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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
Government & Politics Jan. 6, 2021 6:15 am1715d ago
Fifteen years after spending an afternoon door-knocking with former Eastern Iowa U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, Matt Leopold is going to …
Government & Politics Jan. 5, 2021 8:00 pm1716d ago
Iowa 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson has joined 11 other House Republicans in calling for certification of Electoral …
Government & Politics Jan. 5, 2021 8:45 am1716d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Freshman Iowa 1st District Congresswoman-elect Ashley Hinson, who has said she sees no path to victory for …
Government & Politics Jan. 4, 2021 2:03 pm1717d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – To celebrate the 2020 centennial of the Iowa state park system, the Department of Natural Resources planted …
Government & Politics Jan. 4, 2021 7:00 am1717d ago
A still-unresolved U.S. House race in Iowa has prompted election officials to call for legislative action to address the procedures …
Government & Politics Jan. 4, 2021 6:45 am1717d ago
Iowa’s process for drawing new legislative and congressional district lines is considered a model of non-partisanship that prevents gerrymandering – …
Government & Politics Jan. 1, 2021 2:27 pm1720d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Being sworn in Sunday as members of the U.S. House will be a humbling experience, Eastern Iowa’s …
Government & Politics Dec. 30, 2020 4:18 pm1722d ago
Ashley Hinson, who will be sworn in as Iowa’s 1st District congresswoman Sunday, is calling $600 stimulus checks ‘a good …
Government & Politics Dec. 29, 2020 6:00 am1723d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – If the past is prologue, David Lienemann’s ‘Biden: The Obama Years and the Battle for the Soul …
Government & Politics Dec. 28, 2020 6:48 pm1724d ago
Like much of life in 2020, COVID-19 tested Iowa government in ways not imagined ‘and the proof was in the …
Government & Politics Dec. 24, 2020 11:29 am1728d ago
President Donald Trump’s flurry of pre-Christmas pardons included two men tied to a 2012 Iowa caucuses bribery scandal. The pair, …
Government & Politics Dec. 21, 2020 2:51 pm1731d ago
After months of frustrations as she watched Congress ‘sit on their hands,” congresswoman-elect Ashley Hinson is encouraged by progress on …
Government & Politics Dec. 21, 2020 6:45 am1731d ago
Like a lot of older Americans, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is working past the typical retirement age. In just the …
Government & Politics Dec. 16, 2020 4:33 pm1736d ago
Joe Biden will be the ninth president Sen. Chuck Grassley has served with, and the Iowa Republican is giving him …
Government & Politics Dec. 15, 2020 10:10 pm1737d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – COVID-19 has claimed another victim. While sales of instant scratch games remain ‘robust,” Iowa Lottery CEO Matt …