To be a Hawkeye, I think that we all work really hard and that we all help each other as a community. I believe that Hawkeyes help Hawkeyes, and we're all kind of a family to each other.
I'm very excited...
DI: What does it mean to you to be a Hawkeye?
More opportunities and less restrictions.
DI: What are you most excited about this year?
Well, my goal is to become a doctor, so it's a good first step....
An influential Iowa City politician, Sue Dvorsky, compared walking around the Iowa State Fair with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to a kids' soccer game.
DES MOINES — Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., spoke to Iowa State Fairgoers with a story about a recent speech he gave at a factory in his district, where a woman asked, "Who are you?"
Moulton, the last...
DES MOINES — South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday told an Iowa State Fair crowd that America has problems larger than the man currently occupying the Oval Office.
“I’m here to argue...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for reform within the Democratic Party throughout his speech Aug. 11 at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox. De Blasio followed 45 minutes after Sen. Vermont,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., drew one of the largest crowds at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox of the weekend, rivaling the audience of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Sanders referenced his...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• August 11, 2019
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., opened his speech on the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox talking about his background as the superintendent of the Denver public-schools system, saying the Trump administration...
Businessman and Democratic philanthropist Tom Steyer called for corporations to release their "stranglehold" on America in his Sunday speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox.
"Corporations...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• August 11, 2019
Former Massachusetts Governor and 2020 presidential candidate Bill Weld said he's the kind of Republican that wants to keep the government out of your pocketbook and out of your bedroom.
But, he said,...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took the stage at the Iowa State Fair Saturday afternoon to another big crowd after Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, emphasizing unifying the country.
He opened his speech...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gave her usual rebuke to corruption and monopolies while speaking at the Des Moines Register political soapbox Saturday.
She attracted the largest crowd yet for Saturday,...
