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Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst by her widest margin yet in one of the most competitive races for U.S. Senate in the country. The Nextstar Iowa RABA Research Poll just released this afternoon by WHO-TV shows Greenfield ahead of Ernst by 12 percentage points, 51% to 39%. Early voting begins here on…

Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst by her widest margin yet in one of the most competitive races for U.S. Senate in the country. The Nextstar Iowa RABA Research Poll just released this afternoon by WHO-TV shows Greenfield ahead of Ernst by 12 percentage points, 51% to 39%. Early voting begins here on…

If you’re not already signed up for Iowa Starting Line’s email newsletters, go sign up here. They’re meant as a roundup of quick hits of Iowa politics news, but sometimes I get carried away with some sections and write a lot. This morning’s was long enough I figured we may as well also put it…

Iowa Congressman Steve King was one of five House Republicans on Tuesday to vote against a resolution affirming lawmakers’ support for a peaceful transfer of power between presidents. King, who lost the 4th District primary election to state Sen. Randy Feenstra, joined GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Clay Higgins of…

Iowa Congressman Steve King was one of five House Republicans on Tuesday to vote against a resolution affirming lawmakers’ support for a peaceful transfer of power between presidents. King, who lost the 4th District primary election to state Sen. Randy Feenstra, joined GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Clay Higgins of…

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will have the opportunity in October to question Judge Amy Coney Barrett on how she would conduct herself as a member of the United States Supreme Court. Given Barrett’s tenure as a law school professor and her years as a federal judge, senators…

Sen. Joni Ernst said on Monday during an hour-long debate for the U.S. Senate race that she did not think President Donald Trump’s newest Supreme Court nominee would overturn abortion rights. The Republican’s proclamation that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is unlikely came after she announced her status as “adamantly pro-life” when moderator David…

It took less than one minute on Monday night for Sen. Joni Ernst to apply a separate set of standards to President Trump and his Supreme Court nominee than she applied four years ago when President Barack Obama had the opportunity to fill a vacancy on the nation’s highest court. One of the first questions…

Sen. Joni Ernst and Theresa Greenfield will square off today in the first debate between the two candidates for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat. To watch, tune in to “Iowa Press” at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS or stream the hourlong program live on iowapbs.org. Coming into tonight’s debate, the first of three between the two women,…

Joni Ernst’s Lindsey Graham moment came in 2018 during an editorial board interview in which the Iowa senator told reporters a precedent was set in 2016 not to confirm a Supreme Court justice in an election year. Much like Sen. Graham, who in 2016 said “I want you to use my words against me” when he…