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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
Iowa Caucuses Nov. 7, 2011 6:19 am5158d ago
Are you ready to rumble? Former pro wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura, who rocked the political establishment when he won …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 6, 2011 9:54 pm5158d ago
A Linn County race that could change the balance of power in the Iowa Senate is close enough it could …
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 6, 2011 4:45 pm5158d ago
MARION – Candidates in a Nov. 8 special election in a Linn County Senate race agree on one thing: stick …
News Nov. 3, 2011 7:00 pm5161d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Candidates in what was predicted to be a $1 million campaign for a Linn County seat that …
Iowa Caucuses Nov. 3, 2011 2:15 pm5161d ago
Mitt Romney, the will-he-or-won’t-he candidate of the 2012 election cycle will. Campaign in Iowa, that is. The former Massachusetts governor …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 31, 2011 8:30 pm5164d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Candidates in a Nov. 8 special election in a Linn County Iowa Senate district oppose a gas …
Iowa Caucuses Oct. 31, 2011 2:20 pm5164d ago
Iowa has a special place in President Obama’s re-election campaign organization as the state that launched him four years ago. …
Iowa Caucuses Oct. 31, 2011 1:34 pm5164d ago
What’s up, Iowa? Roughly midway between two iconic Iowa contests on the road to the Republican presidential nomination Herman Cain …
Iowa Caucuses Oct. 31, 2011 7:50 am5165d ago
In front of a Baptist congregation in Marion Sunday morning, presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann testified to her faith in a …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 27, 2011 10:30 pm5168d ago
MARION – After a sometimes bumpy test drive in their first public forum, Iowa Senate 18 candidates Cindy Golding and Liz …
Iowa Caucuses Oct. 27, 2011 2:06 pm5168d ago
There are other issues, but for Randall Terry it all comes back to stopping abortion. In campaign stops in Iowa …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 27, 2011 12:15 pm5168d ago
The Linn Area BizPAC, a political action committee affiliated with the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, has endorsed Republican …
Iowa Caucuses Oct. 27, 2011 8:47 am5169d ago
Eric Woolson, a longtime Republican campaign strategist who guided Mike Huckabee to a 2008 Iowa precinct caucus victory, has been …
News Oct. 26, 2011 11:10 pm5169d ago
MARION – From the outset, candidates running in a special election in a Linn County Senate district agreed to disagree …
News Oct. 26, 2011 11:30 am5169d ago
Mourners will gather in Noelridge Park at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday) to mourn the loss of freedom. The candle-light vigil …


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