Jan 15 What to watch as Iowa voters weigh in on the Republican campaign’s first contest of 2024 By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The quadrennial contest has been unusually quiet this year, a mark of former President Donald Trump's commanding lead in the race. Continue reading
Jan 15 The results from the 2024 Iowa caucuses will tell you who won and lost. AP VoteCast will tell you why By Robert Yoon, Associated Press When the dust settles from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, the returns will reveal who had Republican caucusgoers' vote. But the results from Monday won't shed much light on the types of people who voted or what was on their minds… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 5:43 What Iowa Republican voters are thinking on frigid eve of 2024 caucuses By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Harry Zahn On the eve of the 2024 presidential election’s first contest, GOP candidates are making last-minute appeals in a bitterly cold Iowa. The National Weather Service warns of wind chills as low as 45 below zero Monday night, when Iowa Republicans… Continue watching
Jan 12 What to expect in the 2024 Iowa caucuses By Robert Yoon, Associated Press After months of campaigning, the Republican candidates vying to unseat President Joe Biden in November will face their first formal test at the ballot box in the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Continue reading
Jan 12 Candidates cancel Iowa campaign events as the state readies for record-cold 2024 caucuses By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Prolonged freezing temperatures, combined with strong winds, foreshadow possibly life-threatening conditions on the night that Republican voters will gather to make their pick for their 2024 nominee. Continue reading
Jan 12 Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign? By Will Weissert, Steve Peoples, Associated Press The state's voters propelled little-known one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter's bid for the White House in 1976. Continue reading
Jan 12 Worried about losing in 2024, Iowa’s Republican voters are less interested in talking about abortion By Steve Peoples, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Republican presidential candidates these days are barely discussing abortion in Iowa just days away from the state's caucuses. That's a remarkable change in a state whose Republicans have long supported religious conservative priorities. Continue reading
Oct 25 Israel support becomes big issue for Iowa evangelicals heading into caucuses By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Conservative activists say supporting Israel is a now top priority for evangelicals who plan to participate in the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa. Continue reading
Oct 06 To keep election leadoff spot, Iowa Democrats announce plan for January caucus with delayed results By Will Weissert, Associated Press Iowa's Democratic Party announced Friday it will hold a caucus on Jan. 15 but won't release the results until early March, attempting to retain their state's leadoff spot on the presidential nominating calendar without violating a new national party lineup… Continue reading
Jul 08 Iowa GOP schedules leadoff presidential caucuses on Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press The Iowa Republican Party’s state central committee voted unanimously for the third Monday in January — a date that is earlier by several weeks than the past three caucuses, though not as early as 2008, when they were held just… Continue reading