by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders has earned the Democratic front-runner status after winning the first-in-the-nation primary. The results from New Hampshire could bring some clarity to a presidential nomination fight that has so far been marred by dysfunction and...
by Jim Heath | Feb 7, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Debates, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
The Democratic candidates came out hot tonight in New Hampshire, going after each other on issues of race, experience, health care and campaign fundraising. The target for much of the night was Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who posted a...
by Jim Heath | Feb 4, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg took a narrow early lead over Bernie Sanders in the first wave of partial results from the Iowa caucuses today, as the state party released results from 62 percent of precincts. The partial results showed Buttigieg with 26.9 percent of the state’s...
by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2020 | 2020, Analysis, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Tonight, Iowans will flock to school auditoriums, union halls, community centers and even a few private homes in 1,681 precincts across the state of Iowa to give us the first glimpse of how real voters feel about the race for the Democratic nomination for president....
by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines
Elizabeth Warren has won the coveted endorsement of Iowa’s top newspaper — a significant boost for the Massachusetts senator’s campaign in the highly competitive, first-in-the-nation presidential contest. The Des Moines Register’s editorial board interviewed...
by Jim Heath | Jan 14, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Debates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren clashed tonight at the Democrat presidential debate in Iowa, with Sanders strongly denying that he told her in a private 2018 meeting that he did not think a woman could win the presidency. The debate moderators pressed the...