Tag Archives: Iowa Democrats

Iowa Democrats Outraising Republican Candidates

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Trish Nelson

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial opening of campaign season. Now is the time to get involved. It is vital to elect more democrats to push back against the republican trifecta in Des Moines. Details about how you can help … Continue reading →

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I Write Letters To The Editor. You Should, Too

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Paul Deaton

As Blog for Iowa notes our 20th year, I looked and found this is my 1,220th post here. My first post was on Feb. 25, 2009, and by any measure, that’s a lot of writing. What I value more, though, … Continue reading →

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Talk Up Joe Biden

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Paul Deaton

In an interview with Missouri political activist Jess Piper, Iowa journalist Doug Burns captured this statement: “I specifically don’t talk about Biden because all he’s doing is delivering roads and that sort of thing, but they need to talk about … Continue reading →

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Women To Read And Follow

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Paul Deaton

According to the website Wordsrated, the average American adult reads five books per year. 51.6 percent of Americans don’t finish a single book in a year. Therefore, I am pretty optimistic when I say we should be reading these eight … Continue reading →

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Dream Big, Get To Work

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Paul Deaton

Is today a once in a lifetime chance to remake the nation? I know one thing. Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin is right, Democrats need to dream big and get to work. What does that mean? Iowa Democrats cannot resign themselves to … Continue reading →

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High Holy Days Of Basketball And March Madness

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Trish Nelson

My friend and regular weekend editor Dave Bradley refers to this time of year as the High Holy Days of Basketball.  Most people just call it March Madness. Accordingly, Blog for Iowa would like to extend our congratulations to the … Continue reading →

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Driveway Politics

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Paul Deaton

I’m supposed to be taking it easy. When I retired during the coronavirus pandemic I knew outside activities would wind down as I age. I still care about our politics, yet in a different way from before the pandemic. It … Continue reading →

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Support Democrat Ryan Melton For Congress In IA-04

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Trish Nelson

I’ve written about Ryan Melton’s campaign for congress here before and posted his newsletters. Correct me if I’m wrong but as far as I can tell, Melton is the only Democrat running for congress in Iowa that sends out an … Continue reading →

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New Work Ahead – Re-elect Joe Biden

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Paul Deaton

On Super Tuesday, March 5, the Iowa Democratic Party released the results of their mail-in presidential preference “caucus” that replaced first in the nation. Most news outlets did not recognize this was a thing to watch before it happened. After … Continue reading →

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Politics Doesn’t Change

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Paul Deaton

Editor’s Note: I was cleaning up old email files and found this April 10, 2005 email from Dave Loebsack announcing to a small group he was exploring a run for the Congress. As we now know, Loebsack beat 30-year incumbent … Continue reading →

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