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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Ernst Goes To Nebraska For Trump, Gets Snubbed
A week out from Election Day, Sen. Joni Ernst spent her first day back from D.C. after the Supreme Court nomination vote traveling across the state line to Nebraska for a large Donald Trump rally in Omaha. Aside from a very quick shout-out from stage from the President, she appears to have gotten nothing out…
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Joni Ernst Chooses To Close Out Campaign Ugly
If there’s one surefire way to tell if an Iowa Republican is worried they’re about to lose an election, it’s this: they start running race-baiting ads. That’s exactly where Sen. Joni Ernst finds herself as we close in on the final week of the campaign. After making an absurd series of lies about Theresa Greenfield…
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Where Dems Are Spending Big To Break Iowa GOP Trifecta
Democratic candidates are dramatically out-raising and in many districts out-spending their Republican opponents in the battle for control of the Iowa House. It’s a change from past cycles, and may well put Democrats on the path to flipping the net of four seats needed to end full Republican control of the Statehouse. Earlier this week,…
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Kim Reynolds Misspent COVID Funds, Rob Sand’s Audit Finds
Gov. Kim Reynolds directed CARES Act money meant for COVID-19 management to a HR company that her former chief of staff lobbies for, to set up a new HR software system for state government, a new audit from State Auditor Rob Sand shows. Approximately $21 million from the federal government meant for the pandemic was…
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Kim Reynolds Misspent COVID Funds, Rob Sand’s Audit Finds
Gov. Kim Reynolds directed CARES Act money meant for COVID-19 management to a HR company that her former chief of staff lobbies for, to set up a new HR software system for state government, a new audit from State Auditor Rob Sand shows. Approximately $21 million from the federal government meant for the pandemic was…
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It’s Clear Who The Real Scrappy Farmer Is For Iowa Senate
The veneer of Joni Ernst’s farm girl image got pulled back ever further at last night’s Iowa Senate debate, revealing the foundation of a D.C. politician who lost touch with her roots long ago. In what may go down as the defining moment of this year’s high-profile Senate contest, Ernst awkwardly bungled a question about…
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It’s Clear Who The Real Scrappy Farmer Is For Iowa Senate
The veneer of Joni Ernst’s farm girl image got pulled back ever further at last night’s Iowa Senate debate, revealing the foundation of a D.C. politician who lost touch with her roots long ago. In what may go down as the defining moment of this year’s high-profile Senate contest, Ernst awkwardly bungled a question about…
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It’s Clear Who The Real Scrappy Farmer Is For Iowa Senate
The veneer of Joni Ernst’s farm girl image got pulled back ever further at last night’s Iowa Senate debate, revealing the foundation of a D.C. politician who lost touch with her roots long ago. In what may go down as the defining moment of this year’s high-profile Senate contest, Ernst awkwardly bungled a question about…
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Kim Reynolds Is A Damn Joke
It’s hard to imagine how a governor could be more consistently embarrassing during the pandemic than Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa. At last night’s Donald Trump rally in Des Moines, close to 10,000 people packed together at the airport to see the President. Reynolds revved up the Trump supporters beforehand, maybe a fourth of whom…
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Kim Reynolds Is A Damn Joke
It’s hard to imagine how a governor could be more consistently embarrassing during the pandemic than Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa. At last night’s Donald Trump rally in Des Moines, close to 10,000 people packed together at the airport to see the President. Reynolds revved up the Trump supporters beforehand, maybe a fourth of whom…
