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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 Dec. 10, 2015 1:55 pm3570d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States is ‘ludicrous,” but his comments won’t …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 9, 2015 2:21 pm3571d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s too early to predict who will win the Iowa GOP caucuses, but Sen. Chuck Grassley is …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 9, 2015 12:37 pm3571d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – They disagree with his comments, but Iowa’s Sen. Chuck Grassley and Gov. Terry Branstad say President Barack …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 8, 2015 9:07 am3572d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucus are all about expectations – or more importantly, beating expectations. That makes 2016 …
News Dec. 7, 2015 9:03 pm3573d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley lashed out at Donald Trump’s call for a ‘complete and total shutdown” …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 7, 2015 9:01 pm3573d ago
Etto, at the corner of 14th Street and Q in Washington, D.C., is known for its Neapolitan pies baked in …
News Dec. 7, 2015 8:54 pm3573d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Presidential hopefuls former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former CEO Carly Fiorina championed innovation and entrepreneurship as …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 6, 2015 8:02 pm3574d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defended his energy plan that would terminate federal support for ethanol production, claiming …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 6, 2015 8:43 am3574d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Five candidates for the Republican presidential nomination vied for the support of conservative grass-roots activists Saturday by …
Dec. 4, 2015 7:19 pm3576d ago
JOHNSTON – Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is calling for a ‘foreign policy realism” that understands and acknowledges it is neither …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 4, 2015 4:00 am3576d ago
Although a new poll shows him losing to 1st District Rep. Rod Blum, former Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy says …
Government & Politics Dec. 3, 2015 7:53 pm3577d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cathy Singer-Glasson isn’t surprised that Iowans are concerned about ‘bread-and-butter, day-to-day” issues like raising the minimum wage …
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 2, 2015 2:38 pm3578d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – American voters may be angry, frustrated and believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, but …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 30, 2015 3:00 pm3580d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – ‘Three tickets out of Iowa” is one of the long-held beliefs about the state’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses. …
Campaigns & Elections Apr. 11, 2023 1:45 pm891d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Five Republican presidential hopefuls are scheduled to speak at a Cedar Rapids Forum Saturday afternoon designed to …