Pat Rynard

Pat Rynard is a former Democratic campaign staffer in Iowa who now runs IowaStartingLine.com, an independent online news site that covers Iowa politics

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SHOWTIME

Michael Avenatti Highlights Iowa's Democratic Circus

If there’s anything that this week’s Iowa events showed, Democrats have a long, wild and unpredictable march to the 2020 nomination in store.

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POLITICAL FALLOUT

Farmers Fed Up With Trump Trade War Are Running Against Him

Iowa farmers running for office as Democrats could see their political viability rise as Trump trade wars begin to take their toll in the Hawkeye State.

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NEW HAWKEYE

Bill de Blasio Finds People Who Appreciate Him—in Iowa

The embattled New York mayor, who claims he’s not running for anything in 2020, exceeded some rather low expectations among Democratic activists in the first Caucus state.

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Hawkeye Hellfire 

Iowa Lawmakers Face Rage-Filled Recess 

They say you can always go home, but some Iowa lawmakers may have wished they were anywhere but this week.

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OH SHUCK

Shamed Into SCOTUS Sanity?

Sen. Chuck Grassley has been a fixture in Iowa for decades—but Democrats hope his decision to stonewall a Supreme Court nominee finally might knock him from his perch.

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Michael Avenatti Highlights Iowa's Democratic Circus

Farmers Fed Up With Trump Trade War Are Running Against Him

Bill de Blasio Finds People Who Appreciate Him—in Iowa

Iowa Lawmakers Face Rage-Filled Recess

Shamed Into SCOTUS Sanity?

Cruz’s Rise Fuels Iowa GOP Family Feud

Team Bernie Courts the Grandparent Vote