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Erin Murphy
I am the Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette. I am based in Des Moines, where I cover Iowa politics and government, including the Iowa Legislature, the governor and state agencies, and the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. I am a Wisconsin native, so if you follow me on Twitter, sorry about all the Badgers tweets.
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Latest Articles by Erin Murphy
Government & Politics Nov. 4, 2020 7:17 pm1802d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley said he believes Republicans earned a mandate Tuesday from voters who not …
Government & Politics Nov. 4, 2020 9:19 am1802d ago
Republican Donald Trump won Iowa for a second time, beating Democrat Joe Biden here. Results from Tuesday evening held and …
Government & Politics Nov. 4, 2020 12:58 am1803d ago
DES MOINES – Republicans will retain unfettered control of the writing of Iowa’s state laws for at least two more …
Opinion Nov. 2, 2020 8:00 am1804d ago
This campaign cycle started roughly 3 million years and 30 billion political ads ago, or at least it feels like …
News Nov. 1, 2020 9:33 pm1805d ago
DES MOINES – With control of their race apparently still up in the air, the candidates in Iowa’s critical U.S. …
Government & Politics Nov. 1, 2020 8:59 am1805d ago
DES MOINES – If not for an even pricier race in another state, Iowa’s 2020 U.S. Senate campaign would be …
Government & Politics Oct. 30, 2020 7:18 pm1807d ago
DES MOINES – A regular visitor to Iowa during the months preceding the February presidential caucuses, Joe Biden made Democrats …
Government & Politics Oct. 30, 2020 8:27 am1807d ago
JOHNSTON — Iowa’s top elections official, joined by state and federal law enforcement and emergency management leaders, wants Iowans to …
Government & Politics Oct. 27, 2020 9:41 pm1810d ago
Candidates in Iowa’s crucial and competitive U.S. Senate race were on the move Tuesday as they kicked off the final …
Staff Columnists Oct. 26, 2020 10:30 am1811d ago
DES MOINES – The battle for the majority in the Iowa House is not being waged in Iowa alone. National …
Government & Politics Oct. 26, 2020 11:27 am1811d ago
DES MOINES – Six years ago in Iowa, Joni Ernst was in a competitive, open-seat U.S. Senate race in which …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2020 7:59 pm1816d ago
Multiple new polls on the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Iowa have their slight differences but overall indicate one …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2020 8:24 am1816d ago
DES MOINES – The voting rights of roughly 35,000 felons in the state who completed their sentences were restored this …
Opinion Oct. 19, 2020 9:30 am1818d ago
DES MOINES – It’s one thing to express a hopeful view when attempting to lead a state through a pandemic. …
Government & Politics Oct. 14, 2020 9:59 pm1823d ago
DES MOINES – Campaigning Wednesday night in Iowa less than three weeks before the election, President Donald Trump touted his …