On the heels of her poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, Michele Bachmann has announced that she is ending her campaign to become the Republican nominee for president.
Would-be Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney edged his opponent Rick Santorum by a hair during the Iowa caucuses — defeating him by only eight votes. The Republican Party has deemed it the closest-ever margin of victory in a Republican presidential contest.
Bob Vander Plaats, head of Iowa’s Family Research Council affiliate the Family Leader, an organization opposed to rights for LGBT Iowans, endorsed Rick Santorum for the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday. The Family Leader had previously declined to endorse any candidate in the GOP Caucuses, but Vander Plaats decided to More…
Mother Jones reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement from former Rep. Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, an anti-Islam activist.
Leading up to the 2012 election, women are watching — more specifically, Planned Parenthood is watching.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman announced Friday that both states would be withdrawing immediately from the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes (MoRAST).
Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt say states haven’t been able to wait on Washington, D.C. and are pushing forward with their own education reforms.
Former Gov. Gary Johnson filed the paperwork for his candidacy in the New Hampshire presidential primary — mere hours before the filing deadline in the crucial early primary state. After a campaign mix-up, Johnson was forced to take a red-eye from Arizona to file his paperwork in person.
Gov. Terry Branstad says statements from the Iowa Democratic Party that he and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are “anti-worker” aren’t fair, claiming they both inherited difficult fiscal situations when they took their oath of office in January and are trying to get their states back on track.
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