carolhunter

Executive editor, @DMRegister. Native Kansan. Rooted Iowan. Between caucus cycles, I bike, play golf and travel.

[carolhunter @carolhunter]

Today is #1DayForIowa. Join me in giving to the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication to help provide internships and other experiential learning opportunities, key to training the next generation of journalists. https://t.co/bWUbazjKs0 #UIowaSJMC

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⁦@LizMathis1⁩, a Democrat and state senator from Hiawatha, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. She’s challenging ⁦⁦@RepAshleyHinson⁩, the incumbent Republican from Marion. Mathis is the last Soapbox speaker of 2022.

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⁦@ToddHalbur⁩, a Republican from Clive, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. He’s challenging ⁦@RobSandIA⁩, the incumbent, a Democrat from Des Moines. It’s a little damp, but he eschewed an umbrella.

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⁦Christina Bohannan, ⁦@BohannanIowa⁩, a Democrat from Iowa City who is running for Congress in the 1st District, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. She is challenging incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks, ⁦@millermeeks⁩, from Ottumwa.

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⁦U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, ⁦@Axne4Congress⁩, Democrat from West Des Moines, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. The challenger is state Sen. Zach Nunn, ⁦@ZachNunn_ia⁩, a Republican from Bondurant.

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⁦@RobSandIA⁩, a Democrat from Des Moines who is seeking re-election as state auditor, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. His opponent is ⁦@ToddHalbur⁩, a Republican from Clive.

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Michael Franken, ⁦@FrankenforIowa⁩, a Democrat from Sioux City who’s running for U.S. Senate, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. He’s challenging incumbent Republican ⁦@ChuckGrassley⁩. There’s a crowd five and six deep despite a light rain.

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Ryan Melton, ⁦@melton4iowa⁩, is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Soapbox stage. He’s a Democrat from Nevada running for the 4th Congressional District. Opponents: Incumbent Republican ⁦@RandyFeenstra⁩ and Brian Jack Holder of the Liberty Caucus.

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⁦@JoelMiller4IA⁩ is on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox, a Democrat running for secretary of state. He’s challenging incumbent Republican Paul Pate, ⁦@PateforIowa⁩. Miller says his goal is to make voting easy.

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⁦@DeidreDeJear⁩, the Democratic candidate for governor, is at the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. She is challenging incumbent Gov. ⁦@KimReynoldsIA⁩. Also in the race: Libertarian ⁦@RickStewart⁩.

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Bryan Jack Holder, running as a Liberty Caucus candidate, is seeking to represent Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. He’s challenging incumbent Republican ⁦@RandyFeenstra⁩. The Democrat in the race is Ryan Melton, ⁦@melton4iowa⁩.

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⁦@RickStewart⁩, Libertarian candidate for governor, is on the Soapbox. He’s making predictions from driverless cars because people drivers are too dangerous to the death of privacy. Others in the race: ⁦@KimReynoldsIA⁩, ⁦@DeidreDeJear⁩

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Zach Nunn, a Republican state senator from Bondurant, is on the Soapbox with his wife and four of his children. He’s seeking to represent the 3rd Congressional District, challenging incumbent Democrat Cindy Axne. ⁦@NunnForCongress⁩ ⁦@Axne4Congress⁩

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@BrennaBird, a Republican from Dexter who’s running for state attorney general, is first up on a busy day at the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox. She’s running against incumbent Democrat Tom Miller.

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First speaker of the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Political Soapbox, state treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, a Democrat from Carlisle running for re-election against state Sen. Roby Smith, a Republican from Davenport.

[Brianne Pfannenstiel @brianneDMR]

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is weighing whether to seek another term in 2022. The latest ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Iowa Poll shows 28% of Iowans hope he does, 55% say they hope he does not and 17% are unsure. https://t.co/XjoVeOJ9BU

[carolhunter @carolhunter]

First Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of 2021! And it gives @ChuckGrassley some data to chew on as he considers a reelection bid. Read the story by @brianneDMR for all the insights.

[Des Moines Register @DMRegister]

A majority of Iowans, including a third of Iowa Republicans, say they hope U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley decides not seek reelection in 2022, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom #IowaPoll shows. https://t.co/hwWosoYq0v

[carolhunter @carolhunter]

Hey, my apologies, folks: I made an error in my initial RT, which I've deleted. The horse-race result is NOT outside the margin of error. This could be a key race in which party controls the Senate. So gear up for an interesting election night!

[Brianne Pfannenstiel @brianneDMR]

🚨🚨IOWA POLL: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst has pulled ahead of Democrat Theresa Greenfield.

Ernst: 46%
Greenfield: 42%

MOE +/- 3.4%

https://t.co/zg9VaAjQJe via @DMRegister

[carolhunter @carolhunter]

Millions of dollars have been poured into this race since June, yet it's the same 3-point margin. It's going to be a heck of a roller coaster from now until Nov. 3!

[Brianne Pfannenstiel @brianneDMR]

Our latest Iowa poll has Democrat Theresa Greenfield up 3 points over Republican Sen. Joni Ernst -- within the margin of error. It's the same margin Greenfield held when we last polled in June. https://t.co/jPR7asrDvR

[carolhunter @carolhunter]

Thunderclap! A new @DMRegister/@MediacomCable Iowa Poll on Iowa’s U.S. Senate race has landed, and it’s just as tight as it was in June. Read the story by @BrianneDMR for all the details. https://t.co/gPpWRCmcUQ