Rep. Ras Smith announced on Wednesday morning he had suspended his campaign for Iowa governor. In June, Smith became the first Democrat to launch a campaign for his party’s 2022 nomination. Smith began with an optimistic tone that colored his six-month-long campaign, appealing for unity across social and ideological divisions based on shared experiences as […]
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‘Iowa is worth the work’: Deidre DeJear officially launches her campaign for governor
Deidre DeJear made it official on Saturday — she is running for governor of Iowa. DeJear’s announcement came just over a month after she announced a listening tour of the state to help her decide whether to run, and three years after her first campaign for public office. DeJear made history with her 2018 run […]
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‘It’s time to let the next generation of Iowans take the reins’: Senate candidate Dave Muhlbauer meets with Iowa City Democrats
“What makes me unique to Iowa is that I’m not unique,” Dave Muhlbauer told the small group of Johnson County Democrats gathered on the makeshift patio behind George’s Buffet on Wednesday afternoon. “I’m an Iowan.” Muhlbauer, a farmer in western Iowa and a former member of the Crawford County Board of Supervisors, launched a nine-city […]
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More than 100 rally on the Pentacrest in support of Palestinians
More than 100 people gathered at the edge of the Pentacrest on Saturday afternoon to show support for Palestinians as the Israeli military continued attacks on the Palestinian territories in response to rockets fired by the militia Hamas into Israel. The Protest for Palestine, organized by students affiliated with the University of Iowa Middle East […]
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Ross Wilburn, former mayor of Iowa City, makes history as first Black person to lead a major political party in Iowa
A decade and a half after making history as the first Black person to serve as mayor of Iowa City, Rep. Ross Wilburn made history again on Saturday, becoming the first Black person to lead a major political party in Iowa when he was elected chair of the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP). “I’m honored by […]
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Democrats are a third of Iowa’s registered voters, but 55 percent of those who have requested absentee ballots
For the 2016 general election, a total of 286,268 Democrats requested absentee ballots. As of Wednesday morning — 41 days before the Nov. 3 election — 306,927 Democrats had requested absentee ballots, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. That is more than the number of absentee ballot requests from Republicans and people registered […]
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Pete Buttigieg drops out of the 2020 race, one day after being certified as the Iowa Caucus winner
After almost a month of problems and delays, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) finally certified the results of the Iowa Caucus on Saturday, declaring Pete Buttigieg the winner and awarding him an extra delegate for winning the most state delegate equivalents (SDEs). On Sunday, Buttigieg dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. Speaking to supporters […]
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The Iowa Democratic Party wrapped up its recount, but the Sanders campaign — and AP — remain unsatisfied
The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) published the results of its limited recount of caucus results on Thursday night, and although the recount corrected errors founded in 19 of the 23 precincts it examined, the IDP said those corrections did not change the previously announced number of delegates awarded to each candidate. On Feb. 10, a […]
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The Iowa Democratic Party has finished their caucus recanvass. The Sanders campaign wants a recount.
Sen. Bernie Sanders will ask for a recount of the results of the Iowa Caucus, a member of the Sanders campaign said on Tuesday. “We now believe a recount will give Sen. Sanders enough State Delegate Equivalents to put him over the top by that metric as well. We want to thank the people of […]
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Mark Smith elected interim chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, promises big wins
Mark Smith was elected interim chair of the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) on Saturday. Smith, who has represented the Marshalltown area in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2001, will serve through the November general election. Smith replaces Troy Price, who announced his resignation on Wednesday, Feb. 12, apologizing for the failures that plagued the […]
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Troy Price resigns as chair of the Iowa Democratic Party as caucus problems continue
Troy Price, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP), submitted his letter of resignation on Wednesday afternoon, apologizing for the failures that plagued the reporting of results from the Feb. 3 caucus. “The fact is that Democrats deserved better than what happened on caucus night,” Prince wrote in his letter to the IDP State Central Committee.
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The Iowa Democratic Party establishes a timeline to determine the timeline for a caucus recanvass
The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) has now established a timeline for completing a partial recanvass of the results in the Feb. 3 caucus. Or rather, a timeline for deciding what the timeline for the recanvass will be. On Monday, both the Sanders and Buttigieg campaign requested recanvasses
