Campaigns & Elections

CEDAR RAPIDS — The 10 a.m. service at River of Life Church began more than a half-hour late Sunday, and even …

DES MOINES — The crowded 2016 Republican presidential campaign in Iowa and elsewhere has become a rough-and-tumble political slugfest that …

ANKENY – Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was joined Saturday by some influential backers who told Iowans they hold the …

A free-market think tank has made a seven-figure ad buy to alert caucusgoers of the environmental impact of corn ethanol …

DES MOINES — The Iowa caucuses are moving into the ground-and-pound stage. After months of campaigning, advertising and organizing, the …

Iowans have shattered two glass ceilings in as many years. Feb. 1 presents an opportunity to go for a third. …

CORALVILLE – More than 200 people wedged into the Backpocket Brewing Company on Saturday to listen to Democratic presidential hopeful …

Voters this November should see a Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton matchup, the Des Moines Register Editorial Board said Saturday. …

SIOUX CITY – Speaking before a packed audience at Dordt College Saturday, Donald Trump said Christianity in America is under …

Gazette photojournalist Jessie Wardarski has been following the Republican presidential candidates on the campaign trail throughout Eastern Iowa, and has …

Gazette photojournalist Jessie Wardarski has been following the Democratic presidential candidates on the campaign trail throughout Eastern Iowa, and has …

DES MOINES – The next time you, the likely Iowa Republican caucusgoer, pick up the phone, it may be former …