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Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor

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Natalie Dunlap is the Politics Editor at The Daily Iowan. She previously worked as a news reporter covering lower education, a politics reporter, and a summer news editor. She is a junior at the University of Iowa majoring in journalism and minoring in gender, women's, and sexuality studies.

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Jon Green stands at the bar with his girlfriend of three years, Eleanore Taft, as they wait for polls to close on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Green won the special election for Johnson County Supervisor with 66.1 percent of the vote, according to the unofficial election night results.

Democrat Jon Green wins supervisor seat in Johnson County special election

June 8, 2021
Sen. Chuck Grassley speaks with reporters outside of Iowa City High School after a Q&A session with students on June 2, 2021.

[Photo] Sen. Chuck Grassley advocates for EAGLES Act on Parkland anniversary

February 16, 2022
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a watch party for Iowa Republicans on Election Day at the Hilton Downtown in Des Moines on Nov. 8, 2022.

Injunction on Reynolds’ fetal heartbeat law remains

December 12, 2022
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand shakes hands with a supporter during the Kinney Summer BBQ Bash at the Kinney Family Farm in Oxford, Iowa on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Democratic candidate Kevin Kinney, D-Iowa, is running for Iowa Senate, District 39.

Democrat Rob Sand wins state auditor’s race, Todd Halbur concedes

November 19, 2022
The 45th President Donald J. Trump speaks at his media event in the ballroom at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on November 15, 2022.

Trump announces bid for 2024 presidency

November 15, 2022
Candidate for Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird delivers a speech after being elected during a watch party for Iowa Republicans on Election Day at the Hilton Downtown in Des Moines on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Bird defeated Tom Miller in this year’s election.

Brenna Bird takes Attorney General, several blue seats expected to flip

November 9, 2022
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds celebrates with Caleb Primrose after winning reelection during a watch party for Iowa Republicans on Election Day at the Hilton Downtown in Des Moines on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds wins reelection

November 8, 2022

Film: Student Thoughts: 2022 Election

November 7, 2022
Secretary of State Paul Pate addresses members of the media at the Kim Reynolds watch party at the Hilton in Des Moines on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018.

Iowa’s Secretary of State will require two hand counted audits following election

November 2, 2022

Miller-Meeks

October 19, 2022
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

October 11, 2022
Left; Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Right; Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Fact Check | Facts behind Iowa’s 1st District congressional debate

September 30, 2022
Left; Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Right; Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

1st District candidates clash on abortion, infrastructure in debate

September 26, 2022
Photo of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller from iowaattorneygeneral.gov.

Iowa attorney general launches website for opioid addiction help

September 20, 2022
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Sen. Grassley on federal 15-week abortion ban: ‘this is a state issue’

September 14, 2022
Photo illustration by Isabella Cervantes.

More than a third of students participated in free speech training

August 30, 2022
Democratic nominee for Iowa House District 90 Adam Zabner celebrates with supporters at his watch party at Georges Buffet in Iowa City on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Zabner won the nomination, receiving 43% of the votes, or 1,999 votes.

Adam Zabner, 23-year-old activist, wins Democratic primary for Iowa House 90

June 7, 2022
From left to right: Democrats Glenn Hurst, Abby Finkenauer, and Mike Franken are running for the Democratic nomination in the election for U.S. Senate.

Democrats compete over nomination in U.S. Senate debate

May 7, 2022
CNN anchor Amara Walker reports from Warren HQ at the Forte Banquet and Conference Center in Des Moines on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Democrats push to keep Iowa’s first in the nation status

May 4, 2022
A community member shovels dirt onto the Anne Frank sapling at a planting ceremony on the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa on Friday, April 29, 2022. The sapling was propagated from the chestnut tree behind the annex where the Frank family hid.

Anne Frank sapling planted on UI Pentacrest

April 29, 2022
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.

Ernst celebrates bipartisan work on Violence Against Women Act

April 24, 2022
Iowa Senate candidate Janice Weiner speaks with granddaughter Alaska Latham during the 2022 First District Democratic Convention at Liberty High School in North Liberty, Iowa, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Regarding her goals, Weiner said, I am really focused now on coming up with ideas of what we can meet, what we need to do, whats possible, she said, and for the bigger picture what we must do for this state going forward.”

