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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Information about a candidate's campaign finances is now only a click away. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board has launched a new, online database where the public can look up campaign finance information for a candidate running for a state-level office.
Iowa supporters of John McCain and Barack Obama are touting each presidential candidate’s ability to provide leadership on national security issues, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
DES MOINES --- Democrat Al Gore on Saturday night urged Iowa Democrats to avoid becoming complacent in the final weeks before the presidential election, recounting his own narrow loss to George W. Bush eight years ago.
WASILLA, Alaska -- It never fails. You can travel from here to Timbuktu or Kingdom Come, even out to Heckandgone, and you will meet someone with Iowa ties.
Iowa’s recent natural disasters are connected to global climate change, former Vice President Al Gore said in a speech at the state Democratic Party’s annual fall fundraiser Saturday.
Iowa’s recent natural disasters are connected to global climate change, former Vice President Al Gore said in a speech at the state Democratic Party’s annual fall fundraiser this evening.
Joe Biden and Sarah Palin weren't the only ones who had to refine their talking points for Thursday's vice-presidential debate. Supporters, flocking to numerous Iowa City downtown spots, spent the night issuing their own rebuttals, correcting so-called "facts," and - from time to time - teasing candidates for a verbal faux pas.
Youth voters need a little push. Organizations such as STOPandVOTE.org and New Voters Project, a branch of Iowa PIRG, are trying to reach out to the 18-29 age group to get them to vote this November. The efforts of these voter initiative groups are focused on college campuses across the nation. More than 130 college campuses across the nation are being reached by New Voter Project, said Devren ...
The Republican recently spent time in the state, where polls show rival Barack Obama holds a commanding lead. A mere five weeks from now, as night sweeps across the continent on Nov. 4, the 2008 presidential campaign presumably will be decided by the results in a handful of key states.
Republicans still dominate voter rolls in western Iowa, but the gap is smaller.
One is wrapping up his college degree, and the other is three decades into his career, but both candidates for Iowa House District 70 point to experience as a reason he should be the next representative of Ankeny.
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