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Tone of state legislative campaigns turns negative

With control of the Iowa House hanging in the balance, candidates and interest groups from both sides of the aisle are waging a campaign that has turned decidedly negative.


Corporations aim to influence state legislative races

Two of Iowa’s largest and most influential 527s have been hard at work lately, using loopholes in the law to help spread their messages and advance their political agendas, though most voters may not even know the groups exist.