Local volunteers and supporters packed South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s newly-opened Iowa City field office on Monday to hear the candidate speak before his larger campaign stop in College Green Park.
Buttigieg...
Democratic presidential hopefuls flocked to Iowa Monday to show support on Labor Day for union members and pitch their plans to increase wages and invest in working-class families.
“You figured out...
The Iowa Democratic Party’s plans for a virtual caucus have been axed five months ahead of the Feb. 3 caucus date, prompting party officials to search for a new way to increase access to Iowa’s caucuses.
The...
After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved 31 waivers for oil refineries that ethanol producers say destroys demand for corn, support for the president among Iowa agriculture is being tested.
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Three presidential hopefuls will visit Iowa City for Labor day — South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Buttigieg will attend an office...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• August 28, 2019
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand dropped her bid for the Democratic presidential-nomination on Wednesday and said via Twitter she wants to focus on gaining a Democratic majority in the Senate.
“We...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• August 28, 2019
Raquel Kurth went to the local Planned Parenthood last year to get a third opinion on a mammogram. Her insurance only covered two opinions, and when a lump showed up on her breast, she wanted an opinion...
Retired Navy Admiral Michael Franken announced Monday he would be seeking the Democratic nomination to unseat Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.
Franken released a video launching his campaign, highlighting...
Seth Moulton became the third candidate in the last eight days who have announced the end of their campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. Moulton, a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts,...
Whatever you do, don’t refer to Sue and Bob Dvorsky as a “power couple.”
Sue, a longtime Iowa City schoolteacher turned two-year chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, and her husband, Bob, a recent...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday he is exiting the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Inslee has made addressing climate change the focal point of his campaign for the Oval...
In the backyard of two West Branch Democratic activists, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told a gathering of people sitting on lawn chairs and spread-out blankets that social and political change “is always...
