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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

President Donald Trump walks to the podium during the Iowa GOP’s America First Dinner at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Trump in Des Moines: ‘You will be the ones to shape America’s future’

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 11, 2019

WEST DES MOINES — President Trump spoke at an Iowa GOP dinner on June 11, two days after the largest gathering of Democratic presidential candidates so far this election cycle. To a crowd of around...

2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Cory Booker speaks at Doubletree Hilton Hotel in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, June 9, 2019. 19 democrats spoke at the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

19 Democratic presidential candidates outline progressive policies at Hall of Fame Celebration

Julia DiGiacomo, Politics Reporter June 9, 2019

CEDAR RAPIDS – In the largest 2020 presidential-nomination event leading up to the Iowa caucuses so far, 19 candidates gathered to pitch their campaign messages Sunday in Cedar Rapids before about 1,500...

2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at Doubletree Hilton Hotel in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, June 9, 2019. 19 democrats spoke at the Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame.

2020 presidential hopefuls condemn Trump at the largest candidate gathering yet

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 9, 2019

Democratic presidential-nomination candidates are condemning the policies and rhetoric of President Donald Trump and the Republicans in U.S. Congress at the largest gathering of candidates so far this...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, appears on a Political Party Live podcast in Iowa City on Saturday, June 8, at the Graduate hotel.

Sen. Cory Booker advocates for racial equality in Iowa City

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 8, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker told podcast Political Party Live on Saturday that growing up in an inner-city neighborhood in New Jersey drove him to advocate for criminal-justice reform...

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT answers a question during a Political Party Live event at the Sinclair Auditorium in Cedar Rapids on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Bernie Sanders in Cedar Rapids: “best candidate to beat Trump”

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 7, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, appeared on a Political Party Live podcast on Friday, saying he is the “best candidate” among the other 22 Democratic...

Kim Reynolds talks at Hy-Vee in Coralville during her 99 Counties tour on Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is released from the hospital after experiencing chest pain

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 6, 2019

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds sought emergency medical care on Thursday after experiencing chest pain, her office said in a press release. Reynolds, 59, was seen by a physician and had blood tests, chest x-rays,...

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Democrat Theresa Greenfield enters 2020 U.S. Senate race

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 3, 2019

Democrat Theresa Greenfield announced on June 3 that she will run against Republican incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020. In a video on Twitter, Greenfield pledged her “farm-kid values” and talked...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ. , speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Cory Booker to appear on Political Party Live in Iowa City

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 1, 2019

New Jersey Sen. and 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Cory Booker will be in Iowa City on June 8 for an event with Political Party Live. Political Party Live is an Iowa-based podcast...

Tim Ryan, Ohio Congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, holds a Q&A at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City on May 31.

Tim Ryan talks economic reform to Iowa City crowd

Julia Shanahan, Politics reporter May 31, 2019

U.S. Rep. and 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Tim Ryan of Ohio made a campaign stop in Iowa City on May 31 in which he touted economic reform for middle- and working-class families and...

2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during the town hall at the Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon on May 18, 2019. The Iowa City event marked the third of four Iowa campaign stops for Buttigieg this weekend.

In Iowa City campaign stop, Buttigieg says ‘we’ve got to win’ to decide America’s long-term future

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief May 18, 2019

Pete Buttigieg pitched his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Iowa City on Saturday as a fight to unite Americans around protecting the nation’s core values of freedom, patriotism,...