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DES MOINES, Iowa President Donald Trump remains popular among Iowa Republican voters , but they want the door politely held open for GOP challengers. A new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows Trump has an 81 percent approval rating among registered Republicans in Iowa.
Before he cut the $100,000 checks, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti brought the Democratic Party chairmen from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada backstage to meet late night television host Jimmy Kimmel and superstar hip-hop producer DJ Khaled. Garcetti may not be the best-known 2020 presidential prospect, but he will not be forgotten by those who lead Democratic politics in the states most responsible for picking the party's next presidential nominee.
A woman who donned a University of Texas at San Antonio T-shirt approached the 44-year-old former mayor of San Antonio. A mother of a UTSA graduate, she beckoned Castro for a photo, throwing up the famous Texan hand sign.
But Sen. Cory Booker, sitting in the passenger seat of Scholten's campaign Winnebago, had other ideas. Armed with his iPhone, Booker turned it on Scholten as the Iowa landscape flashed by.
WEBVTT The night featured many of Iowa's Republican delegation - Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, and Representative David Young. But the star of the show, fittingly wearing red, was White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, posing with Iowans and getting in on the fu She g right down to business when she took the stage, calling out Hubbell.
Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, spoke to about 800 Republicans who attended Gov. Kim Reynolds' annual Harvest Festival at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines Saturday evening.
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California has scheduled her first campaign trip to Iowa before Election Day, stoking speculation about a potential 2020 presidential campaign. The first-term senator plans stops on Oct. 22-23 in what will be her first visit to nation's leadoff presidential caucus state since she was elected in 2016.
But Sen. Cory Booker, sitting in the passenger seat of Scholten's campaign Winnebago, had other ideas. Armed with his iPhone, Booker turned it on Scholten as the Iowa landscape flashed by.
Americans are hurting as their country descends into dysfunction, polarization and widespread anger. Democrats are feeling an extra dose of despair with the elevation of the intemperate and partisan Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Michael Avenatti held court last month with a dozen Democratic strategists in the main dining room at The Palm - a see-and-be-seen table at one of Washington's most prominent power lunch spots. Avenatti did most of the talking.
Chants of "Lock her up!" rang once again throughout an Iowa arena as President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night. But this time, the staple of Trump's 2016 campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton had a new target: California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Chants of "Lock her up!" rang once again throughout an Iowa arena as President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night. But this time, the staple of Trump's 2016 campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton had a new target: California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, gestures as he speaks during a campaign stop for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum in Tampa, Fla.
Though Sen. Cory Booker says he is focused on the 2018 midterm elections, his travels have helped him build connections that could pay off in 2020. Analysis: Cory Booker wowed Iowa, one of many trips he's made that could pay off in 2020 Though Sen. Cory Booker says he is focused on the 2018 midterm elections, his travels have helped him build connections that could pay off in 2020.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker urged Democrats disappointed by Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to turn their despair into action as he made his national debut in Iowa as a Democratic presidential prospect. Racing from Saturday afternoon's Senate confirmation vote in Washington, Booker breezed into the Iowa Democratic Party's top fall fundraiser to try to make a positive impression on roughly 1,000 party activists.
Iowa 1st District Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer is calling for more policy and less politics in the federal Farm Bill, which currently is stalled in a congressional conference committee at the same time President Donald Trump's trade policies pose a $2.2 billion threat to the state's economy.
Vice President Mike Pence charged Thursday that Russia's influence operations in America pale in comparison to the covert and overt activities China is taking to interfere in the U.S. midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump's tough trade policies against Beijing. Pence laid out measures Beijing is employing to undermine the Trump administration.
With dogged determination and an affable style, J.D. Scholten might just be in with a chance against the infamous GOP congressman. J.D. Scholten, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th congressional district, is gaining ground on his opponent, Republican Rep. Steve King.