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2020 elections
Sept. 5, 2019
Iowa Republican Senator Wants to Gut Social Security ‘Behind Closed Doors’ The salt-of-the-earth Senator Ernst is exposing her inner wing nut in treating the safety net as a “problem” elites must “solve.”
By Ed Kilgore
Steve King’s Views on Rape Are Inseparable From His Racism King’s understanding of what gives women and people of color worth rests on how useful they are to his vision of civilization.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Iowa’s Right-Wing ‘Kingmaker’ Vander Plaats Rejects Steve King Bob Vander Plaats is really good at spotting conservative winners. His endorsement of King’s primary challenger tells you a lot.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
July 17, 2019
Is Steve King Finally Running Out of Money and Luck? The old racist’s prospects for reelection don’t look great, but he has exceeded expectations before.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
June 30, 2019
Kamala Harris’s Star Is Rising, But There Are Major Hurdles Ahead Harris is beginning to show the promise that made her an early favorite. But her path to the Democratic nomination is narrow and perilous.
By Ed Kilgore
Slowly and Persistently, Elizabeth Warren Is On the Rise If the 2020 hopeful can avoid getting sideswiped by a fast-moving dark horse candidate, she’s in decent shape to challenge Sanders and Biden.
By Ed Kilgore
Caucuses Aren’t King on the Democratic Campaign Trail Anymore Ten states will move toward primaries, and it should boost turnout in 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
De Blasio ’20 Is Ridiculous, But Not That Ridiculous Now that the mayor has ignored everyone’s advice and is running for president, it’s time to treat him just like any other doomed candidate.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 26, 2019
Is Beto Losing His Mojo? Did Mayor Pete Steal It From Him? The two candidates are pursuing opposite strategies, with O’Rourke focusing on early-voting states, and Buttigieg soaking up national media attention.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 22, 2019
Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Need 2016 Support Levels to Win Lots of Delegates The 15 percent minimum threshold for winning delegates will make it easier for front-runners like Sanders and Biden to hog them.
By Ed Kilgore
Will Iowans Dump Disgraced Racist Steve King? It will be ideology dueling with influence among many Western Iowa conservatives.
By Ed Kilgore
De Blasio Is Preparing to Embarrass Himself and the Entire State of New York Every indicator screams “No!” at New York’s mayor. But he seems determined to run anyway.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppression
Apr. 4, 2019
Iowa GOP Moves Forward With Plan to Disenfranchise College Students Under the proposed law, graduating college students would be asked if they plan to remain in Iowa, then struck from the voting rolls if they say no.
By Eric Levitz
vision 2020
Mar. 18, 2019
What Beto Backlash? Fundraising Haul Undercuts Reports of a Disastrous Launch Despite negative reactions among journalists and on Twitter, his campaign raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours, beating Bernie Sanders’s record.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Feb. 25, 2019
Bill de Blasio’s Lost Weekend The mayor returned to Iowa as part of his public consideration of a presidential run, and struggled with weather, logistics, and small audiences.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Feb. 21, 2019
The New Democratic Primary Calendar Makes Voters of Color Even More Important A changing calendar for 2020 means that soon after Iowa and New Hampshire very diverse states will dominate the calendar, and the contest.
By Ed Kilgore
everyday heroes
Feb. 20, 2019
Ranch Girl Is the Hero America Needs Now Aren’t we all all just trying to get some ranch?
By Chris Crowley
hairy situations
Feb. 1, 2019
Teen Freezes Hair Upside Down in Polar Vortex An interview with the icy teen who went viral.
By Ella Cerón
republicans
Jan. 16, 2019
Steve King’s Road Map for Racist Republicans The fallout from King’s comments isn’t just turning the GOP against him. It’s showing future racist politicians how to avoid his fate.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2020 election
Dec. 5, 2018
When Barack Met Beto The flirtation of ObamaWorld with Beto O’Rourke’s presidential ambitions is worth its weight in gold to the Texan.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Nov. 16, 2018
Should Democrats Focus On the Heartland or the Sunbelt in 2020? The midterm results don’t really dictate either approach, but a 2020 candidate might.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 election
Oct. 25, 2018
It’s Time for Michael Avenatti to Go Away Yeah, he’s made his point, Democrats need to toughen up. But they aren’t and shouldn’t be clueless enough to nominate him for president.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 9, 2018
Trump to Bring Big Juicy Ethanol Treat With Him to Iowa Rally Trump is trying to giveth to Iowa farmers — and endangered Iowa Republican pols — from whom his trade war has taketh.
