Iowa

What a wild weekend in Iowa. The presidential candidates who turned out for the Iowa State Fair came close to outnumbering the selections of food on a stick at the Iowa State Fair.

Chalk it up to “Scottmentum"? That’s what one pollster calls South Carolina U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s political rise in Iowa, where he is moving up the polls and, it appears, eroding support for No. 2 GOP presidential candidate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

A new survey by private polling firm Cygnal finds former President Donald Trump still dominating the GOP presidential primary field, and political outsider Vivek Ramaswamy overtaking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for second place.

Ohio entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has taken a lot more flak from his opponents as he rises in the primary polls. But the political outsider and first millennial to run for the Republican Party presidential nomination is starting to draw fire about his youth -- from none other than former Vice President Mike Pence, Ramaswamy's elder by 26 years.

It's State Fair time in the Hawkeye State, and with a little more than five months before Iowa's first-in-the- nation primary that means one thing: Presidential candidates galore. While Thrill Ville still thrills and food on a stick remains cuisine du jour, the Iowa State Fair — as it does every four years — is a showplace for presidential aspirants.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is using money from the American Rescue Plan Act to send law enforcement to the Texas border as part of Operation Lone Star. The governor said Wednesday she is authorizing 109 National Guard soldiers to the Texas border to help with the border security mission.

A headline-grabbing congressional committee will take its investigative work on Communist China to the Heartland this week. On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), chair and Ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, respectively, will lead a roundtable discussion in the eastern Iowa farm community of Dysart.

Amid rising concerns about the liberal political agenda driving environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment decisions at the expense of retirement income, U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (R-IA-03) has introduced the “Protecting Retirees’ Savings Act.” The bill, according to proponents, will help eliminate conflicts of interest for financial managers that cost investors by lowering investment returns.

Governor Kim Reynolds says her administration has successfully implemented a state government re-alignment plan, reducing the number of cabinet-level departments from 37 to 16. Reynolds’ government downsizing plan, Senate File 514, was a defining piece of legislation in a historic session of the Iowa Legislature.

Iowa nice converged with Hawkeye heat Friday evening, as the Republican Party of Iowa hosted the largest cattle call to date of the GOP presidential combatants on one of the hottest days of the year.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa nice converged with Hawkeye heat Friday evening, as the Republican Party of Iowa hosted the largest cattle call to date of the GOP presidential combatants on one of the hottest days of the year.

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is beginning to build his political ground game in Iowa, even as he battles a Democratic Party that has kicked the kickoff caucus state out of its long-held position of primacy. The Kennedy family scion and anti-vaccine warrior — or at least his campaign — is cordially inviting Iowans to his Iowa Campaign Kickoff and Precinct Training Event from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Former President Donald Trump increased his substantial lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the latest Marquette Law School Poll. While DeSantis has seen his support erode among Republican voters, he again fares slightly better than Trump in a head-to-head match-up with President Joe Biden, according to the survey.

Republican presidential hopeful Tim Scott returns to Iowa this week riding high in a new Hawkeye State poll and looking to capitalize on two key campaign events. The South Carolina U.S. senator will host a town hall with Governor Kim Reynolds Thursday evening in Ankeny before speaking at the Iowa GOP's annual Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser on Friday.

Former President Donald Trump holds a 27-point lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the latest National Research Inc. survey of likely GOP voters in Iowa. This poll of 500 likely Iowa Republican Caucus participants represents Trump’s largest lead over DeSantis since the Republican polling firm began its surveys in May.