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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. 20, 2018 6:18 pm2518d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signaled Tuesday she may be open to making it easier for felons to …
Government & Politics Nov. 18, 2018 9:32 pm2519d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa once again will get more than its share of presidential attention in the run-up to the …
Government & Politics Nov. 17, 2018 8:22 pm2520d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Democrats are in a decadelong slump, not winning a statewide campaign atop the ballot since 2008, …
Government & Politics Nov. 11, 2018 5:32 pm2527d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa is purple again. But it’s a different shade of purple. For years Iowa had remarkable political …
Government & Politics Nov. 13, 2018 1:19 pm2525d ago
DES MOINES – The last time Iowa had a race for governor without an elected incumbent, the Democratic candidate won …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2018 8:29 pm2530d ago
DES MOINES – A tale of two Iowas, urban and rural, may be responsible for some unusual midterm election results, …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2018 1:06 am2531d ago
DES MOINES — Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has argued successfully in convincing Iowans to stay the political course Tuesday, claiming …
Government & Politics Nov. 4, 2018 7:44 pm2534d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Republicans are hoping the kids are all right. Republicans enjoyed a clean sweep in Iowa Secretary …
Government & Politics Nov. 2, 2018 8:44 pm2535d ago
JOHNSTON – Could a Democrat be the first political beneficiary of a new state law proposed and approved by Republicans? …
Government & Politics Oct. 30, 2018 7:40 pm2539d ago
PERRY – Iowa’s major party gubernatorial candidates traded political barbs over mental-health reforms Tuesday and drove home their campaign selling …
Government & Politics Oct. 28, 2018 9:41 pm2540d ago
Kim Reynolds, Fred Hubbell, David Young, Cindy Axne, Rod Blum and Abby Finkenauer have been on Iowa television sets more …
Government & Politics Oct. 27, 2018 2:02 pm2542d ago
WEST DES MOINES – On May 9, 2017, Fred Hubbell announced he was considering a run for governor. Two weeks …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2018 8:11 pm2548d ago
The political advertising on your television right now is relentless. Those campaign ads can appear to be effective, but they …
Government & Politics Oct. 19, 2018 9:56 pm2549d ago
DES MOINES – The road to control of Congress very well may travel through Iowa, Vice President Mike Pence said …
Government & Politics Oct. 18, 2018 8:40 pm2550d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack said he doesn’t want to have the fight again over the future of …