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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 Nov. 17, 2018 6:42 pm2495d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa House Democrats on Saturday elected state Rep. Todd Prichard of Charles City to lead the minority …
Government & Politics Nov. 14, 2018 7:13 pm2498d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A northeast Iowa lawmaker is emerging as a consensus choice of House Democrats to lead the minority …
Government & Politics Nov. 14, 2018 6:27 pm2498d ago
Being three heartbeats from the presidency won’t change U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the seventh-term Iowa Republican said Wednesday after GOP …
Government & Politics Nov. 12, 2018 7:03 pm2500d ago
DES MOINES – Senate Democrats are sticking with their leaders but House Democrats will have a new representative in charge …
Government & Politics Nov. 9, 2018 5:42 pm2503d ago
Dave Loebsack, the Democratic U.S. representative in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, doesn’t see many similarities between Tuesday’s election results and …
Government & Politics Nov. 8, 2018 6:44 pm2504d ago
Iowans joke that the closing of the polls Tuesday marks the start of the 2020 first-in-the-nation presidential caucus campaigns. That …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2018 5:52 pm2505d ago
Democrats claimed success in Tuesday’s election by making it about health care, but exit polling showed many voters were instead …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2018 11:03 am2506d ago
Iowans may have cast their ballots in hope of bringing one long campaign to an end, but they may have …
Government & Politics Nov. 7, 2018 12:03 am2506d ago
DUBUQUE – Dubuque Democratic State Rep. Abby Finkenauer made history Tuesday by becoming one of the first two women Iowa …
Government & Politics Nov. 5, 2018 7:15 pm2507d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In a final flurry of rallies around the state in their attempts to lock down what appears …
Government & Politics Nov. 5, 2018 8:40 am2508d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Other than urgency, the closing arguments of Gov. Kim Reynolds and Fred Hubbell sound pretty much the …
Government & Politics Nov. 4, 2018 10:55 pm2508d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – When it comes to Election Day voting, you can wear your favorite candidate’s T-shirt to the polls …
Community Nov. 4, 2018 11:16 am2509d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – World War I sometimes is referred to as the ‘forgotten war,” but the Amana Heritage Society wants …
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 3, 2018 12:21 pm2510d ago
Background CEDAR RAPIDS – In 2003, as more Iowans were being called to active-duty service in the war on terror, …
Government & Politics Nov. 2, 2018 6:43 pm2510d ago
Although his name isn’t on the ballot this year, seven-term Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has been spending plenty of …