Politics

Throughout the 2020 election cycle, Iowa’s three congressional seats held by Democrats have been rated a toss-up by most election forecasters. Today, The Cook Political Report decided to shift Iowa’s 3rd District race between Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Republican David Young from toss-up to “Lean Democrat.” In a new analysis published Thursday, The Cook…

Throughout the 2020 election cycle, Iowa’s three congressional seats held by Democrats have been rated a toss-up by most election forecasters. Today, The Cook Political Report decided to shift Iowa’s 3rd District race between Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Republican David Young from toss-up to “Lean Democrat.” In a new analysis published Thursday, The Cook…

Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle. In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September, Greenfield’s campaign says it raised $28.7 million, a “record-shattering” figure never before reported by a U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa.…

Three Iowa Republicans running for federal offices have taken campaign contributions from Smithfield Foods Political Action Committee in 2020 — a PAC that represents the meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which was home to the largest coronavirus outbreak in the country in April. Senator Joni Ernst, and two candidates for Congress, David…

From the time Donald Trump first secured the Republican nomination for president, he has vowed to nominate pro-life judges to the Supreme Court in an effort to win over a conservative bloc of voters who want to see abortion outlawed in the United States. Now, with a third confirmation in sight, Trump and vulnerable Senate Republicans…

From the time Donald Trump first secured the Republican nomination for president, he has vowed to nominate pro-life judges to the Supreme Court in an effort to win over a conservative bloc of voters who want to see abortion outlawed in the United States. Now, with a third confirmation in sight, Trump and vulnerable Senate Republicans…

Today is National Night Out, a nationwide community-building campaign hosted annually for 36 years in 16,000 communities (and in 61 cities in Iowa) that “enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community,” according to its sponsor, National Association of Town Watch (NATW). In Waterloo, National Night Out…

A prominent political action committee of Republicans devoted to defeating President Donald Trump and his “enablers” said they’re looking with renewed focus at Sen. Joni Ernst’s race with 31 days until the election. The Lincoln Project, founded and run by right-leaning political strategists and figures who aim to hold “Trump and Trumpism accountable at the…

When given the opportunity to pose a question to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst during a debate on Saturday, Democrat Theresa Greenfield asked Ernst to apologize for furthering coronavirus conspiracy theories about the U.S. death toll and the role of health care professionals in diagnosing COVID-19 patients. Though Ernst did apologize, she cushioned her response by…

Theresa Greenfield challenged Sen. Joni Ernst Monday night, during the first debate between the U.S. Senate candidates, to explain why Iowans should trust her as an effective leader for farmers and the ethanol industry given her support for an Environmental Protection Agency and presidential administration that have taken few meaningful steps to support the struggling…