by Luke Martz | Aug 3, 2021 | Campaigns, Legislature, State Politics
Just days after her former opponent died, Democrat Andrea Phillips announced Monday she would run for the vacancy his passing created, before the funeral, even before a special election was called. Representative John Landon passed away last Thursday from cancer....
by Luke Martz | Jul 29, 2021 | Campaigns, Congress
Just 48 hours after Linn Co. Liberal Liz Mathis announced she would run against Republican Ashely Hinson in Iowa’s first district, Fox News dropped a report that Mathis used her official position in the State Senate to secure tax breaks for her client. Iowa Dem...
by Luke Martz | Jul 27, 2021 | Campaigns, Congress
Linn County Liberal Democrat Liz Mathis announced this morning that she would run for Congress in Iowa’s first district. Republican Ashley Hinson currently represents Iowa’s first congressional district. Mathis announced via Twitter just days after Former...
by Luke Martz | Jul 25, 2021 | Campaigns, Congress
Ashley Hinson’s congressional campaign launched its data-driven, grassroots field operation with a team of volunteers this past Saturday in Hiawatha, IA. The groups spent the morning knocking on doors in the neighborhood. “It was so great to be with some of Team...
by Luke Martz | Jul 23, 2021 | Campaigns, Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “is going all-in to defend” Cindy Axne, according to an email from the vulnerable Iowa Democrats’ campaign. And is it any wonder why? After refusing to tell Iowans whether she would support Nancy Pelosi for Speaker during her first...
by Luke Martz | Jul 22, 2021 | Campaigns, Congress
Thursday, former one-term congresswoman Abby Finkenauer announced she would run for Iowa’s US Senate currently held by Chuck Grassley. Finkenauer, a Democrat, announced on Twitter. Her decision comes just nine months after losing to Republican Ashely Hinson, a...
