Sue and Bob Dvorsky, Johnson County political workhorses, were two of Sen. Kamala Harris’ earliest endorsers.
As news broke on television networks Tuesday afternoon that Harris would drop out of...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• December 2, 2019
Elizabeth Warren will bring both Democrats and Republicans on board with her Ultra-Millionaire tax to pay for universal free college and broad student-loan debt cancellation, she pledged in an interview...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock suspended his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, he announced in a tweet Monday morning.
"While there were many obstacles we could not have anticipated when...
Organizer Anthony Zarzycki sometimes has to correct people on whether the organization he’s with — Nextgen America — coordinates with its founder, presidential hopeful Tom Steyer.
“When any...
Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson pitched herself as a political outsider at Heartland Yoga in Iowa City on Sunday, saying she is uniquely positioned to address fundamental problems she...
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., sought to differentiate himself from fellow nomination contender Joe Biden at a meet and greet at a carpenter’s union in Iowa City Sunday night.
“So when (former Vice...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• December 1, 2019
Former Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday. Sestak was a late entry into the race and did not qualify for any of the Democratic presidential...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• November 21, 2019
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa accused U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of blocking bipartisan work on the 2019 Violence Against Women Restoration Act from coming to the Senate floor in a Nov. 21 conference...
After rising to the top of Iowa polls, Pete Buttigieg fielded some attacks from other presidential hopefuls at the fifth Democratic debates, but not as much as his Iowa City supporters were expecting....
Most Iowans oppose the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to a November Hawkeye Poll conducted by University of Iowa faculty and students.
Fifty-three percent of Iowans surveyed say...
