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...
After drawing national attention with endorsements from Democratic presidential hopefuls, former Iowa City Mayor Ross Wilburn won a special election to the Iowa House in a district that includes parts...
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...
After two shootings left 30 people dead this past weekend in Texas and Ohio, Iowa politicians reacted with gratitude for first responders, and Democrats called for the U.S. Senate to reconvene.
Authorities...
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,...
A University of Iowa graduate and 9/11 firefighter is running for Congress to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes sections of Queens and other parts of Long Island.
If...
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