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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
News Sep. 17, 2015 12:55 pm3654d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa Republicans are challenging three Democrats running for Congress in Iowa’s 1st District to ‘end their silence” …
News Sep. 16, 2015 8:31 pm3655d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Hours after being announced as the new chairman of the Iowa House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Pat Grassley …
News Sep. 16, 2015 12:30 pm3655d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Joni Ernst sees her election as the first woman to represent Iowans in Congress as progress, …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 15, 2015 2:52 pm3656d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Four 2016 Democratic presidential hopefuls will headline the Iowa Democratic Party’s 2015 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Oct. 24 in …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 14, 2015 9:37 pm3657d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will make a return appearance at the Johnson County Democrats’ fall barbecue in …
News Sep. 14, 2015 7:00 am3657d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Back in 2008 when the first AmeriCorps class was serving at the National Civilian Community Corps Campus …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 13, 2015 10:00 pm3658d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has announced campaign leaders in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties as he …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 11, 2015 10:01 am3660d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowans are nearly evenly split on whether they love him or not, but Donald Trump has taken …
News Sep. 10, 2015 6:38 pm3661d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines of and Gov. Terry Branstad and his wife …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 10, 2015 2:11 pm3661d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s only 1 percentage point, but it’s enough to give Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders the lead over …
News Sep. 9, 2015 6:33 pm3662d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Monica Vernon has scored another labor union endorsement in her bid for the 2016 1st District Democratic …
News Sep. 9, 2015 1:53 pm3662d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Democrats may have rounded up enough votes to prevent the Senate from passing a measure disapproving the …
News Sep. 9, 2015 1:38 pm3662d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – ‘I’m not the candidate,” Kelly Paul says unapologetically about her campaign trail appearances that involve very little …
News Sep. 9, 2015 9:45 am3662d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Her endorsement by 19 Iowa Republicans is ‘yet another signal of Carly Fiorina’s growing support,” according to …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 6, 2015 9:28 pm3665d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – On a day that saw a new poll showing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and as-of-yet noncandidate Vice …