Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• September 20, 2019
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...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 19, 2019
In the midst of multiple federal battles on the agriculture front, Iowa political leaders say ratifying the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and finishing trade negotiations with China are top priorities...
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...
Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• September 19, 2019
“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...
Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• September 18, 2019
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...
Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• September 17, 2019
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...
Sarah Watson, Politics Editor
• September 14, 2019
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...
The Daily Iowan fanned out across the Iowa City area on Thursday night to attend public debate watch parties hosted by nearly every participating candidate’s Iowa campaign. A severe storm warning went...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 12, 2019
In his first stop of a two-day swing through Iowa, 2020 presidential hopeful Tom Steyer said being an outsider candidate and a long-time advocate for President Trump’s impeachment makes him different...