Just 14 days remain in the 2018 campaign and Iowans are already casting votes by absentee ballot. At the top of the ballot are the four candidates for governor. Republican Kim Reynolds was the long-time Clarke County Treasurer, a state senator for two years and she served six-and-a-half years as … [Read more...]
California Senator Harris deflects 2020 conversation, rallies with Iowans for 2018
California Senator Kamala Harris is rallying with Democrats in central and eastern Iowa today and tomorrow. "What's up, Des Moines?" Harris asked as the crowd at Des Moines Area Community College cheered her introduction. Stepping to the side of the auditorium's lectern, started by Harris … [Read more...]
Democrats question GOP governor’s stand on contraceptive sales
Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has said at her last two debates with Democratic rival Fred Hubbell that she'd support letting Iowa women to buy birth control without a prescription. Democrats held a news conference at the statehouse to question the timing. Senate Democratic Leader Janet … [Read more...]
Bernie Sanders stumps for J.D. Scholten this weekend
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaigned this weekend with fourth district congressional candidate J.D. Scholten, with stops in Ames and Fort Dodge on Sunday. "This, in fact, is the most important midterm election in the history of the United States of America," Sanders said in Ames. Over the … [Read more...]
Clashes over labor law, taxes, school funding in final Reynolds-Hubbell debate
The third and final televised debate between Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell was held early this morning and the candidates clashed over a variety of topics, each accusing the other of misleading Iowans. "The governor can promise all the tax cuts that she … [Read more...]
Vice President Pence says ‘Iowa 3’ may determine control of congress
Vice President Mike Pence rallied with about 200 of Republican Congressman David Young's supporters this afternoon in Des Moines. Pence told the crowd the race in Iowa's third congressional district may determine whether Republicans retain majority control of the U.S. House or Democrats take … [Read more...]
Three sentenced to prison following Dubuque drug overdose deaths
Over the last week, three men have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with drug overdoses that led to the deaths of three women in Dubuque. Forty-seven-year-old Richard Leroy Parker of Dubuque has been sentenced to life in prison for giving heroin to a wman who overdosed and died last … [Read more...]
If caravan nears border, King says Trump must to send troops
Republican Congressman Steve King says if Mexico fails to stop a caravan of asylum seekers from Central America who're headed north, then President Trump must follow through on his threat to send troops to seal the southern border and prevent their entry in the United States. "It's one of those … [Read more...]
Axne says Young should vote down Trump Administration’s ‘junk’ insurance plans
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to be in Des Moines tomorrow afternoon to campaign for Republican David Young, the incumbent in Iowa's third congressional district. Cindy Axne of West Des Moines, Young's Democratic opponent, says Young should use the occasion to lobby Pence. "I think it's … [Read more...]
Terse exchanges in tonight’s Reynolds-Hubbell debate
Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell met for an often combative debate in Sioux City tonight. The hour-long forum featured strict time limits for the candidates' answers to moderator's questions, but about halfway through the two veered off topic in this sharp … [Read more...]