In what’s now considered a “key Senate race”, one in which Republican Joni Ernst initially wasn’t even supposed to be competitive, Ernst and the Democrat’s new John Edwards, Bruce Braley are now all tied up. PPP’s newest Iowa Senate poll
by Dan Riehl26 Aug 2014, 12:27 PM PST0
The Hill reports, Democrat party “increasingly worries (Iowa) could be the tipping point for Senate control,” as Rep. Bruce Braley continues to mostly fail and now flail in an effort to hold off the surging campaign of Republican Joni Ernst. Recent
by Dan Riehl24 Aug 2014, 5:50 PM PST0
Iowa Democrat and Senate candidate Rep Bruce Braley continues to devolve into something of a political caricature. It’s gotten so bad even The Daily Beast has taken note. A new ad out from America Rising reveals Braley’s inspiration for getting
by Dan Riehl21 Aug 2014, 1:40 PM PST0
Democrat Bruce Braley started out with a solid lead, 6 – 12 depending upon the poll. At the beginning of the year the conventional wisdom was that he was a stellar candidate in all but a can’t lose position. That’s
by Dan Riehl13 Aug 2014, 11:56 AM PST0
We already know that Iowa Democrat Bruce Braley doesn’t think much of farmers, given that he called Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” at a January fundraiser. Now, given new video
by Dan Riehl12 Aug 2014, 1:57 PM PST0
Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley already had a perception problem for being an out-of-touch, elitist trial lawyer who mocks farmers. Now, he’s angered neighbors in his Brooklyn and Holiday Lake community for filing a formal complaint against a neighbor and her therapeutic
by Debra Heine8 Aug 2014, 10:02 AM PST0
The same Democrats who were once feeling confident about Rep. Bruce Braley winning a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa are now worried if Braley might not turn out to be the biggest bust in what looks to be an extremely
by Dan Riehl30 Jul 2014, 2:51 AM PST0
As American veterans were languishing on wait lists unable to get critical health care they deserved and needed, Iowa Democrat and Senate candidate Rep. Bruce Braley appears to have spent two years mostly ducking his responsibilities on the Veterans Affairs Committee
by Dan Riehl23 Jul 2014, 10:38 AM PST0
The Cook Political Report has moved the Iowa Senate race pitting Republican Joni Ernst against liberal Democrat Bruce Braley to the Toss Up category. With Tom Harkin retiring, Republicans appear to be united behind a surging Ernst, while Braley has
by Dan Riehl18 Jul 2014, 6:51 AM PST0
“Any way you slice the numbers, you end up with a close race. This is one that bears watching as the campaign unfolds,” said Lee Miringoff of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, referring to a Marist poll in Iowa’s
by Dan Riehl16 Jul 2014, 6:56 AM PST0

A liberal trial lawyer touting his youth working on a farm who is running for the Senate in rural Iowa is suing his next-door neighbor in a gated vacation home community over chickens she uses as therapy animals for autistic
by Warner Todd Huston14 Jul 2014, 7:41 PM PST0

Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst dared Democrats to play the phony war on women card on her while addressing the Iowa GOP convention on Saturday. Ernst, an Iraq War veteran who serves in the National Guard, has led in
by Tony Lee16 Jun 2014, 11:23 AM PST0

Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst leads Democrat Bruce Braley in another poll. A Vox Populi poll has Ernst with a five-point lead (49%-44%), and it is the third straight poll to have Ernst ahead after she secured the nomination
by Tony Lee9 Jun 2014, 3:50 PM PST0

Just days after becoming Iowa’s Republican Senate nominee, Joni Ernst has taken the lead over Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) in two polls in a race that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. A poll by Loras College’s
by Tony Lee7 Jun 2014, 1:47 PM PST0

A KFC owner in Iowa who has been accused of instructing employees not to hire too many black people will host a fundraiser on Friday for Iowa’s presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), who is running
by Tony Lee23 May 2014, 1:12 PM PST0

Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), a candidate for U.S. Senate, was caught denigrating Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) as just a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” at a Texas fundraiser and apologized to Grassley after the video
by Tony Lee25 Mar 2014, 7:52 PM PST0