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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price discusses the Iowa caucuses in an interview for The Daily Iowan at Prairie Lights on Friday, May 5, 2019. (Jenna Galligan)

Iowa Democrats extend recanvass deadline, allow reporting of inconsistencies

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter February 7, 2020

The Iowa Democratic Party announced Friday it would extend the deadline for candidates to call for a recanvass and allow campaigns to submit evidence of inconsistencies in caucus results reporting. The...

University of Iowa students form lines during the caucus at the Iowa Memorial Union on Feb. 3.

Iowa caucuses results show Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders in virtual tie

Sarah Watson and Julia Shanahan, Managing Editor and Politics Editor February 7, 2020

The 2020 Iowa caucuses saga moseys into day four. The Iowa Democratic Party released results from very nearly every precinct, although some inconsistencies throw the integrity of the results — which...

Fact Check | Polling high doesn’t mean clear White House path

Fact Check | Polling high doesn’t mean clear White House path

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor February 6, 2020

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 Lyle Muller and Marissa Payne A few days...

A caucus participant walks into Phillips Hall on Feb. 3, 2020. Those who could not make it to their caucus location participated in the satellite site.

DNC chairman calls for an immediate recanvass of Iowa caucus results after delay, inconsistencies

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor February 6, 2020

DNC chairman Tom Perez called for an immediate recanvass of Iowa caucus results Thursday, three days after results were delayed on caucus night and discrepancies between metrics were found. In a tweet,...

President Donald Trump pauses during a speech at the Iowa GOP’s America First Dinner at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines on June 11, 2019.

Grassley, Ernst join Republicans in vote to acquit President Trump

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter February 5, 2020

Republican senators from Iowa Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley joined the majority of their party in voting to acquit President Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Wednesday...

Supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., hold up cards during the caucus at Des Moines Precinct 62 in the Knapp Center on Monday, February 3, 2020. The caucus head count reached 849 people, leaving 127 individuals needed for the candidate to be declared viable. Sen. Warren received 212 1st round total head count votes.

How a relatively smooth Iowa caucus process derailed

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor February 5, 2020

After more than a year of campaigning and breathless media coverage following as many as 25 presidential hopefuls across the state, Iowa didn’t show the nation results of its first-in-the-nation nominating...

John Deeth, volunteer from Johnson County Democrats, recounts before assigning delegates during the caucus at the Iowa Memorial Union on Monday February 3, 2020.

Some fear raucous Iowa Democratic caucuses will threaten first-in-the-nation status

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter February 4, 2020

After a night of confusion and uncertainty, the results of the 2020 Iowa caucuses had yet to be announced as dawn broke Tuesday, leading some to renew skepticism of Iowa's future as the first-in-the-nation...

University of Iowa students form lines during the caucus at the Iowa Memorial Union on Monday Feb. 3, 2020.

Accessibility issues persist in 2020 Iowa caucuses

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter February 4, 2020

At a shopping-mall caucus site in North Des Moines, many Iowans caucused for the first time at the satellite caucus location designed to be inclusive of caucusgoers with disabilities — but disability...

Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg speaks to an audience during a caucus watch party at the Bell Center in Des Moines on Monday, February 3, 2020. At the time of the watch party, no precincts had finalized results. Buttigieg gave a hopeful speech and claimed victory in Iowa.

Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders lead in partial Iowa caucus results

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor February 4, 2020

More than 24 hours after the Iowa caucuses, the Iowa Democratic Party released just under three-quarters of Iowa's precinct results in two waves on Tuesday. The early tallies show that former South...

John Deeth, volunteer from Johnson County Democrats, recounts before assigning delegates during the caucus at the Iowa Memorial Union on Monday Feb. 3, 2020.

Iowa Democratic Party Chair faults “coding issue” in new app for slowed caucus result reporting, results coming later today

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor February 4, 2020

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price released an updated statement on the delayed caucus results, faulting a "coding issue" in the reporting system. "While the app was recording data accurately,...

In this diptych, ormer Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., address supporters at their watch parties in Des Moines after the caucuses on Tuesday.

Amid delayed Iowa caucuses results, Democratic candidates move on to New Hampshire

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor February 4, 2020

DES MOINES — Delayed results of which presidential hopefuls Iowans supported kept the nation holding its breath on Monday night, but candidates themselves attempted to fill the vacuum before they...

Supporters for Sen. Elizabeth Warren., D-Mass., participate during the caucus at Des Moines Precinct 62 in the Knapp Center on Monday, February 3, 2020. The caucus head count reached 849 people, leaving 127 individuals needed for the candidate to be declared viable. Sen. Warren received 212 in the 1st round total.

Progressives split the ticket in Iowa

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor February 4, 2020

DES MOINES — While results from caucus precincts across Iowa rolled in after midnight, much later than in previous years, one thing was clear — progressive Iowans showed up for Senator from Massachusetts...

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