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So I arose on the morning after the election, after a short night’s sleep, and wrote a column arguing that …
With nail-biters across the country, Republicans and Democrats are looking for someone to blame for their narrow losses in the …
Tuesday was a good night for drugs. In more ways than one, probably. As Iowans calmed their election result anxieties …
Well, Iowa is now a bright red state. Congratulations, Republicans. The Iowa Legislature is redder. The congressional delegation is more …
Today marks 296 days until candidates in some Iowa cities can start filing paperwork for 2021 local elections. It might …
Twenty-nine days of voting in Iowa come to an end Tuesday. But like the Chinese proverb that tells us a …
This campaign cycle started roughly 3 million years and 30 billion political ads ago, or at least it feels like …
This year, participating in democracy feels more like a demented religious ritual than ever before. If I don’t vote, my …
I’ve heard from quite a few Iowans who wish Gov. Kim Reynolds was up for reelection this fall, so they …
I was at the grocery store last weekend and saw something that in more normal years would have irritated me …
We’re in the anxious homestretch toward Election Day, which ends the long 2020 campaign. It also marks the beginning of …
Brock Pierce, an independent presidential candidate on the ballot in Iowa, got his start as a child movie star in …
DES MOINES – The battle for the majority in the Iowa House is not being waged in Iowa alone. National …
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