Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• May 17, 2019
Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Pete Buttigieg will make a campaign stop at the Wildwood Smokehouse and Saloon in Iowa City on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The Iowa City event...
Kimberly Graham, a lawyer from Indianola, launched her campaign for the Democratic nomination to face Republican incumbent Joni Ernst for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
She is the first Democratic challenger...
Rita Hart, former Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and former state senator from Clinton county, launched her campaign for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday.
Hart, who has owned...
The campaign of presidential-nomination hopeful Cory Booker will try to tap Iowa volunteers this summer by hosting an eight-week leadership training program in the coming months, the campaign announced...
xxGov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law on May 9 that prohibits public universities and colleges from banning stun guns on their campuses.
The bill, Senate File 188, prevents any state Board of...
First-year Sen. Zach Wahls, who first gained fame after a speech in the Iowa House of Representatives went viral when he was a college student, compared his first year in the chamber as a lawmaker to a...
Tongue wagging in the 70-degree heat, Calvin the corgi bounced along a nature trail alongside owner Sam Franks. The two were hiking in Crandic Park with a Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaign staffer and four...
With ongoing flooding in Iowa increasing the urgency of disaster relief aid from Congress, Iowa senators say a package is still in the negotiating stage.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said she hopes to see...
As 21 or more national Democrats vie for their party's presidential nomination, many are visiting college campuses across Iowa, including the University of Iowa. College Democratic chapters are acting...
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price plans to put a lot of miles on his car ahead of the 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses.
“During the last week of the last election cycle, I put 4,000...
In contrast to the stump speeches and loud crowds at traditional presidential-campaign rallies, a unique type of political event is emerging for Democratic presidential-nomination hopefuls attempting to...
Republican David Young will run again for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District seat against Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, who ousted Young in 2018.
He announced his intention on Twitter May 3, on which...
