Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield, a farm kid turned Des Moines businesswoman, said rural Iowans will be looking for a change in November.

DES MOINES: The Iowa Democratic Party announced this weekend that Mark Smith has been elected as the new chair, by a majority vote of the IDP State Central Committee. Smith represents Marshalltown in the Iowa State House and formerly served as House Minority Leader.

Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was the clear Iowa Caucus winner Monday night in Carroll County, according to unofficial results.

A coding error in a new cellphone app the Iowa Democratic Party deployed this year to report caucus results has caused a significant delay in the tallying of those results.

DES MOINES: RAICES (The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), the largest legal service provider to undocumented immigrants in Texas and one of the largest in the country, Monday installed protest-art cages throughout Des Moines.

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Saddled with jury duty in the impeachment of President Trump, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent her husband Bruce Mann and the couple’s golden retriever Bailey to campaign in Carroll this morning.

Long-time Carroll County Democrat Tim Tracy, a former local party chairman who once ran to be the state leader of the Democrats, and who is active in arts education at Kuemper Catholic High School, endorsed the White House campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden.

JEFFERSON: Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says it makes sense to decentralize a raft of federal agriculture jobs from Washington, D.C. to Sioux City, a leading Hawkeye State community that rests at the nexus of three ag-heavy states, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.

PERRY: Buoyed by a New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll showing him with a 7-point lead over his closest Democratic competitor in Iowa, White House hopeful Bernie Sanders arrived in Perry Sunday to energize a group of potential voters.

The twin Castro brothers from Texas, one a candidate for president, and the other his campaign manager (and congressman), had what amounted to an insider’s guide to a sprawling field of two-dozen White House aspirants, Joaquin Castro said.

Supporters of Pete Buttigieg described a raft of reasons for supporting the Democratic White House aspirant as they helped fill a Carrollton Centre ballroom Saturday night.

Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will visit Carroll in a free event Saturday evening.

The Iowa Democratic Party presidential caucuses for Carroll County will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3.

Iowa Republicans will hold caucuses statewide at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 for the purpose of selecting a presidential candidate for the general election in November and other party business.

The last election cycle, one that saw two congresswomen emerge from Iowa and other gains by female candidates nationally, reveals voters’ hunger for more women in office, a trend that will boost the political fortunes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the Iowa caucuses, one of her more visible sup…

On the cusp of missing his second Democrat presidential nominee debate due to his low polling numbers, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, of New Jersey, announced Monday that he has suspended his bid for the nomination.

DES MOINES: Led by Vote Common Good executive director Doug Pagitt, a first-of-its-kind event is prompting candidates, faith leaders and voters to have a substantive discussion on religion and politics.

DES MOINES: It’s been a double-barreled headline week for a Scranton alum.

MANNING: Long-time Manning Pharmacy owner Bob Stessman, who has waged a pitched fight to keep his own business open, says the closing of the local grocery will have negative spinoff effects on the pharmacy, Manning Regional Healthcare Center and other local commerce and services.

MANNING: A California billionaire running for president placed himself in the middle of small-town rhetorical friendly fire as residents of Manning expressed outrage over the local grocery store owner’s decision to close up shop.

FORT DODGE: Farmers should be barred from constructing new large animal confinements and also encouraged to end the practice of clustering hundreds or thousands of animals together in tight quarters, according to a New Jersey senator who seeks the Democratic nomination for president.

AUDUBON, DENISON, COUNCIL BLUFFS: Amy Klobuchar took one look at Albert and saw past the bull in the bull.

American agriculture can get to net-zero carbon emissions and make money doing it while still feeding the world, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says.

Carroll County Republican Party Chairman Craig Williams, a longtime GOP activist with a deep statewide network, says he brings conservative values and an eye for fiscal responsibility to his campaign for the Iowa Senate.

CARROLL, DENISON: National Democratic oval office front-runner Joe Biden woke up in Carroll Sunday, attended Mass at St. Lawrence Catholic Church and filled up on oatmeal at Queen Beans Coffee House before continuing a barnstorming tour of Iowa in which the former vice president is making th…

DENISON: The Pete Buttigieg mid-morning crowd at Cronk’s Cafe in Denison quickly filled the parking lot and nearby on-street spots.

EXIRA, DEDHAM: Sally Smith of Exira checked out two books from the Exira Library after joining more than 30 people in a crammed corner of the public lending facility in the downtown of this southwest Iowa city to hear congressional candidate J.D. Scholten make his case a year before the election.

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J.D. Scholten, congressional candidate for Iowa’s 4th district, will host a town hall in Dedham Thursday as part of his “Don’t Forget About Us” tour.

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Amy Haskins’ apparent downfall is that she’s confident and well-spoken when she attempts to take elected leaders to task.

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Linc Kroeger, Accenture’s advocate for rural America, continued to draw national attention to Jefferson by hosting a tour and discussion Sunday with Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney, a former Maryland congressman and entrepreneur who is making business development in small town…

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will hold a town hall meeting in Templeton on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Carroll-area residents weren’t shy about complimenting Montana Gov. Steve Bullock or giving the Trump-state Democrat advice on how to wage his presidential campaign.

Woodbury County Republican Supervisor Jeremy Taylor of Sioux City, a candidate for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, announced that Crawford County Sheriff James Steinkuehler has endorsed his candidacy.

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