It became obvious almost as soon as the polls closed in the midterm election on Tuesday night that voters were electing Democrats and rejecting Republicans in numbers unseen in American politics since 1974. That year, voters rejected Republicans after the Watergate scandal, fed up with their support of a crooked president — the recently resigned […]
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‘I could have won the Vietnam War in a week’: At Dubuque rally, Trump comments on Hinson’s body, calls football ‘boring as hell’; Lahn joins in xenophobia
“This isn’t rambling. This isn’t rambling,” President Trump said 80 minutes into his rambling performance on stage in Dubuque on Sunday. “This is genius, if you want to know.” The event — announced on Oct. 15, canceled on Oct. 29 and reannounced less than 24 hours later — was the longest rally Trump has done […]
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Trump’s Dubuque rally, canceled on Thursday, is back on; Ashley Hinson tries to sell herself to voters as ‘bipartisan’ to win Iowa’s tight Senate race
On Thursday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced that President Trump’s rally scheduled for Sunday in Dubuque was canceled, and so was a rally he was supposed to hold in Kansas on Saturday. Less than 24 hours later, the White House canceled those cancellations. “Rallies are BACK ON! President Trump loves his supporters, and in […]
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The Daily Weekly (Oct. 26-30): New Trump/Epstein revelations, Czech history, RFK Jr.’s racism
Want to see these stories sooner? Subscribe to LV Daily and get news, events and amusing facts sent straight to your inbox, Monday through Friday. No AI or spam, ever! Monday, Oct. 26 As the Josh Turek campaign unveils another ad highlighting the Democrat’s support for trans sports bans and federal restrictions on gender-affirming care […]
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Trump meanders through boasts, racist smears and praise for Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad in Iowa, joined by Hinson, Lahn, Bird, Mitchell and McGowan
“Can you believe I’m doing about 34 of these things?” President Donald Trump asked the people gathered in a hangar at the Sioux Gateway Airport for his rally on Thursday night. “Now, I don’t mind, I don’t mind. I don’t mind because I truly like the people here.” The Sioux City rally is part of […]
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President Trump is coming to Iowa ‘to get truly fantastic Warriors elected,’ even as polls show his popularity in the state has plummeted
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social on Thursday night that he’s coming to Iowa twice before the Nov. 3 election “to get truly fantastic Warriors elected.” The first Trump rally will be in Sioux City on Thursday. The rally will begin at 4:30 p.m. although speeches are not scheduled to start until 6 p.m., […]
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‘This is the corruption we have to address’: Turek, Hinson discuss attack ads, voting records and Iran war in first Senate debate
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson and Iowa Rep. Josh Turek spoke about their track records as lawmakers as they met for their first U.S. Senate debate Wednesday, discussing their previous votes — and planned actions if elected — to address rising costs for Iowans. Hinson, a Republican representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, and Turek, a Democrat […]
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Trump lawsuit over Iowa Poll dismissed with prejudice
Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the Iowa Poll published by the Des Moines Register three days before the November 2024 election was rejected by a Polk County District Court on Wednesday afternoon. The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co., showed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, leading Trump by 3 percentage points among […]
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Polls show Sand beating Lahn, Turek closing in on Hinson; Cook Political Report shifts their forecast in favor of Democrats
Republicans should be in an excellent position to win both the open seat for governor of Iowa and the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Donald Trump carried the state easily in each of the last three presidential elections. In 2024, he won Iowa by 13.2 percentage points, the biggest margin of victory in a presidential election […]
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CDC adds Iowa to list of states affected by ‘record-setting outbreak’ of intestinal disease from contaminated lettuce
Iowa has been added to the list of states with confirmed cases of a parasite-caused gastrointestinal disease linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce, the FDA confirmed Wednesday in an update on the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak. The New York Times and the Washington Post had already reported on Tuesday that Iowa was one of six states with […]
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‘Anti-establishment’ candidate Zach Lahn celebrates (familiar) Trump endorsement, pledges to continue Gov. Reynolds’ work
“I will tell you, something very special happened today to me,” Zach Lahn told the audience of Republicans gathered at the downtown Hilton in Des Moines on Friday night. “A boy who grew up north of Sioux City in a small town of less than 300 people. I was endorsed for this campaign by President […]
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Josh Turek leads Ashley Hinson in one of two new election polls; Rob Sand beats Zach Lahn in both
Two polls covering the race for governor and the race for Iowa’s open Senate seat were published last week. Rob Sand was one percentage point ahead of Zach Lahn in a New York Times/Siena poll, but in a Fox News poll published one day later, Sand leads Lahn by nine percentage points. For the Senate race, the polls disagreed on which candidate is ahead.
