PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics.
Edited by Sarah Watson and Lyle Muller
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and third in line for the presidency, announced Tuesday he tested positive for COVID-19.
Grassley, 87, said in a statement...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday he has been exposed to COVID-19 and is in quarantine awaiting test results.
“I learned today that I’ve been exposed to the coronavirus,” Grassley...
Iowa Senate Democrats have elected Coralville Senator Zach Wahls to be the Senate Minority Leader for the upcoming legislative session.
Wahls will replace Janet Petersen, the current minority leader...
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, joined a press briefing with other Democratic attorneys general on Friday, where officials said there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the presidential election, which has been called by the Associated Press and other major news outlets, is still too close to call in a conference call with reporters...
In the narrow 2nd Congressional District race, the Rita Hart campaign is asking for a recount in all 24 counties of the district, the campaign announced on Thursday.
Nine days after the election,...
Sarah Watson, Executive Editor
• November 12, 2020
Former University of Iowa President David Skorton, who led the UI from 2003-2006, will serve on an Arts and Humanities agencies review team for the Joe Biden Kamala Harris transition team.
He'll...
PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics.
Edited by Sarah Watson
The election results for...
Kevin Washburn, dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, is taking temporary leave for federal public service to aid president-elect Joe Biden’s transition until December, leading the U.S....
North Liberty City Councilor RaQuishia Harrington has been told all her life that she could be anything she wanted to be. As a local politician and a proud woman of color, she had just witnessed the...
Lauren White, Politics Reporter
• November 10, 2020
Though 2020 election results are still being finalized, the percent of voters who voted for a third-party presidential candidate is already much lower this year than in 2016, largely because of the...