Democrats strategize for midterms at convention in 1st District

April 23, 2022
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with workers during a visit to the County Materials Corporation in Iowa City as part of Grassley’s Johnson County stop on his 99 County Tour. Grassley and County Materials Corporation workers spoke about employment, infrastructure, and inflation.

Grassley talks economy and infrastructure during Iowa City visit

April 22, 2022
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks, R-Iowa, responds to questions in a Daily Iowan interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Democrats, Republicans in congress look to gain ground in midterms

April 10, 2022
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks in a Daily Iowan interview at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Iowa’s U.S. Senators Grassley and Ernst will vote against Judge Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation

April 5, 2022
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks with Daily Iowan reporters at the Hart Senate Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Sen. Ernst plans to vote against Judge Jackson’s SCOTUS confirmation

April 5, 2022
The United States Supreme Court Building is seen on Sunday, April 3, 2022.

SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson receives split vote from Senate Judiciary Committee

April 4, 2022
Sen. Chuck Grassley delivers his opening statement during a Judiciary Committee meeting considering recommendation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, April 4, 2022. (CSPAN)

Sen. Chuck Grassley will not support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court

April 4, 2022
Sidewalk chalk, telling passerby that former President Barack Obama will speak at the Hawkeye Room in the Iowa Memorial Union, is seen on the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa on Monday, March 21, 2022.

Chalk messages falsely claim former President Obama coming to campus

March 21, 2022
Photos of Sen. Chuck Grassley (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan) and Sen. Joni Ernst (Hannah Kinson/The Daily Iowan)

Ukraine aid passes both chambers, with bipartisan support from Iowa’s congressional delegation

March 11, 2022
Members of the House congregate in the House Chamber after the opening of the 2022 Legislative Session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Both the House and Senate Republican leaders said the priority of this session is to return tax funds and address workforce conditions. (Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Ty Bopp running as Democrat in Iowa House District 92

March 10, 2022
A vehicle in the Peoples Convoy passes by on I-70 in West Jefferson, Ohio Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Syndication: The Columbus Dispatch)

Officials unconcerned as Freedom Convoy plans to roll through IC

March 4, 2022
Gov. Kim Reynolds stands in front of the Iowa Capitol to deliver the Republican response to President Bidens State of the Union address. Contributed by Alex Murphy.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds touts Republican leadership in rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union

March 1, 2022
U.S Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with the Daily Iowan staff after a visit to Mercy Hospital on July 2, 2019.

Chuck Grassley, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Republican, congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson on SCOTUS nomination

February 25, 2022
Members of the House congregate in the House Chamber after the opening of the 2022 Legislative Session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Both the House and Senate Republican leaders said the priority of this session is to return tax funds and address workforce conditions. (Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa Republicans push for quasi-normalcy moving forward with COVID-19

February 20, 2022
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivers the Condition of the State Address at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. During the State Address, Reynolds spoke about childcare, Iowa teachers, material taught in schools, unemployment, tax cuts, and more.

Gov. Reynolds signs public education funding bill into law

February 17, 2022
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, speaks during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bettendorf business owner Kyle Kuehl will challenge Miller-Meeks in the 1st Congressional District for the Republican nomination in the upcoming 2022 election.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks named Republican leader on Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee

February 17, 2022
State Representative Dave Jacoby (D- Coralville) answered questions at a Johnson County Legislative Forum held by The Daily Iowan at the Iowa City Public Library on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Questions were asked by The Daily Iowan staff and the general public, ranging from issues of public education funding and curriculum to state and federal COVID-19 response.

Rep. Jacoby seeking reelection

February 1, 2022
Iowa gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear talks to students about her policies in the Iowa Memorial Union on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. One of her main points was to try to improve Iowa’s retention of young citizens for the future. “This state is not living up to the expectation that it should be putting people first and providing for regular day Iowans.”

Gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear says keeping college grads in Iowa is a campaign priority

January 26, 2022
Johnson County Democrats going virtual for 2022 caucus

Johnson County Democrats going virtual for 2022 caucus

January 26, 2022
Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, speaks on the chamber floor on Jan. 11, 2022.

Iowa Sen. Zach Wahls tests positive for COVID-19

January 16, 2022
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivers the Condition of the State Address at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. During the State Address, Reynolds spoke about childcare, Iowa teachers, material taught in schools, unemployment, tax cuts, and more.

Reynolds proposes 4 percent flat tax, workforce package in Condition of the State

January 11, 2022
Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley and Senate President Jake Chapman applaud Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds during the Condition of the State Address at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. During the State Address, Reynolds spoke about childcare, Iowa teachers, material taught in schools, unemployment, tax cuts, and more.

Reynolds’ new school rules

January 11, 2022
Johnson County Democratic Sen. Joe Bolkcom addresses media access in the Senate Chamber during the second day of the 2022 Legislative Session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. During his speech, Bolkcom compared media access to coverage of a basketball game. “Can you imagine if Gary Dolphin had to call the Iowa mens basketball game from the popcorn stand at Carver-Hawkeye Arena?”

Johnson County senators blast Republican press policy

January 11, 2022
Adam Zabner is seen with Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. (Courtesy of Adam Zabner)

Adam Zabner announces campaign for Iowa House seat

January 5, 2022
Iowa Senator Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, speaks at a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.. (Gabby Drees/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa legislators say workforce issues a top priority for upcoming session

January 4, 2022
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds responds to a reporters question at a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

Lawmakers push for more transparency on school curriculum ahead of legislative session

January 4, 2022
Elinor Levin, Iowa House of Representative candidate for District 89, poses for a portrait at Encounter Cafe in Iowa City on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

Democrat Elinor Levin looking to bring new ideas to Iowa Statehouse

December 13, 2021
Democratic candidate for State Auditor Rob Sand speaks during the Progress Iowa Corn Feed in Bondurant Iowa on Sunday, September 16, 2018.

Auditor Rob Sand running for reelection, rules out gubernatorial bid

December 7, 2021
University of Iowa senior Dylan Harvey poses for a portrait on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

UI student Dylan Harvey launches Iowa House campaign

December 6, 2021
U.S Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with the Daily Iowan staff after a visit to Mercy Hospital on July 2, 2019.

Grassley says he’ll respect SCOTUS’s decision as it hears arguments in Mississippi abortion case

December 1, 2021
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Miller-Meeks said a goal is to win by more than six votes in 2022 after defeating Rita Hart by a slim margin in the 2020 general election. (Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan)

Miller-Meeks endorsed by other Republican members of Iowa’s congressional delegation

November 19, 2021
President Barbara Wilson meets with Iowa’s Congressional delegation

President Barbara Wilson meets with Iowa’s Congressional delegation

November 17, 2021
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, speaks during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bettendorf business owner Kyle Kuehl will challenge Miller-Meeks in the 1st Congressional District for the Republican nomination in the upcoming 2022 election.

Gov. Reynolds endorses Rep. Miller-Meeks’ reelection campaign

November 15, 2021
Candidate for the U.S. Congress and state Rep. Christina Bohannan, D-Iowa City, addresses supporters on Nov. 14, ahead of door knocking.

Congressional candidate Bohannan gathers supporters to door knock 

November 14, 2021
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Iowa Rep. Bobby Kaufmann say their goodbyes to the Wilton crowd on November 12, 2021

Kaufmann Harvest Festival hosts Sen. Tom Cotton

November 13, 2021
Former Republican Iowa Representative David Young speaks at the Future of the Republican Party event in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.

Former Rep. David Young visits UI, talks future of Republican Party

November 10, 2021
Contributed by Kyle Kuehl

UI graduate running for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District

November 10, 2021
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st congressional district during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Miller-Meeks said a goal is to win by more than six votes in 2022 after defeating Rita Hart by a slim margin in the 2020 general election. (Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan)

Rep. Miller-Meeks will seek reelection in 1st District

November 10, 2021
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 at Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at Linn County Fairgrounds. Hinson talked about the Iowa practicality she brings to Washington D.C.

