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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 Oct. 27, 2020 10:35 pm1786d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Joe Biden is the ‘most compromised candidate in the history of the U.S.,” but Democrats don’t care …
Government & Politics Oct. 26, 2020 6:31 pm1787d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – With time running out on the 2020 presidential campaign, Vice President Mike Pence, former Vice President Joe …
Government & Politics Oct. 26, 2020 8:00 am1787d ago
SOLON – He still calls him ‘old friend,” but former U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad is disappointed in the …
Government & Politics Oct. 22, 2020 5:25 pm1791d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – She’s not saying she won’t, but Nikki Haley is trying to tamp down the speculation that her …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2020 9:34 pm1792d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – It may be unusual, but in separate events Wednesday in Cedar Rapids, Democrats and Republicans found not …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2020 5:25 pm1792d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley, one of the U.S. Senate’s most prolific Twitter users, voiced his displeasure with the social media platform …
Government & Politics Oct. 21, 2020 8:24 am1792d ago
SOLON – October in Iowa is about tailgating and football games, cooler temperatures and falling leaves – and Terry Branstad …
Business News Oct. 20, 2020 3:59 pm1793d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Green New Deal poses a threat of ‘massive government intervention” in how Iowa farmers produce food …
Government & Politics Nov. 2, 2020 1:18 pm1780d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — State Rep. Ashley Hinson’s campaign for a seat in the U.S. House amounted to a pallet of …
News Oct. 18, 2020 9:16 pm1795d ago
The election will be over soon enough, but California Sen. Kamala Harris warned Iowa Democrats the consequences may last generations. …
Government & Politics Oct. 26, 2020 6:40 pm1787d ago
Correction, Oct. 26, 5:45 p.m.: Since calling a state constitutional convention in 1844 in the lead-up to ratifying Iowa’s 1846 statehood …
Government & Politics Oct. 16, 2020 8:48 pm1797d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Warnings that confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett will spell the end of Obamacare and legal abortion …
Government & Politics Oct. 16, 2020 3:24 pm1797d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – For the second consecutive quarter, Republican challenger Ashley Hinson has outraised Democratic Rep. Abby Finkenauer in Iowa’s …
Government & Politics Oct. 14, 2020 7:21 pm1799d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A U.S. District Court judge has entered a default judgment against the Federal Election Commission, ordering it …
Government & Politics Oct. 14, 2020 3:45 pm1799d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – More federal investment in infrastructure, child care and student debt relief will be key to restoring Iowa’s …