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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 Nov. 3, 2015 5:58 pm3607d ago
CORALVILLE – Citing the shooting death this summer of a woman inside a Coralville mall, a somber Hillary Clinton called …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 3, 2015 11:00 am3607d ago
JOHNSTON – Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants to make a ‘decent showing” in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, but the logistics of …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 1, 2015 8:53 pm3609d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – On a late October Saturday afternoon, Stephen and Karen Steininger joined thousands of like-minded Iowans in a …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 31, 2015 6:51 pm3610d ago
DES MOINES – Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama, Congress and the media served as punching bags Saturday for Republicans seeking …
News Oct. 29, 2015 10:07 pm3611d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Ahead of a campaign swing through Iowa, including a stop in Cedar Rapids, Ohio Gov. John Kasich …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 28, 2015 1:59 pm3613d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Chuck Grassley is looking for Ronald Reagan in the field of GOP presidential hopefuls. So far, …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 27, 2015 10:41 pm3613d ago
IOWA CITY – New polls show Hillary Clinton building a sizable lead over her Democratic competitors in Iowa, but the …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 26, 2015 2:51 pm3615d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Another poll has found Ben Carson surging to a lead over Donald Trump less than 100 days …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 25, 2015 11:34 pm3615d ago
IOWA CITY – Donald Trump is sliding in the polls. Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson are rising. And as voters …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 22, 2015 11:19 am3619d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – There’s a new leader in the Iowa Republican precinct caucus race: retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Carson topped …
News Oct. 21, 2015 8:40 pm3620d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – On the eve of Hillary Clinton’s appearance before a House oversight committee that she called a ‘partisan …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 21, 2015 3:37 pm3620d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The race for the 2016 Democratic nomination in Iowa’s U.S. House 1st District is essentially tied with …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 21, 2015 11:57 am3620d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – If there’s one thing likely Republican and Democratic caucusgoers agree on, it’s that renewable fuels and the …
News Oct. 20, 2015 11:03 pm3620d ago
Although she served in the region, Sen. Joni Ernst called a recent trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel ‘eye-opening to …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 18, 2015 10:53 pm3622d ago
IOWA CITY – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, campaigning in Iowa City on Sunday, called it unacceptable that Social Security recipients …