By Ed Kilgore
Ignore Polling: Abortion is in Danger in GOP-Controlled States A state’s willingness to restrict abortion is based less on public opinion than the power of the GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
This Might Be the Most Important Swing District in the Country Trump and Pence have both visited Iowa’s First in recent days. The GOP is nervous about holding the district — and what it would mean if it can’t.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Trump’s Trade War Is a Big Problem for Republicans in Politically Pivotal Iowa Trump and his people told Iowans not to worry about Chinese retaliation against Iowa soybean exports. Now they’re worrying for real.
By Ed Kilgore
Iowa Could Be 2018’s Bellwether for Democrats The state that lurched heavily red in 2014 and 2016 could lurch back, and that would be significant given Iowa’s Trump-friendly demographics.
By Ed Kilgore
Iowa Democratic Candidate for Governor Forced Out of Race by Groping Allegations A promising young legislator named Nate Boulton folded his campaign quickly after conceding the substance of multiple allegations of misconduct.
By Ed Kilgore
abortion rights
May 4, 2018
By Gabriella Paiella
A Red State Finally Rejects an Abortion Ban In South Carolina a Democratic legislator mockingly asks Republicans to pass a total abortion ban they know to be unconstitutional. They nearly did.
By Ed Kilgore
Sam Clovis, Trump Aide Caught Up in Russia Probe, Leaves USDA Job The guy who told George Papadopoulos to visit Moscow “if feasible” is heading home to Iowa.
By Adam K. Raymond
abortion rights
May 2, 2018
By Amanda Arnold
Lamb Win Could Point to Democratic Resurgence in Lily-white Districts Under the right circumstances, it looks like Democrats can again win in places where they don’t have their customary minority base.
By Ed Kilgore
Bill de Blasio Is Back in Iowa But not because he’s thinking about running for president.
By Caroline Bankoff
Iowa’s Obamacare Waiver Could Test Tolerance for High Insurance Deductibles Iowa’s request for a super-waiver would head off higher premiums, in exchange for high out-of-pocket costs conservatives love but consumers hate.
By Ed Kilgore
When Two Warring Parties Share a State’s U.S. Senate Seats The number of “split” Senate delegations is declining steadily, and with it the phenomenon of voters deliberately choosing a senator from each party.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Personally Tried to Sabotage Obamacare in Iowa Iowa wanted to implement (very conservative) reforms to keep its largest insurer on the exchanges. Trump got wind of the plan and ordered it killed.
By Eric Levitz
Democrat Wins Iowa State Legislative Special Election in District Trump Swept It may be just a small straw in the wind, but a Democrat won in one of those midwestern small town districts Trump won, despite GOP culture-war ads.
By Ed Kilgore
Populist President: I’d Rather Get Advice From Wall Street Than ‘a Poor Person’ At a rally in Iowa, Trump explains why his cabinet is filled with multimillionaires.
By Eric Levitz
Planned Parenthood Forced to Shut Down 4 Clinics in Iowa If the Affordable Health Care Act passes, the same thing could happen in many other states.
By Claire Landsbaum
Trump Will Help Democrats Solve Their ‘Midterm Falloff’ Problem Democrats turn out much more strongly in midterms when there is a GOP president, and the current GOP president should really energize them.
By Ed Kilgore
Steve King a Cautionary Tale in Iowa Debate Over Adopting Runoffs In an Iowa legislative debate over getting rid of party conventions to resolve nominations, Steve King’s rise to Congress was an object lesson.
By Ed Kilgore
Iowa Legislator Proposes Hiring Quotas for Republican College Faculty After decades of conservative whining about liberal domination of college faculties, a legislator has finally come up with a solution.
By Ed Kilgore
Iowa Lawmakers Suggest Women Go to a Dentist Instead of Planned Parenthood The list of women’s-health providers state lawmakers said they’d be happy to fund included a few questionable choices.
By Lisa Ryan
discrimination
Nov. 16, 2016
By Clint Rainey
Two Iowa Police Officers Are Killed in ‘Ambush-Style’ Attacks The suspect, 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, was taken into custody Wednesday morning.
By Jen Kirby
early and too often
Oct. 29, 2016
By Chas Danner
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