Campaigns & Elections

Democratic presidential candidate, Michael Bennet, was supposed to campaign in eastern Iowa this week.

But instead, the US Senator from Colorado decided to stay in Washington D.C. to vote on the North American trade deal and later, impeachment (see pdf below).

Hoping to encourage more people to participate in the Iowa Caucuses, several groups in the Quad Cities will hold a caucus training session Wednesday night.

Two Democrats and one Republican turned out for a political forum in Davenport on Sunday. Sponsored by a social justice organization, Gamaliel of Illinois and Iowa, Bernie Sanders, John Delaney, and Joe Walsh were given time to make brief statements.

Unity and the salvation of the United States are the stakes in this year's presidential election.

That's what former Secretary of State John Kerry told Iowa voters in Davenport on Saturday, as he campaigned for Joe Biden.

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Moline) will run unopposed in March's Democratic primary.

Her challenger, Spanky Edwards of Peoria, was removed from contention by the Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday after a petition challenge was upheld. 

Iowa Republicans will have an alternative to Donald Trump when they caucus next month. Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is visiting the state, hoping his extensive, executive and international record will translate into a respectable showing on February 3rd.

As Iowa voters get ready to go to the caucuses, small business owners are looking for answers from democratic presidential candidates.

Donna Walley owns Aunt Hattie's Fanciful Emporium in LeClaire.

She decided to support Andrew Yang after researching candidates' plans to improve the economy.

Walley is concerned because online shopping has caused a dramatic change in retail across the country. "Amazon is killing us, absolutely killing us."

Now serving her third term as Scott County Auditor, Roxanna Moritz would like to serve a fourth. This week, she announced plans to run again for the job she's held since 2008.