After eight years on the Board of Regents and nearly seven as its president, Michael Richards on Tuesday announced he’s stepping down from his presidential post and will leave the board at the end of April — three years before his term expires.
There’s no doubt that former President Donald Trump, with his best-in-field showing Monday night in the Iowa Republican caucuses — as well as his own private jet — can claim one of the proverbial “three tickets out of Iowa.”
During the first debate, Hutchinson was booed by some audience members when he said he wouldn’t support Trump if he was convicted in any of his four criminal cases, and he questioned whether the former president was disqualified from holding office because of his role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Science teacher Melissa James integrates agriculture into her classroom curriculum
Marc Korver of Washington, Iowa, is also known for his American flag suit that he has worn to dozens of political events.
Tom Dennison was born in Delaware County in 1859
Ohio entrepreneur and political newcomer ends up with 7 percent of GOP vote
Many of the more than 200 who showed up in snow pants and tuft-tipped winter hats at a caucus precinct location in Coralville were same-day Republican registrants, including several who came out specifically to support Nikki Haley. The former South Carolina governor won Johnson County. It was the only county that Trump didn’t carry.
While Democratic caucuses were more subdued than past years, party members who gathered Monday night in Iowa City said the stakes are higher than ever if Democrats want to regain ground lost to Republicans in Iowa.
Republicans showed up on a bitter cold Monday night at caucuses in Iowa. Here’s what they had to say.
But both candidates celebrate the results as boosting their campaigns.
Iowans braved dangerously cold temperatures Monday to participate in caucuses at schools, churches and community centers across the state.
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