Iowa Press

Iowans sat down for turkey and relaxation this week as politics and issues hovered over the Thanksgiving season. We gather insight from journalists covering rural Iowa on this edition of Iowa Press.

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Partisan tensions raging in Washington with impeachment hearings. But what are the issues and policies driving the Iowa electorate ahead of 2020? We sit down with a pair of Iowa online political writers, Laura Belin and Shane Vander Hart, on this edition of Iowa Press.

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Just when a massive field of 2020 presidential candidates begins to slowly narrow new faces are jumping into the race. What does it mean for the Iowa Caucuses? We gather a roundtable of Iowa political reporters on this edition of Iowa Press.

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Iowa democrats have one of their largest events of the 2020 election cycle and another presidential candidate may enter. What does it mean for the massive field of democratic candidates still campaigning in Iowa? We gather a roundtable of Iowa political reporters for this edition of Iowa Press.

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Fewer than 100 days until the Iowa Caucuses and it's a potential turning point for many presidential campaigns. We sit down with New Jersey Senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker on this edition of Iowa Press.

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A change in republican leadership at the Iowa Statehouse. Linda Upmeyer steps down and a new Speaker is chosen to take the gavel in the Iowa House. We'll sit down with the incoming House Speaker Pat Grassley on this edition of Iowa Press.

The Iowa Caucus season is entering its final months just as many state races for 2020 are heating up. We check on the political pulse in Iowa with Pat Rynard of IowaStartingLine.com and Craig Robinson of TheIowaRepublican.com on this edition of Iowa Press.

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Presidential campaigns march on while Senate and congressional races take shape. Plus, some changes at the Iowa Statehouse. We'll get insight from Iowa political reporters covering it all on this edition of Iowa Press.

Just four months until the Iowa Caucuses and candidates are ramping up the time and money spent in Iowa. We sit down with democratic presidential hopeful and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar on this edition of Iowa Press.

Pursuing the democratic presidential nomination in fall 2019 is a difficult task for candidates left off the national debate stage. So for Colorado Senator Michael Bennet Iowa seems to be where he must focus much of his energy. We sit down with Senator Bennet on this edition of Iowa Press.