I literally shook my head as I read Alex Isenstadt’s scoop for Axios this week: Vice President JD Vance plans to come to Iowa on April 30 to campaign with U.S. Representative Zach Nunn. Isenstadt wrote that the vice president’s appearances with Nunn and a... See more
Iowa’s 2026 ballot access controversies lacked the drama of the last midterm election cycle, when one statewide official almost missed the Democratic primary ballot, and a leading candidate for U.S. Senate had to go to the Iowa Supreme Court to keep her c... See more
It’s that time of year: days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and transparency advocates are celebrating open government and freedom of information. To mark Sunshine Week, I decided to examine how open the Iowa House and Senate are to th... See more
Veteran Democratic strategist Joe Trippi has worked Iowa for decades. He’s criss-crossed the state, talked to voters, organized rallies, fought for coverage — in election years, it’s been a home-away-from-home. And now he’s going back to look at the races... See more
Despite Iowa’s rightward shift over the past decade, our state is shaping up to be an important 2026 battleground. For the first time since 1968, we have open races for governor and U.S. Senate in the same year. Two of the four U.S. House districts are am... See more
