![Rep. Dave Loebsack speaks during a brunch fundraiser for Sen. Zach Wahls at the Walker Homestead on July 14, 2019.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/071419-ZachWahlsBirthday-TL015-900x600.jpg)
Rep. Dave Loebsack endorses Pete Buttigieg three weeks before the Iowa caucuses
Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor
• January 12, 2020
![The Iowa State Capitol is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/iowa-history.jpg)
Video: The Daily Iowan’s Eastern Iowa legislative forum
December 8, 2019
![Design by James Geerdes](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-12-at-11.40.10-PM-900x590.png)
Dispatching outside the ‘blue bubble’, Flip It Iowa aims to turn Iowa House to Democrats
Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• November 12, 2019
![Iowa City City Candidate Megan Alter speaks with supporters during her watch party at the Mill on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Alter lost to Janice Weiner and Laura Bergus for two at-large City Council seats. Alter received 55% of the votes.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/voterturnout-900x600.jpg)
Johnson County voter turnout lower than expected for local elections
Alexandra Skores, News Editor
• November 5, 2019
![Secretary of State Paul Pate addresses members of the media at the Kim Reynolds watch party at the Hilton in Des Moines on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Pate-900x600.jpg)
Iowa judge upholds voter ID requirement, strikes down signature matching in the 2017 voter ID law
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• October 1, 2019
![Senator Zach Wahls answers questions during a Youth in Politics Forum at The Englert Theatre on Thursday, September 26, 2019.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/092619-YouthinPoliticsForum-MN09-900x600.jpg)
Iowa legislators highlight voter ID laws at an Iowa City forum
Rylee Wilson, News Reporter
• September 26, 2019
![Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price discusses the Iowa caucuses in an interview for The Daily Iowan at Prairie Lights on Friday, May 5, 2019. (Jenna Galligan)](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1A-Price-900x600.jpg)
Democratic National Committee recommends not to approve virtual caucus
Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter
• August 30, 2019
![Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders, D-VT, watch the debates from his campaign office in Iowa City on July 30, 2019. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bernie-900x600.jpg)
Iowa City voters react to the first night of July debates
DI staff
• July 30, 2019
![Crowds gather during a 4th of July parade in Independence Iowa on July 4, 2019. Former Vice President Joe Biden, former Congressmen Beto O'Rourke, and Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio were in attendance. This is the 159th 4th of July parade in Independence.](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/top-1-900x600.jpg)
Democrats visit small-town Iowa on Fourth of July
Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor
• July 4, 2019
![Gubernatorial candidate Ross Wilburn speaks during the Johnson County Democrats BBQ at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. Multiple gubernatorial candidates spoke at the event as well as guest speaker Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa).](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/101517-DemsBBQ-BS011-900x600.jpg)
Former Iowa City mayor runs for Iowa House in special election
Rylee Wilson, News Reporter
• June 30, 2019