Iowa Democrats have re-elected Troy Price as their party's chairman. Price has been the party's chairman since the middle of 2017, when the previous chair resigned for health reasons. The Iowa Democratic Party's state central committee this weekend reelected Price for a full, two-year run as head … [Read more...]
Lawyer examined archives, says Bush definitely won 1980 Iowa Caucuses
A controversial episode in Iowa Caucus history has apparently been solved. The Iowa Republican Party's computer crashed on Caucus Night back in 1980. George H.W. Bush was declared the winner, but Ronald Reagan's supporters have long maintained that if all the straw poll ballots had been counted … [Read more...]
Bloomberg discusses objectives of possible 2020 presidential bid
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent today in Iowa, touting a film about climate change that he financed and promising he'll make a decision "early next year" about whether he'll run for president and, perhaps, sell his business. Bloomberg visited a business in Cedar Rapids that … [Read more...]
Amid personal and professional firestorm, Avenatti issues no-go statement
Cross one name of the long list of Democrats who may run for the White House in 2020. High-profile attorney Michael Avenatti visited Iowa in August to test a campaign message -- getting big cheers from several hundred Iowa Democrats at an event in Clear Lake. "We have a tendency to bring nail … [Read more...]
Iowans remember President George H.W. Bush
An Iowan who spent hours driving George Herbert Walker Bush through the state during Bush's first presidential campaign is remembering the 41st president as a kind, decent man who guided the world at a critical time. "Like many Iowans, I got to know George Bush in 1978 and 1979 and 1980 as he and … [Read more...]
Klobuchar urges Iowa Democrats to show ‘Midwest matters’ in 2018
Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, a possible 2020 presidential candidate, campaigned this weekend with the three Iowa Democrats who're challenging Iowa's three Iowa Republican congressmen. Early Saturday afternoon Klobuchar was in Waterloo, speaking on behalf of Democrat Abby … [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...]
New Jersey Senator Booker urges Iowa Democrats to persevere (AUDIO)
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker encouraged fellow Democrats in Iowa this weekend to "stay faithful" despite hurt and angry feelings in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court fight. "It is not a time to give up. It's a time to get up, to rise up, to speak up," Booker said. "It's time for you not … [Read more...]
Grassley suggests fellow senator misled public on Kavanaugh’s record
Senator Chuck Grassley drew chuckles from an audience in Atlantic this morning after he was asked about New Jersey Senator Cory Booker's White House ambitions. A GOP senator on Grassley's Judiciary Committee openly accused Booker, a Democrat, of using last week's confirmation hearing for a U.S. … [Read more...]
Iowans call McCain a hero, statesman, patriot
Iowa's political community is mourning this weekend's death of Arizona Senator John McCain. McCain twice ran for president. His 2000 "Straight Talk Express" mostly by-passed the Iowa Caucuses, but in early 2007 McCain brought his second campaign for the White House to Iowa. On October 26th of … [Read more...]