Former state Sen. Tom Courtney announced today he will run to reclaim Senate District 44 for the Democrats, the southeast Iowa seat he held for 16 years. "After receiving amazing encouragement from many Southeast Iowans — including friends, neighbors and other...
Congresswoman Cindy Axne is not one of the House freshmen that national politics watchers follow on cable television, Instagram or on their Twitter feeds. But for Axne, that's the way she likes it. While Axne's staff will post images of her visits across the 3rd...
California Sen. Kamala Harris earned an endorsement this summer from the Asian & Latino Coalition of Iowa, but her effort hasn't stopped there to win support among minority voters in the state. Harris' Iowa campaign announced Tuesday its Latinx Steering...
Michael Franken, a retired Navy admiral from Northwest Iowa, entered the U.S. Senate race today against Joni Ernst to "do what's right for Iowa" and stand up to the Washington establishment. "Iowans need a senator who will go against the grain in Washington and do...
Sen. Joni Ernst told a crowd of constituents at a recent town hall meeting her "commitment to rural America is very strong" because she lives in rural Iowa. Josh Dahle challenged that statement, explaining to Ernst how the Affordable Care Act benefited a rural...
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have taken it upon themselves to stack the federal courts with conservative judges, an effort Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has aided in lockstep. Ernst, Iowa's junior U.S. senator, was appointed to the...
In the wake of news an Iowa-based biofuels producer will cut jobs and production due to the Environmental Protection Agency's proliferation of "Small Refinery Exemptions" for oil companies, Iowa congresswoman Cindy Axne called for a federal investigation into the...
Christie Vilsack, the former First Lady of Iowa, has weighed in on Democrats' effort to win a seat in the U.S. Senate with her endorsement today of Theresa Greenfield. "With all the gridlock and mudslinging in Washington, Theresa Greenfield is exactly the kind of...
All eyes will turn to the Senate in September when lawmakers return to the Capitol with a host of issues to tackle, chief among them gun safety legislation already approved by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. In the wake of two August mass...
Living in a country with a president who thrives on division can be emotionally taxing for Americans seeking a better way forward. That was the message several voters conveyed over two days of Pete Buttigieg campaign events last week in Southeast Iowa. "This...
