A lawsuit over a Des Moines Register poll that showed Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Iowa during the final days of the 2024 campaign has been moved to federal court. The lawsuit, one of two related to the poll, is a potential class-action case filed by the Center for American Rights on behalf of […]
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Election 2024: Trump and the GOP dominate Iowa, Wichtendahl makes history and Johnson County secures conservation
Donald Trump won Iowa in a landslide, as he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win the 2024 presidential election. This was Trump’s third run for president, and he has won Iowa each time. Each time he has also increased the margin by which he won the state. According to unofficial vote totals from the […]
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New Iowa Poll shows Harris with an edge ahead of Election Day; Trump calls poll ‘fake,’ says it ‘should be illegal’
At a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania on Sunday, Donald Trump attacked the results of a new Iowa Poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 percentage points in Iowa as the campaign draws to an end. The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co., was published on Saturday night by the Des Moines […]
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MAGA goes harder on Nixonian politics than Tricky Dick ever did. Can democracy be ‘saved’ for another 50 years?
“A week is a long time in politics.” It’s a phrase both politicians and journalists like to use when they want to avoid giving a firm answer to a question, but still want to sound smart. But this year there really was a week that fit that description. On Saturday, July 20, President Joe Biden […]
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New Iowa Poll shows how much Kamala Harris has changed the presidential race in the state
Kamala Harris becoming the Democrat’s nominee has dramatically changed how Iowans think about the 2024 presidential election, according to a new Iowa Poll. The poll published by the Des Moines Register on Sunday showed Donald Trump leading Harris among likely voters, 47 percent to 43 percent. All year, Trump has led his Democratic opponent in the […]
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‘I don’t know how much higher we can go’: Rita Hart on an energizing DNC and the party’s future in Iowa
The contrast between the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee and this year’s convention in Chicago could not be greater. In Milwaukee, activities were kept to a minimum and social distancing between participants was the rule, due to the then-poorly controlled COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the floor of the United Center is packed, and the […]
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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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The world reacts to Iowa’s abortion ban, from Kamala Harris to local OB-GYNs: ‘Women will be harmed and die because of this law’
“Make no mistake: half of the state is less free today than they were yesterday because of Republicans in the legislature and Kim Reynolds,” Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst said on Monday. “There’s just no other way to look at it.” The Windsor Heights Democrat was speaking about the state’s near-total abortion ban, which […]
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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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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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Sen. Kamala Harris drops out of the 2020 race
Sen. Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday afternoon she is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. “I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,” the California Democrat said in a statement about suspending her campaign, posted on Medium.
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Sen. Kamala Harris is ‘fucking moving to Iowa’ in an effort to finish in the top three in the Iowa Caucus
Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris stressed the importance of electing a leader who will help unify the country and said it’s “time to turn the page on the current administration.” “The greatest fights we face in terms of challenges are not each other, and we must invest in the strength of our nation, understanding the commonalities
