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Third District Rep. Leonard Boswell was the top fundraiser of Iowa’s U.S. House delegation so far during 2009, pulling in more than $300,000, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

ANALYSIS: With only days left before voters head to the polls to choose the next president, both major-party candidates are still spending time and money in Iowa, but the state was much more hotly contested four years ago.

In a report describing the electoral map facing Republican presidential candidate John McCain, CNN Chief National Correspondent John King said two top McCain strategists and advisers told him the campaign is all but writing off Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado.
“Gone,” was the word one top McCain insider used to describe those three states.

(Update: Dems Shoot Down McCain’s Alternative GI Bill

Senate Democrats held off a Republican ambush to advance its own version of a new GI Bill Wednesday, shooting the amendment down by a 55-42 vote.)

During an election year, there is no such thing as a sure thing in congressional politics. The latest uncertainty surrounds Sen. Jim Webb’s [...]

Mike Huckabee’s surging but cash-hungry bid to win the Iowa Republican Caucus likely will get a boost in coming weeks when he begins running television commercials in the state. He joins a growing list of candidates, including fellow Republicans Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul, who are taking to the airwaves for the first time with [...]

Political junkies, caucus veterans, eager voters, and anyone interested in learning about the rich history of Iowa’s political past should visit the new exhibit at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines.  “Caucus Iowa” will be open until the next president takes office in January 2009.

Drawing from sources around the state, the exhibit features a [...]

Sen. John McCain was in Gladbrook, Iowa, Sunday evening campaigning at a house party.  He spoke on the lawn at the home of Lynn and Claire Handorf and then took questions from the audience and press.

Regarding last week’s Polk County ruling that allowed at least one gay couple to marry in Des Moines, McCain [...]