After national Democrats stripped the Iowa Democratic Party of its first-in-the-nation caucus status earlier this year, the Iowa Democratic caucuses will look quite a bit different.
Iowa Democrats...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• January 7, 2024
Trump holds a clear, decisive lead over the 2024 GOP presidential primary field with almost 30 points between him and his challengers in recent polling.
For some Iowa Republicans, it feels like...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• January 6, 2024
CEDAR RAPIDS — Republican Presidential hopefuls Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis stopped in Cedar Rapids on Saturday for two separate campaign events as candidates barnstorm the state in the countdown...
Republican hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cedar Rapids on Saturday ahead of the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses on Jan. 15.
Ramaswamy spoke to over a hundred supporters...
Several hundred people made their way to former President Donald Trump’s Commit to Caucus Rally at Des Moines Area Community College in Newton, Iowa on Saturday. The Iowa caucuses take place on Jan....
With just nine days until the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses on Jan. 15, Republican hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigned at Tommy’s Restaurant in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.
DeSantis...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• January 4, 2024
Following a fatal shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, on Thursday, state and national politicians expressed anger and offered thoughts to those affected by the violence in the town of about...
The Daily Iowan reflects on the year 2023 with powerful photos and stories.
These frames range from the moments that divide us and unite us in news, politics, sports, and everyday life.
The images...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 30, 2023
A federal judge halted the implementation of most of an Iowa law that would ban books that depict “sex acts” and prohibit instruction regarding LGBTQ+ topics in kindergarten through sixth grade...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 21, 2023
DAVENPORT, IOWA — Former U.N. Ambassador and presidential hopeful Nikki Haley pitched her candidacy as a new era for the Republican Party at a campaign event on Wednesday in the Von Maur Warehouse...
Former UN ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley hosted the Women for Nikki Town Hall at the Von Maur Warehouse in Davenport on Wednesday.
Haley spoke about political issues she...
With less than a month till the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses on January 15, 2024, Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, joined by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, campaigned...