2013: Iowa Politics in Review

Shane Vander Hart reviews Iowa political and cultural news from 2013.

Tyler Olson Drops Out of Iowa Governor’s Race

State Representative Tyler Olson (D-Cedar Rapids) announced that he was ending his gubernatorial campaign in order to support his kids through a pending divorce.

Iowa GOP Chair Comments on Iowa Democrats’ “Abortion Prayer”

Iowa GOP Chair A.J. Spiker expressed “deep disgust” over the “abortion prayer” prayed by Iowa Democrats last week before the telemed abortion hearings.

Branstad-Reynolds Campaign’s Greatest Threat May Be Internal

With Branstad-Reynolds campaign’s fundraising & organization they may be nearly impossible to beat in 2014 in an election, but perhaps not at convention.

What Tyler Olson Really Believes

State Rep. Tyler Olson (D-Cedar Rapids) in his first web ad of the Iowa Gubernatorial race shows his small business rhetoric doesn’t match his record

The Iowa Democratic Party is the Gay Marriage Party

Republican Party of Iowa Chair A.J. Spiker was simply stating facts when he said that the Iowa Democratic Party is the gay marriage party during Iowa Press.