The Des Moines Register October 13, 2014 Iowa’s blitzkrieg U.S. Senate race is now a 1-point contest: Republican Joni Ernst is at 47 percent, and Democrat Bruce Braley is right at her heels at 46 percent with likely voters, a new Iowa Poll shows. As armies of Democratic activists go door to door urging Iowans […]
Iowa Poll: 5 Ernst-Braley take-home messages
The Des Moines Register October 11, 2014 Here are five take-home messages from the newly released poll showing a tight race for U.S. Senate between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley: 1. The early voting numbers favor Braley. Later voting favors Ernst. Early voting hadn’t started yet when the Register did its Sept. 21-24 Iowa Poll. In […]
Braley, Ernst in attack mode
The Des Moines Register October 13, 2014 Democrat Bruce Braley came to Saturday night’s debate to fight, and he took it to Republican Joni Ernst hard, schooling his rival that she had to be willing to explain or defend controversial comments she’d made during the GOP primary. “Sound bites have consequences,” Braley, an eight-year congressman, […]
Rally held against illegal immigration
The Des Moines Register October 11, 2014 Anderson of Des Moines, who was allegedly beat to death by Ngor Makuey in July. Under Anderson’s name were the words: “Home invasion, beaten to death by an illegal alien on 7-9-2014.” Makuey, 19, was living in the United States legally on July 2, when the fatal attack occurred […]