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Phil Hemingway works on a car in his repair shop on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Phil’s Repair was founded in 1997 and has been in multiple locations throughout the Iowa City area. Regardless of if Hemingway wins a seat on the Board of Supervisors he said, “I will be working with my hands till the day I die.”

Blue Collar Conservative: Phil Hemingway’s ride to politics

Ayrton Breckenridge, Films Editor October 16, 2022

In a small shop on the edge of Iowa City lies an auto garage where the walls are decorated with family pictures and the ground is coated in shoe-prints revealed by gravel dust. The door is stickered...

Democratic candidate Liz Mathis and U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson speaking at various political events on Sept. 3 and Aug. 28 respectively.

Hinson, Mathis debate abortion rights, infrastructure

Lauren White, Politics Reporter October 12, 2022

Abortion rights, infrastructure, and parental rights were a few of the topics that U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Iowa Sen. Liz Mathis, D-Hiawatha, clashed during a debate hosted by both candidates'...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Women’s issues and a few other fact-checks in Iowa’s US Senate race

Lyle Muller and Liam Halawith October 12, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Chuck Grassley and Mike Franken tossed several barbs...

Candidates for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors speak at the Iowa City Senior Center Oct.11, 2022.

JoCo Board of Supervisors candidates speak about visions for county ahead of election

Alejandro Rojas, News Reporter October 12, 2022

Candidates running for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors answered questions about their campaigns and their visions for the county at an event hosted by the League of Women Voters of Johnson...

Elinor Levin, Iowa House of Representative candidate for District 89, speaks at an event in the Iowa Memorial Union Leadership Room on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2022.

Johnson County Democrats to add diverse perspectives to Iowa Legislature

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor October 11, 2022

Iowa legislative candidates Elinor Levin, Janice Weiner, and Adam Zabner are set to bring underrepresented perspectives into the Iowa Legislature if elected in November. Candidates say their backgrounds...

Democratic candidate Liz Mathis and U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson speaking at various political events on Sept. 3 and Aug. 28 respectively.

Fact Check | The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 11, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson...

Poll workers help voters on Election Day at the Visual Arts Building in Iowa City on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.

Law experts called to work election polls

Lauren White, Politics Reporter October 10, 2022

Iowa Bar Association and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate are calling on attorneys and law experts to work at polling locations during the election. The Iowa State Bar Association’s Executive...

Jon Green, a county supervisor serving eastern Iowa’s Johnson County, is constantly checking polls to see where he and other democrats rank. Green, originally from Cheyenne, Wyo., knew he wanted to get into politics to become a “champion for national medicine and health care,” after his father had an expensive hospital experience because of what Green and his family believe to have been a spider bite.

Country Democrat: Jon Green’s path to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors

Jerod Ringwald, Photojournalist October 9, 2022

“A long way from Lone Tree,” a man calls out from a motorcycle while driving past Johnson County Supervisor Jon Green, who sports his usual Levi denim jeans, boots, and a cowboy hat while marching...

Harmony, 8, and John, 6, throw candy from the family’s Jeep during a parade in Lone Tree, Iowa, on Aug. 27, 2022. The family decided to paint the jeep hot pink to pay tribute to Jammie’s fight against breast cancer.

Trials and triumphs: Jammie Bradshaw’s path to Johnson County Board of Supervisors candidacy

Grace Smith, Photojournalist October 9, 2022

Jammie Bradshaw and her husband, James Bradshaw, ride in the front seats of their rundown, do-it-yourself hot pink Jeep during a parade near their rural home in Lone Tree, Iowa, on Aug. 27. A banner...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks with constituents at an early morning meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Sen. Joni Ernst advocates for increase in funding for diaper banks at Cedar Rapids visit

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 7, 2022

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, kicked off the seventh annual diaper drive at the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank in Cedar Rapids on Friday morning. Ernst has led a bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to...

Candidates from house districts 92 and 89 Jacob Onken, Eileen Beran and Elinor Levin speaking during the legislative forum. The University of Iowa hosted a Legislative Forum at the Iowa Theater in the IMU on Thursday Oct. 6, 2022.  (Grace Kreber/The Daily Iowan)

Johnson County candidate forum highlights university-focused issues

Lauren White, Politics Reporter October 7, 2022

Johnson County candidates said at a forum on Thursday that in the case that abortion is banned in the state, medical students should still be able to learn abortion procedures at the university. On...

Grassley confirms he wouldn’t vote for a national abortion ban during a debate Thursday

Grassley confirms he wouldn’t vote for a national abortion ban during a debate Thursday

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 6, 2022

Iowa’s candidates for the U.S. Senate race sparred over their sharp ideological differences on the Iowa PBS stage on Thursday night.  With the balance of power in the U.S. Congress in play this...

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