Fact Check | Tax increases in Build Back Better aimed at the wealthy, but too early to tell full effects

November 8, 2021
State Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, speaks on the first day of the 2019 Iowa legislative session Jan. 14, 2019.

Rep. Mary Mascher not seeking reelection to Iowa House

November 8, 2021
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 at Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at Linn County Fairgrounds. Grassley acknowledged the work that Hinson has done.

Grassley says national results from Tuesday’s elections are encouraging

November 3, 2021
A couple dozen students protested against former Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the University of Iowa.

UI students demonstrate outside Pence speech

November 1, 2021
From left, Iowa state Sen. Liz Mathis, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-Iowa, Rep. Ashley Hinson R-Iowa, and state Rep. Christina Bohannan.

Midterm campaigns ramping up one year out

October 31, 2021
City Councilwoman Janice Weiner accepts a ballet from a voter during early voting polls at the Old Capitol Mall on Oct. 26, 2021. The opportunity to vote early and in person started on Oct. 13, 2021.

Satellite voting sees changes as result of new Iowa voting legislature

October 31, 2021
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony at the North Liberty University of Iowa hospitals and clinics construction site on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.

Reynolds signs vaccine exemption and unemployment benefit bill into law, joins lawsuit against vaccine mandates

October 29, 2021
Members of the Iowa senate take part in the opening of the 2021 legislative session on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Legislative goals for the session include further tax cuts, expanding in-person learning, and moving towards economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iowa Legislature approves second set of redistricting maps

October 28, 2021
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson, CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Suresh Gunasekaran, Board of Regents President Mike Richards, and others break ground with shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony at the North Liberty University of Iowa hospitals and clinics construction site on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.

UIHC breaks ground on North Liberty facility

October 14, 2021
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, speaks to attendants at the annual Reagan Dinner in Johnson County.

Iowa Democrats file ethics complaint against Rep. Miller-Meeks

October 11, 2021
An attendee poses with three corn dogs prior to Donald Trump’s “Save America” rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. Two venders were in charge of feeding the thousands of attendees that showed up for Trump’s rally.

Trump supporters on 2024, policy concerns

October 10, 2021
Former President Donald Trump greets Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, after endorsing the senator on Saturday night.

In Des Moines rally, Trump pushes election misinformation

October 9, 2021
Former Rep. Dave Loebsack reflects on career in Congress in conversation on future of Democratic Party

Former Rep. Dave Loebsack reflects on career in Congress in conversation on future of Democratic Party

October 14, 2021
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., has a conversation at the Iowa State Capitol on Monday, January 13, 2020. The House convened and leaders in the Iowa House of Representatives gave opening remarks to preview their priorities for the 2020 session.

Former Iowa Representative enters U.S. Senate race

October 8, 2021
The Iowa Senate gavels in and begins a special session on redistricting maps on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

Iowa Senate rejects first legislative and congressional maps

October 5, 2021
Members of the Iowa senate take part in the opening of the 2021 legislative session on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Legislative goals for the session include further tax cuts, expanding in-person learning, and moving towards economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Special redistricting session approaches, elected officials tout Iowa’s process

October 3, 2021
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 at Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at Linn County Fairgrounds. Grassley acknowledged the work that Hinson has done.

Sen. Chuck Grassley will seek an eighth term

September 24, 2021
Iowa state Senator Zach Wahls takes notes during a discussion series on Free Speech and Social Media hosted by the state Board of Regents, the University of Iowa Public Policy Center, and the UI College of Law on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.

UI series on state and national policy issues begins with conversation on free speech online, features Sens. Sinclair, Wahls

September 22, 2021
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks addresses a crowd on Sept. 18 at her inaugural tailgate, where she criticized President Joe Bidens vaccine mandate for millions of workers, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the border crisis.

Rep. Miller-Meeks launches reelection campaign with support of fellow veteran Sen. Cotton

September 18, 2021
Fact Check | Christina Bohannan does not want to abolish law enforcement

Fact Check | Christina Bohannan does not want to abolish law enforcement

September 17, 2021
The first plan for Iowas Congressional Districts from the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. (source: Iowa Legislative Services Agency)

Johnson County slated for 1st Congressional District in first redistricting plan

September 16, 2021
Andrew Dunn, an undergraduate political science student, stands at the Old Capitol.

