State drops appeal in case on purging Iowa voter rolls
Schultz’s top priority as secretary of state was to change state law to require all voters to show photo ID when casting ballots in person. That change required new legislation, which was a non-starter...
View ArticleA political match made in heaven: Ted Cruz and Matt Schultz
The 2010 GOP wave propelled Schultz to a narrow victory in the Iowa Secretary of State’s race. He seized the chance to push for a voter ID law that Iowa’s experienced county election officials didn’t...
View ArticleIowa won’t have to repay HAVA funds used for voter fraud investigations
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has determined that spending $240,000 on criminal investigations of voter fraud in Iowa was an "allowable, allocable and reasonable" use of federal Help America...
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Three reasons Geri Huser should not have picked the fight the Iowa Utilities...
The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) announced yesterday that it "has started the process to transfer funds earmarked for the Iowa Energy Center (IEC) at Iowa State University and the Center for Global and...
View ArticleWeekend open thread: Last Des Moines Register caucus poll and a shady Ted...
Photo of a Ted Cruz supporter’s car spotted in Davenport on January 30; shared with the photographer’s permission. The final Iowa caucus poll by Selzer & Co. for the Des Moines Register and...
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Weekend open thread: Ted Cruz delegate domination edition
What’s on your mind this weekend, Bleeding Heartland readers? This is an open thread: all topics welcome. Newly-disclosed details about the sex abuse charges filed against former U.S. House Speaker...
View ArticleOther controversies, poor scheduling ruin Joni Ernst’s big RNC moment
The good news for U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was she didn’t make any gaffes during her speech last night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The bad news: her speech made little impression...
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Why Iowa’s RNC votes all went for Trump, even though Cruz won the caucuses
The Republican Party of Iowa changed its bylaws earlier this year to prevent a repeat of what state party chair Jeff Kaufmann has called "the 2012 fiasco." During the last Republican National...
View ArticleNothing says “civil discourse” like Steve King as your campaign co-chair
“There is no civil discourse left and it is really sad,” Governor Kim Reynolds said yesterday, adding, “We ought to be able to debate ideas because that’s how you get to consensus.” Reynolds lamented...
View ArticleIowa Republicans not challenging Attorney General Tom Miller
What a difference two election cycles makes. After going all in against longtime Attorney General Tom Miller in 2010 and making a token effort to defeat him in 2014, Iowa Republicans did not even...
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