Politics

Two conservative super PACs are running ads against Democratic Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas using the same people purporting to be concerned about the policy implications of electing Democrats in states they do not live in. In Iowa, Senate Leadership Fund is running a TV ad called “Struggling,” featuring a woman telling voters “the Theresa…

Two conservative super PACs are running ads against Democratic Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas using the same people purporting to be concerned about the policy implications of electing Democrats in states they do not live in. In Iowa, Senate Leadership Fund is running a TV ad called “Struggling,” featuring a woman telling voters “the Theresa…

Sen. Joni Ernst in August released a TV ad focused on the Violence Against Women Act and how her personal experiences with sexual and domestic abuse made the fight to reauthorize the bill’s funding “ very personal.” Part of her closing ad talks about ensuring women don’t have to go through the domestic abuse she…

Sen. Joni Ernst in August released a TV ad focused on the Violence Against Women Act and how her personal experiences with sexual and domestic abuse made the fight to reauthorize the bill’s funding “ very personal.” Part of her closing ad talks about ensuring women don’t have to go through the domestic abuse she…

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…

Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they are. Theresa Greenfield saw Iowans in their element on Thursday as she visited…

Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they are. Theresa Greenfield saw Iowans in their element on Thursday as she visited…

While Sen. Joni Ernst and her Republican colleagues on Wednesday touted the Senate’s $500 billion coronavirus relief bill, Democrats defended their votes against a proposal they contend comes nowhere close to meeting the needs of Americans as the pandemic continues to tear through states, including Iowa. A record-breaking 534 Iowans are hospitalized today with COVID-19,…

The Justice Department has inserted itself into a court case involving Iowa Values, a dark money group with ties to Sen. Joni Ernst, arguing the Federal Election Commission cannot be compelled to investigate the charges against Iowa Values because it does not have enough voting members. Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark on Friday filed…

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…