UI student running for Iowa House

September 15, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds prepares for the State of the State Address within the house chambers of the Iowa State Capitol Building on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Des Moines. Tuesday marks the second day of the 2021 Iowa legislative session, in which Gov. Reynolds will give her address in the evening.

Iowa legislature called for special redistricting session

September 14, 2021
The outside of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021.

Rep. Miller-Meeks pushes for veteran mental health hearing, crisis line improvements

September 12, 2021
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers a speech during The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 16, 2021. Members of the crowd cheered when Gov. Reynolds brought up legislation that banned mask mandates in public schools.

Iowa Republicans blast Biden’s vaccine mandate

September 10, 2021
Former secretary of state candidate Deidre DeJear speaks during a town hall event for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. at the IMU on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Harris is running for president in the 2020 election.

Deidre DeJear second Democrat to enter Iowa’s gubernatorial race

August 15, 2021
The Iowa City Community School District school board look over a draft of their health and safety guidance plan for the upcoming school year at a special board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. In the draft, the school board addresses the district’s approach to COVID for the 2021-2022 school year. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan)

ICCSD exploring COVID-19 mitigation options for 2021-2022 school year

August 4, 2021
Junior Adam Kroll receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Johnson County reaches substantial transmission, masks required in Iowa City’s public buildings beginning Friday

August 5, 2021
RISE at Riverfront Crossing on Linn St is seen on October 26 2020.

Iowa City population likely undercounted in census because of COVID-19 disruptions

August 31, 2021
Iowa Rep. Christina Bohannan encourages event-goers to support equal voting rights on stage during a rally for voting rights at the Pentacrest on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

Former U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack endorses Congressional candidate and state Rep. Christina Bohannan

August 30, 2021
Board of Regents approves tuition raises, welcomes President Wilson

Board of Regents approves tuition raises, welcomes President Wilson

July 28, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the road to the 2022 elections comes through Iowa.

Rep. Ashley Hinson announces reelection campaign, with support of Iowa Republicans, Sen. Ted Cruz

August 28, 2021
The Iowa City City Council is seen at an Iowa City City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (Nichole Harris/The Daily Iowan

Iowa City City Council votes not to approve Hickory Trail Estates

July 28, 2021
Iowa State Sen. Liz Mathis talks with media during Iowa House Rep. Christina Bohannon’s birthday celebration in Iowa City on Friday, July 2, 2021. (Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan)

Democratic State Senator Liz Mathis running for U.S. Congress

July 27, 2021
Police investigating reported shots fired in Iowa Citys Pedestrian Mall

Police investigating reported shots fired in Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall

July 25, 2021
Fact Check | South Dakota governor is not immediately working towards putting prayer in schools

Fact Check | South Dakota governor is not immediately working towards putting prayer in schools

July 22, 2021
Iowa House Representative Christina Bohannon gives a speech during her birthday celebration in Iowa City on Friday, July 2, 2021. (Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan)

UI law professor Christina Bohannan announces bid for Congress

August 24, 2021
Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer addresses the audience during Progress Iowa Corn Feed at The Newbo City Market in Cedar Rapids on July 14, 2019. 11 candidates came to speak with supporters and give speeches.

Former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer announces bid for U.S. Senate

July 22, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence addresses the crowd during The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines on Friday, July 16, 2021.

Former Vice President Pence visits Iowa at Family Leadership Summit, celebrates limiting access to abortion

July 18, 2021
The new University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson addresses reporters in the Levitt Center for University Advancement on April 30, 2021. Wilson becomes the 22nd president for the University of Iowa and was previously the Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of Illinois. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan)

UI President Barbara Wilson begins tenure at university

July 14, 2021
Then-Democratic candidate for State Auditor Rob Sand speaks during the Progress Iowa Corn Feed in Bondurant Iowa on Sept. 16, 2018.

State Supreme Court case regarding P3 is win for accountability in Iowa, Auditor says

July 8, 2021
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