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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. 21, 2020 6:10 pm2066d ago
DES MOINES – With Sen. Amy Klobuchar tied up in the Senate impeachment trial, Iowa legislators who support the Minnesota …
Government & Politics Jan. 22, 2020 11:16 am2065d ago
DES MOINES – A pair of Johnson County vegetable growers asked state lawmakers Tuesday to approve changes that would free …
Government & Politics Jan. 20, 2020 9:57 pm2067d ago
A poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers finds that 29 percent think Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is best-suited to address the …
Government & Politics Jan. 20, 2020 7:30 am2068d ago
DES MOINES – It might be easy to dismiss Acting Chief Justice David Wiggins as just a caretaker. But Wiggins, …
News Jan. 20, 2020 7:26 am2068d ago
If he’s successful, Andrew Yang will be the third-youngest person to become president of the United States. His age, 45, …
News Jan. 17, 2020 6:00 am2071d ago
Iowa lays claim to the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, but the first vote for the Democratic and Republican nominees will be …
Government & Politics Jan. 15, 2020 10:24 am2073d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Supreme Court Acting Chief Justice David Wiggins used his ‘one and done” Condition of the Judiciary …
News Jan. 14, 2020 5:13 pm2073d ago
DES MOINES – After spending the past nine years in leadership, including four as speaker of the Iowa House House, …
Government & Politics Jan. 14, 2020 5:14 pm2073d ago
DES MOINES – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley served in the Iowa House of Representatives longer than his grandson has, but …
Government & Politics Jan. 14, 2020 5:13 pm2073d ago
DES MOINES – Sixty-one years after he was sworn in as a freshman member of the Iowa Legislature, U.S. Sen. …
Government & Politics Jan. 13, 2020 8:30 am2075d ago
Many Democrats seem to think Republican Pat Grassley’s political career was preordained. The grandson of a seven-term U.S. senator, Grassley …
News Aug. 12, 2022 2:27 pm1132d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The nation’s longest-serving state attorney general has endorsed Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race. Iowa Attorney …
Government & Politics Jan. 10, 2020 5:19 pm2077d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Riding a late-developing surge, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is looking forward to the last debate before the …
Government & Politics Jan. 10, 2020 3:47 pm2077d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Former Vice President Joe Biden landed another endorsement Friday when Cedar Rapids Rep. Kirsten Running-Marquardt announced her …
Government & Politics Jan. 9, 2020 10:47 pm2078d ago
NORTH LIBERTY – Cory Booker acknowledges he may not have the best 15-point policy plans of the candidates seeking the …