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Jan. 4, 2012
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended her campaign Wednesday after coming in sixth in the Iowa caucuses -- the first test of the 2012 GOP presidential field. "The people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice, and so I have decided to stand aside," she said at a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Jan. 4, 2012
Everyone will talk about who won in Iowa. But the real story out of the state is the sharp divide in the vote -- and one that might be expected.
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Jan. 4, 2012
Mitt Romney's foes made clear they have no plans to cede the presidential contest to him after Iowa's caucuses delivered a split result that found him barely edging Rick Santorum Tuesday night. Texas Rep. Ron Paul placed third.
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Jan. 3, 2012
The NewsHour staff is liveblogging the most important developments of the Iowa caucus right here, as the state's Republicans gather Tuesday at 1,774 precincts to select their choice for their party's nominee to take on President Obama in this fall's general election.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff in Iowa to discuss Tuesday night's Caucuses, what the candidates' have discovered from campaigning in the Hawkeye State and how the field may or may not be winnowed after the Iowa results.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Jeffrey Brown discusses the history and significance of the Iowa Caucuses with presidential historians Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Michael Beschloss, plus Jeff Stein of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Recent days turned Iowa into a three-way grudge match -- with GOP hopefuls looking to gain momentum coming our of the first contest of the primary season. Gwen Ifill discusses what to look for as the results roll in with The Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg and new NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Republican presidential hopefuls seeking the first harvest of delegates this nominating season worked right up to the last minute Tuesday ahead of Iowa's Caucuses. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-ditch efforts, then Gwen Ifill speaks with Des Moines Register pollster J. Ann Selzer, who has been tracking the race.
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Jan. 3, 2012
As Iowans gather for Caucuses around the state to literally stand up for their GOP presidential candidate of choice, we asked several residents about their most pressing concerns of this campaign season and how they view the U.S. political system.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Tuesday's Iowa caucuses will help determine who among the Republican presidential contenders goes forward. Catch up on all of the candidates' views with the conversations and links below, as well as on our politics page.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Join the PBS NewsHour live online and on air as we report on the results from the Iowa caucuses and what they mean for the race for the Republican nomination.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Up in the northwest corner of Iowa is lightly populated Sioux County, an agricultural "Tractor Country" community in Patchwork Nation. It is not prone to picking the eventual Republican nominee in the caucuses. Rather it tends to side with the candidate who has the strongest cultural conservative credentials.
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Jan. 3, 2012
The NewsHour talked to members of the Occupy Des Moines movement about their plans to get engaged in Iowa's caucus process, or at least to participate in the political theater surrounding the first voting event in the 2012 presidential election.
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Jan. 3, 2012
We love it when voters take over the narrative, and that's what will happen in Iowa Tuesday night as voters meet to caucus and choose a possible presidential nominee.
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Jan. 3, 2012
Here we go! After 13 nationally televised debates, some 900 campaign events, candidates rising and falling in the polls and months of speculation about the shape of the GOP presidential field, Iowa's moment has arrived.
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Jan. 2, 2012
Whatever voters think of the political views of Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, they have to be struck by how much each has learned on the campaign trail in Iowa over the past year.
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Jan. 2, 2012
In the final 24 hours of campaigning before Iowa's Caucuses, the pressure is on GOP presidential candidates to convince many undecided voters to caucus for them on Tuesday night. Gwen Ifill discusses what to expect coming out of the Caucuses with The Rothenberg Political Report's Stuart Rothenberg and USA Today's Susan Page.
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Jan. 2, 2012
With just hours to go until Tuesday night's Iowa Caucuses, and with a new poll confirming four in 10 caucus-goers are either undecided or could change their minds, the pressure on Republican presidential candidates to close the deal with Hawkeye State voters was palpable. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Jan. 2, 2012
The PBS NewsHour's politics team is on the trail covering the 2012 campaign. Check out some of the scenes they've captured in recent days on Twitter and Facebook as they've crisscrossed Iowa.
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Jan. 2, 2012
It's the final full day of campaigning for Republicans hoping to win the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night. The candidates are putting it all on the line as they barnstorm the state, and undecided Iowa voters have no easy task ahead.
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Dec. 30, 2011
Four years ago, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee beat Mitt Romney and the other GOP candidates in the Iowa Caucuses with strong conservative evangelical support led by a man named Bob Vander Plaats. "Need to Know" correspondent Rick Karr reports on the power of Vander Plaats and the religious right in the Hawkeye State's elections.
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Dec. 30, 2011
A new NBC-Marist poll showed Mitt Romney and Ron Paul leading the GOP field in Iowa Friday, but many likely caucus-goers said they're still trying to decide which candidate they'll ultimately support on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff spoke with five still-undecided Republican voters in Iowa.
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Dec. 30, 2011
Heading into the final stretch before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation Caucuses, the GOP contenders chatted up Iowan voters in cold and windy weather Friday. Judy Woodruff reports on the candidates' last-minute campaigning.
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Dec. 30, 2011
We have by now spent so many weeks consumed with the ups and downs of Republican presidential politics that we are in danger of misgauging its real impact, especially in these early days.
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Dec. 30, 2011
First stop after arriving Thursday in Iowa to cover the Republican presidential Caucuses: Atlantic, a small town in the western part of the state. This is GOP territory and about 150 people - many of them young, in their teens or 20s -- were crowded into a room at the Cass County Community Center to listen to Ron Paul.
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Dec. 29, 2011
Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa shifted into campaign overdrive Thursday for the final leg before next week's first-in-the-nation Caucuses. Jeffrey Brown weighs the state's significance in the nominating process with Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Jeff Stein of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
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Dec. 29, 2011
Judy Woodruff writes: As I head to Iowa to cover my tenth round of primary caucuses in the Hawkeye State, I'm every bit as excited as I was in late 1975, when I first flew to Des Moines to follow around a little-known former Georgia governor.
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Dec. 28, 2011
Pushing closer to the Iowa Caucuses, GOP presidential candidates and the outside groups supporting them are pouring money into TV and radio ads -- spending more than $10 million in December alone. Judy Woodruff and Ken Goldstein of the Campaign Media Analysis Group discuss the potential outcome of all this spending.
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Dec. 27, 2011
Republican presidential candidates in Iowa are all smiles this week, shaking hands and corralling votes in anticipation of the upcoming Caucuses. Judy Woodruff discusses the GOP hopefuls' final push in the Hawkeye State with state Republican Chairman Matthew Strawn and Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson.
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Dec. 21, 2011
There is a sense of deja vu with the Republican presidential race this week, as a third new national poll shows Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney tied for the lead, with Ron Paul running a distant third.