under a fraud case thanks to the bill Senate Republicans passed last night. Senate File 2305, floor managed by Senator Jake Chapman of Adel, would create a new unit within the…
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House GOP Blocks Mental Health Gun Safety Amendment
Republicans in the Iowa House threatened to pull the entire mental health omnibus bill from the floor today to kill debate and a vote on a Democratic amendment on “extreme risk protective orders” that could keep guns out of the hands of potential mass shooters or suicidal individuals. Representative Art Staed of Cedar Rapids offered up H-8117 as…
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Ep14: Youth Movement For Iowa Democratic Candidates In 2018
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard has packed three interviews into today’s episode focusing on the increasing involvement of younger Democrats in Iowa, speaking first with Iowa Representative Chris Hall, followed by House District 9 candidate Megan Srinivas & finally Secretary of State candidate Deidre DeJear.
