Legislation that would require Iowa caucus participants to vote in-person — which would effectively kill Iowa Democrats’ plan for mail-in caucusing in 2024 — was introduced this week in the Iowa House by Republican state lawmaker Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Republican Party of Iowa state chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
Eric Branstad and Bobby Kaufmann will be senior advisers as the former president pursues the GOP presidential nomination
Last Saturday, national Democrats finally ratified their plans to end Iowa Democrats’ right to go first in the presidential nominating …
A week and a day ago, the Iowa Democratic Party gathered — over Zoom, because apparently they hate themselves — …
Jeff Kaufmann was unanimously re-elected Saturday as chair of the Republican Party of Iowa.
With the commencement of the legislative session in the Iowa Statehouse, the debate over one of its focal issues, education …
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Ross Wilburn will step down as leader of the party, after Democrats faced a drubbing in the midterm elections and a vote by national Democrats to strip Iowa of its first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Iowa’s influential Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley endorsed in 1996 and 2000. Will he do so again in the 2024 Iowa presidential caucuses?
Republican state auditor candidate Todd Halbur announced he is dropping his request for a statewide recount in his election contest with Democratic incumbent Auditor Rob Sand. Halbur said he did not have sufficient resources to proceed and claimed the Republican Party of Iowa would not help support the statewide recount.
Republican former President Donald Trump’s announced launch of a third White House run received a muted response from Iowa Republicans Wednesday, including from those whom Trump backed in last week’s midterm elections.
So what comes next from state government and Iowa’s congressional delegation?
When I compare the two platforms put together by each party, it’s not hard to choose.
District 84 includes several townships in northwestern and southwestern Linn County and most of Benton County, including Vinton
During a primary debate in May, Iowa Republican Zach Nunn, shown at left, and his two rivals were asked to raise their hand if they thought all abortions should be illegal. “All abortions, no exceptions,” the moderator clarified
RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, in Iowa, says she put state party chairman Jeff Kaufmann in an influential position because she wanted to keep Iowa's first-in-the-nation status
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