Sarah Corkery, the 2nd Congressional District Democratic candidate said Tuesday that women’s health care rights will be a crucial issue in the upcoming election — and that having a woman, Vice President Kamala Harris, at the top of the ticket will help Democrats win. Corkery spoke about her commitment to defending legal abortion access at […]
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Lanon Baccam shares ‘history of service’ in Iowa State Fair speech
Democrat Lanon Baccam told the crowd at the Iowa State Fair Monday that he would bring his “history of service” and commitment to healthcare access to the U.S. Congress if elected. Speaking at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox Monday, the 3rd District Democratic nominee shared stories of his time serving in the Iowa National […]
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Christina Bohannan vows to defend abortion in Iowa State Fair speech
Christina Bohannan, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, focused on abortion rights and her opponent’s voting record during a speech Saturday at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. This is Bohannan’s second time running against Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District since 2022 when she lost […]
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Hoping to harness enthusiasm for the new Harris campaign, Democrats plan ‘Iowans for Kamala’ Zoom call on Monday night
Over the course of the dozen days since President Joe Biden withdrew from 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Harris campaign has shown unprecedented momentum. During the first three weeks of July, fundraising for the then-Biden/Harris campaign cratered, but that changed after it became the Harris campaign, blowing past Donald Trump’s […]
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Iowa Democrats praise Biden and endorse Harris; Iowa Republicans demand Biden resign as president
Despite three weeks of op-eds in national news outlets and a small but growing number of Democrats in Congress calling on President Biden to quit the 2024 presidential race, it still came as a surprise when he did so on Sunday. “I believe it is the best interest of my party and the country for […]
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Two Iowa Dems running for Congress are outperforming their Republican opponents and two are far behind, according to latest fundraising reports
The Democrats running in Iowa’s 1st and 3rd Congressional District outraised their Republican during the three month period that ended on June 30, according to the second-quarter campaign fundraising and spending reports published this week by the Federal Election Commission. Christina Bohannan and Lanon Baccam also raised more money than Republican incumbents Mariannette Miller-Meeks and […]
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DeSantis tells cheering Iowa Republicans ‘I hope and pray’ Biden is the Democratic Party nominee
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke to the Iowa Republican Party Wednesday on the terrace of an Italian-style villa in Milwaukee that overlooks Lake Michigan, possibly showing his interest in another bid for the presidency even as Republicans prepare to formally nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate for a third time. During his 10 […]
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Two Iowa Democrats running for Congress call for Biden to drop out of the race for president
Two of the four Democrats running for Congress in Iowa have called on President Joe Biden to give up his reelection bid. “America deserves better than the choice for President we’re currently facing,” Bohannan, who is running in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, said in a written statement on Thursday. “This election is bigger than any […]
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Rep. Miller-Meeks promotes conspiracy theory about President Biden using drugs to hide mental decline
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is using her credentials as a doctor to boost a conspiracy theory the Trump campaign is circulating to explain why President Biden may appear more intelligent, articulate and better informed than Trump in their first debate on Thursday: If Biden performs well, it’s because he’s on performance-enhancing drugs. The Trump campaign stories […]
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Tuesday’s primary: Lanon Baccam wins big in IA-03, incumbent supervisors in Polk and Johnson counties defeated
Democrat Lanon Baccam won a landslide victory in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, and the Republican incumbents in the 1st and 4th Districts who faced challengers on Tuesday both won. Incumbents typically win primary elections in Iowa, but a Republican supervisor in Polk County and a Democratic supervisor in Johnson County were defeated in their primary […]
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Where you need to go and what you need to know to vote in Tuesday’s primary
On Tuesday voters will select the candidates who will be on the ballot in the November general election. Because this is a primary for offices elected on a partisan basis, only Democrats and Republicans can vote, and they can only vote for the candidates of their own party. People registered as No Party or Libertarian […]
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Iowa ethics board fines candidate Melissa Vine and her former campaign manager for illegal contributions
Melissa Vine, a Democrat running in the June 4 primary in Iowa’s 3rd congressional district, and her former campaign manager Lou McDonald were each fined $500 by the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board on Thursday after the board’s investigation found the two made contributions to a state political action committee in other people’s names. […]
