What exactly is a caucus? And why is Iowa's first? For this episode of The Cloakroom, The Daily Iowan sat down with Professor David Redlawsk to discuss how Iowa's caucuses began and why the Hawkeye State...

Barbara Stannard and Dennis Doderer are neighbors and have lived in Iowa City for nearly 40 years. They attended the Polk County Steak Fry together on Saturday, wearing stickers and holding signs in support...

Seventeen Democratic presidential hopefuls stuck to their stump speeches in Des Moines at the Polk County Steak Fry, despite large organizing efforts from the campaigns.  With a large field of Democrats...

Ten Democratic candidates outlined their positions on LGBTQ issues at a forum Sept. 20 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, the first of its kind since before Iowa began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex...

In a visit to Iowa City and North Liberty, Massachusetts Senator and presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren listened to the concerns of residents facing rising rent costs.  Warren toured the Golfview...

Iowans will be able to apply to hold satellite caucuses at sites around the state and beyond under the Iowa Democratic Party’s new delegate-selection plan. The Democratic National Committee’s rules...

And then there were 19. Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Sept. 20 that he would end his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. “After several...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. gave her pitch for the presidential nomination at a rally in the IMU, delivering a familiar message on economic change to a crowd of more than 1,000 people. Warren touted...

“So I’m moving here,” Kamala Harris told a crowd of a couple hundred at a Coralville brewery to laughs and applause. She was referencing her Iowa campaign’s announcement Thursday morning that Harris...

Retired three-star Navy Adm. Joe Sestak, who did tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, says that as commander-in-chief, he wants to bring the Taliban back to the negotiating table and get U.S. troops out of the...

Bri Moss was buying cat food at Hy-Vee when she answered her phone for an interview with The Daily Iowan. A part-time waitress and secretary, she runs an advocacy campaign in support of Medicare for All...

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will visit Coralville for a meet-and-greet at Backpocket Brewing in Coralville next Thursday, the  same day her fellow senator, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, will be...