As Julián Castro was about to end his speech on the morning of Aug. 9, a crowd member asked him why he wasn’t in El Paso like fellow Texan Beto O’Rourke after a mass shooting Aug. 3 left 22 people...
Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar made at stop at the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm on her 20-County Heartland Tour on Aug. 8 to speak with members of Grow: Johnson County...
The Iowa State Fair hosted Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and former Vice President Joe Biden, the first two of 23 candidates this year. That number tops 2016’s Des Moines Register Political Soapbox schedule,...
Former Vice President Joe Biden helped open a new campaign office in Iowa City on Aug. 7, boosting the number of his offices in Iowa up to 12.
In a brief speech to a sweltering room on Gilbert Street...
Iowa City will have two presidential hopefuls visit this week — former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — before they visit to the Iowa State Fair.
Biden's stop Aug. 7 coincides...
Twenty-three presidential hopefuls descended upon the Iowa State Fair to eat turkey legs, flip pork chops, and meet fair-goers.
One stop they all made was at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox...
All across Iowa City, one of Iowa’s bluest areas, residents turned out to watch the second night of the Democratic presidential debates on July 31.
Candidates clashed over and discussed health care,...
The annual Iowa State Fair is set to take place this year on Aug. 8-18 in Des Moines, where more than 20 presidential-nomination candidates will make appearances and give 20-minute speeches.
The Des...
Iowa City residents were tuned into the second round of Democratic debates on the evening of July 30 to watch 10 candidates spar for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Several campaigns hosted...
2020 Democratic hopeful Amy Klobuchar said the federal government is not doing enough to address the inadequate amount of affordable and accessible housing across the country — a day after she unveiled...
