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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

Super PAC era raises many questions

Super PAC era raises many questions

October 28, 2015

Less than 100 days from the Iowa caucuses, the path for the future of SuperPACs continues to be plotted in Iowa. By Brent Griffiths [email protected] When your state hosts the first-in-the-nation...

Podesta pushes for Clinton

Podesta pushes for Clinton

Quentin Misiag, [email protected] October 28, 2015

In 1998, when the term Monica Lewinsky grew from a 22-year-old White House staffer who was allegedly sexually involved with a sitting American president to an international sex scandal, then-White House...

Breaking down the chasm

Breaking down the chasm

October 28, 2015

 They are two political titans who wield vast influence in Iowa’s political sphere, each with incredibly different social viewpoints. Among LGBTQ circles, One Iowa executive director Donna Red Wing...

Takeaways from the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

Takeaways from the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

October 26, 2015

DES MOINES — From the yells of “we want, we want Bernie” to chants of “O’Malley to screams of “I’m with her,” the three major Democratic candidates spoke to Iowa Democrats on the evening...

(from left) Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stand on stage of the Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, July 17, 2015. Five democratic presidential candidates gave speeches during the event. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Clinton, Sanders headline a special dinner

Aaron Walker, [email protected] October 23, 2015

A hum of anticipation has overtaken the state of Iowa in preparation for Saturday’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner hosted by the Iowa Democratic Party. Frontrunner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

Eating corn, checking out fairs

Eating corn, checking out fairs

October 22, 2015

By Quentin Misiag [email protected] For more than seven months, the national campaign apparatus to catapult Jeb Bush into the White House has dispatched the Republican candidate’s 31-year-old...

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with a woman after a speech inside a Drake University auditorium on Feb. 12, 2015. Biden, who has been pegged as a potential 2016 presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket, touted several national successes under the two-term Obama administration. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Biden decision catches Iowans by surprise

Quentin Misiag, [email protected] October 22, 2015

When Lisa Heddens’s son, Paul, became ill from a strain of the H1N1 flu virus in 2010, the Democratic lawmaker from Ames found herself overcome with emotion. In part, she was wrestling with how to properly...

A national network news team sets up to cover a presidential stump speech in Iowa on Oct. 18, 2015.  State Republican insiders say there are four must-hit events that GOP presidential hopefuls should attend before the 2016 Iowa Caucus. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Four must-hit GOP events before the 2016 Iowa Caucus

October 20, 2015

From a new fall festival complete with trick-or-treating to a Christian-conservative conference, there are the four must-attend events if Republicans want to win over Iowa caucus-goers, insiders tell The...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addresses a crowd just outside the Krapf and Brau home on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Sanders made three stops in Iowa to gain support for his campaign. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Sanders draws local supporters

October 19, 2015

At an Iowa house party for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the idea of a ‘political revolution’ was evident. By Rebecca Morin and Aleksandra Vujicic  |  [email protected] Nestled in the the trees...

John Moyers cheers for Senator Bernie Sanders while he speaks at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. This was Senator Sanders' second stop in Iowa that day in an attempt to gain support for his presidential campaign. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Suspicion of Clinton runs locally

October 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders supporters say Hillary Clinton is not a true progressive as attendees draw the contrast at local Democratic event. By Brent Griffiths  |  [email protected] Eight years ago, Democratic...

GOP ventures into IC

GOP ventures into IC

Brent Griffiths, [email protected] October 16, 2015

It was the one county Gov. Terry Branstad’s machine could not touch in a re-election rout in 2014. Locals affectionately call it the “people’s republic.” But this past week, four Republican presidential...

Junior U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks to an audience about his future political strategies inside the Dutch Country Inn in Kalona, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Cruz will run for the 2016 presidential race as a republican. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Cruz blasts away

Aaron Walker, [email protected] October 15, 2015

OSKALOOSA, Iowa — The Rivola Theater’s canopy and its bright, neon lights used to welcome Oskaloosa’s movie-goers, but on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz stood beneath it during a townhall meeting at Smokey...