James Q. Lynch

CEDAR RAPIDS – Rick Santorum, who won the 2012 Iowa precinct caucuses by running as a cultural warrior, now is …

Politically active Iowans like to say they don’t make up their mind which presidential candidate to support until they’ve met …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Midterm grades are out and Iowa 1st District Democrats are giving GOP Rep. Rod Blum an F …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen has rejected a former congressman’s assertion that Paulsen decided to step down …

MANCHESTER – With Donald Trump leading the polls in Iowa and nationally, the other candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential …

MANCHESTER – With 17 candidates competing, Mike Huckabee says the race for the Republican presidential nomination is like watching NASCAR. …

MARION – Conceding that ‘talking about Donald Trump is the gold standard for making news these days,” Louisiana Gov. Bobby …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Donald Trump is leading the field in Iowa, but Carly Fiorina is the Republican candidate with momentum, …

MANCHESTER – The 2016 contest for president is a ‘show me, don’t tell me” election, Republican hopeful Rick Perry said …

CEDAR RAPIDS – There are a lot of differences between paving parking lots and serving as Iowa’s Secretary of State, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A long-running Democratic Party tradition – the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner – will get a new name. The …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Ben Carson’s campaign against a federal government that ‘insinuates itself into every aspect of our lives” seemed …

JOHNSTON – No one hit a home run in the first GOP presidential candidate debate of the 2016 campaign, but …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Sen. Joni Ernst accused President Barack Obama of ‘fear-mongering” in his effort to win approval of the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Martin O’Malley on Wednesday blasted the ‘small cabal” in Washington that he said is trying to limit …