While Iowa has played an outsize role in presidential politics for generations, the details of how the caucuses actually work can surprise and mystify even hard-core political junkies. The ...

Caucuses are something else. They are essentially meetings run by political parties, convened at a specific time – 7 p.m. CT in Iowa. Since it isn’t a traditional election, a candidate’s ...

Iowa’s presidential caucuses have for the past five decades awarded the small, mostly white state an oversize sway in the nation’s politics, providing everyday Iowans and the state’s elected ...

Julie Stauch, a Democrat, and Eddie Andrews, a Republican, both launched their campaigns for governor of Iowa this week.

Unlike primary elections, which are run by states with voting throughout the day at polling places or by voting early, the Iowa caucuses are held in the evening and run by each political party ...

The DNC dropped Iowa from its early lineup in favor ... be made to affirm that they have not participated in a caucus of any other political party as part of our mail-in process.

It was Iowa caucuses night for the California family. Raised in Huntington Beach, Deborah has served in various roles in Iowa Republican politics since moving here with her Lakewood-raised husband ...

WASHINGTON - Iowa Democrats did everything they could to appease the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2024 election ...

Des Moines Register politics reporter Katie Akin has been to countless events in Iowa this campaign season. “The entire Iowa caucus game is really about expectations,” she tells The Independent.

Democrat Julie Stauch published a resume and cover letter Tuesday for a job she hopes Iowans will hire her for in 2026 — the ...