Robin Johnson
Host of Heartland PoliticsRobin A. Johnson is a governmental relations, public policy and political consultant. He is an expert on government reform issues and has consulted with numerous local governments on consolidation/merger, public-private partnerships and full-cost accounting of public services. Robin has also helped candidates win elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, state legislature, judiciary and local government. Robin served as a consultant to the Office of Statewide Performance Review in the Illinois Governor’s Office and is former director of the Illinois Center for Competitive Government, a partnership between the Illinois Comptroller’s Office and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Prior to that, he was Director of the Local Government Affairs Division of the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. Robin served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) in 1999-2000.
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Campaigns & Elections36th District State Senate candidate Mike Halpin talks about the state budget, manufacturing, schools, taxes, crime, abortion and much more. -
Campaigns & ElectionsJacob Rubashkin, reporter and analyst for Inside Elections, a nonpartisan newsletter, looks at the nationwide battle for control of Congress, and focuses in on key local races for Congress on both sides of the river, as well as Iowa and Illinois campaigns for Governor and the US Senate.
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Campaigns & ElectionsIowa State Auditor Rob Sand makes the case for his reelection to a second term by highlighting his accomplishments and agenda for a second term.
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Dave Hage and Paul Klauda, former Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporters and authors of No Retreat, No Surrender: Labor’s War at Hormel, look back at the strike that divided not only the company against workers, but also stoked divisions in the union and community. They also discuss the strike’s continuing legacy to this day.
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Campaigns & ElectionsPaul Begala, former top advisor to Bill Clinton, CNN commentator and Georgetown Professor, talks about the upcoming midterm elections, divisions in both parties, the role of the Midwest and working class voters, and which key races to watch.
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Campaigns & ElectionsDan Brady, Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Illinois, talks about his priorities for the office, texting and driving, election fairness and security, driver’s education, local library development, and much more.
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Campaigns & ElectionsDeidre DeJear, Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor, talks about her candidacy including her views on schools, workforce development, the economy, small business growth, health care, rural revitalization, and much more.
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Campaigns & ElectionsDavid Paul Kuhn, author of The Neglected Voter: White Men and the Democratic Dilemma, talks about the ‘white male gap,’ how Democratic problems with White men are spreading to African-American and Hispanic men, how male voters are misunderstood by leaders of The Left, why they are necessary to winning elections, and much more.
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Campaigns & ElectionsGuthrie County Attorney Brenna Bird also discusses her support for law enforcement, vow to protect against federal overreach, modernizing the AG’s office, supporting crime victims and much more.
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Campaigns & ElectionsPatrick Pfingsten, author of the Daily Illinoize newsletter, analyzes the Pritzker-Bailey race and also looks back at the failed Richard Irwin campaign and how he would have approached it.
