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James Q. Lynch
I’ve been covering Iowa news for more than four decades. As the politics and state government reporter for The Gazette since 2000, I’ve covered the Iowa Legislature and state politics, as well as Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. I also host reporters from around the state in a weekly discussion of political developments on the On Iowa Politics podcast. I’m a regular panelist on Iowa Public Television’s weekly “Iowa Press” public affairs program and an enthusiastic participant in The Gazette’s Pints and Politics discussion of, what else, politics.
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Latest Articles by James Q. Lynch
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 13, 2016 7:47 pm3261d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Barb Hartle and Anita Sieh walked away from Brewhemia when they saw the size of the lunch …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 13, 2016 6:54 pm3261d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley wishes there was something he could do about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. He …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 13, 2016 12:27 am3262d ago
HIAWATHA – Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Mark Seidl served up alphabet soup at a forum Wednesday evening to explain …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 12, 2016 3:35 pm3262d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Patty Judge wishes the conversation in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election wasn’t about Donald …
Weather Oct. 11, 2016 5:46 pm3263d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A ‘broken formula” for prioritizing flood protection projects seems ‘biased against smaller cities and towns,” including Cedar …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 11, 2016 6:21 pm3263d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Michael Luick-Thrams said he ‘assumed from the get-go I wouldn’t win” Iowa’s race for U.S. Senate. That …
News Oct. 6, 2016 5:49 pm3268d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – National groups pushing for more gun regulation hope to make an example of a Cedar Rapids legislator. …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 6, 2016 1:42 pm3268d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Nearly a quarter of residents in Iowa’s 1st District are age 60 or older, so it should …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 5, 2016 1:02 pm3269d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa 2nd District candidates Dave Loebsack and Chris Peters are making two joint appearances next week – …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 4, 2016 5:14 pm3270d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cleanliness, it’s said, is next to godliness. It also can boost voter turnout. ‘It’s not that we …
News Oct. 4, 2016 2:59 pm3270d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Her message was short, direct and powerful. In less than a minute, gun violence survivor and former …
State Government Oct. 4, 2016 7:00 am3271d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald thinks the president of Wells Fargo Co. should be fired but doesn’t plan …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 3, 2016 8:14 pm3271d ago
With voting underway and less than six weeks until Election Day, a poll commissioned by U.S. Rep. Rod Blum’s campaign …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 3, 2016 4:17 pm3271d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – On a day when Cedar Rapids was returning to normal after a major flood threat last week, …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 3, 2016 6:00 am3272d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Candidates? Check. Campaign funds? Check. Yard signs? Bumper stickers? Check. Check. Poll workers? Uh, better check. Counting …