
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) reportedly has urged Jeb Bush to compete in Iowa if he intends to run for the White House in 2016. According to the Des Moines Register, Branstad reportedly spoke with the former Florida governor and
by Tony Lee27 Jan 2015, 8:12 AM PST0

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) remains hospitalized on Tuesday after collapsing on Monday while speaking at a political event. UPDATE: According to Branstad’s office, he was discharged from the hospital “in good condition” and is “now resting comfortably at Terrace Hill.”
by Tony Lee27 Jan 2015, 8:09 AM PST0
Donald Trump is adding his name to a list of Republicans who will be visiting Iowa next month. He’s slated to attend a dinner party “with Gov. Terry Branstad and Steve Bruere, the president of Peoples Company, a land brokerage firm”.
by Dan Riehl10 Dec 2014, 5:09 PM PST0
Mitt Romney was early in his endorsement of Iowa republican Joni Ernst, now, with a month left until election day, he’s returning to do two public events for her next week. Another recent Romney claim that he won’t be running
by Dan Riehl7 Oct 2014, 5:43 PM PST0

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) indicated Wednesday that his state will withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) that is developing tests aligned with the Common Core standards. According to Shane Vander Hart at Caffeinated Thoughts, a tweet from
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Aug 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is visiting Iowa for the fourth time in eight months, hoping for a second chance to win over Republican voters who delivered him a stinging caucus loss when he ran for
by Breitbart News20 Jul 2014, 5:12 AM PST0

Thursday in Iowa while campaigning for incumbent Gov. Terry Branstad, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted the Obama administration for the their “awful” response to the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children flooding across the U.S. Mexico border. The republican governor
by Breitbart TV18 Jul 2014, 3:46 PM PST0

After the federal government surreptitiously dumped illegal immigrants in Nebraska last week without informing its governor, Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad told federal officials Monday that he did not want his state hosting any illegal immigrant children. “The first thing
by Tony Lee14 Jul 2014, 6:28 PM PST0

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are pushing back against what they call the federal government’s intrusion into the
by Breitbart News13 Jul 2014, 9:20 PM PST0

By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.A dominant re-election victory in hand, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pursuing a path to bolster his resume as a get-it-done Republican leader and to broaden a national network of political allies.
by Breitbart News10 Nov 2013, 7:26 AM PST0

While Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates were praying for abortion rights last week, the state’s Board of Medicine voted 8-2 to adopt new regulations that would ban “telemed” or “webcam” abortions, i.e., the practice of distributing abortion pills over an Internet
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Sep 2013, 3:34 AM PST0

Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will head to Iowa on Saturday to attend the annual party of one of the state’s most influential political figures. Jindal will attend the annual event hosted by Bruce Rastetter,
by Tony Lee2 Aug 2013, 8:18 AM PST0

Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Karl Rove to keep his new super PAC, which some conservatives believe was created to wage war on them, out of Iowa’s Republican primaries. “I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing
by Tony Lee17 Feb 2013, 5:17 PM PST0

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) launched a petition drive on Friday that he hopes will turn into a national and international campaign to get wrestling reinstated as an Olympic sport. Calling the surprise announcement by the International Olympic Committee last week
by Tony Lee16 Feb 2013, 5:46 PM PST0

In USA Today, Steve Deace has a satiric column thanking the people most responsible for cutting his paycheck 5% in 2013. He writes: “After all, who’s more qualified to talk about shared sacrifice than those who can vote themselves pay
by William Bigelow18 Jan 2013, 4:13 PM PST0

Republican governors in Texas (Rick Perry), Louisiana (Bobby Jindal), Wisconsin (Scott Walker), Ohio (John Kasich), Maine (Paul LePage), South Carolina (Nikki Haley) and 13 other states have said they would not implement state healthcare exchanges under Obamacare. But their refusal
by Tony Lee18 Nov 2012, 11:58 AM PST0

The industrial wind lobby is targeting, with increasing success, Republican governors to jump on board the Big Wind bandwagon. But the taxpayers who pick up the tab are the ones being taken for a ride, as their elected representatives support
by Christopher C. Horner8 Jun 2012, 11:58 AM PST0

(AP) Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votesBy THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressPresident Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally
by Breitbart News26 May 2012, 3:36 PM PST0

(AP) A state-by-state look at the road to 270By The Associated PressAn analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes, the total needed to win the presidency, and where Democratic President Barack Obama and probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney
by Breitbart News26 May 2012, 7:32 AM PST0
Michael Barone has a thoughtful piece on the Iowa caucus in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. He writes in “As Iowa Goes, So Goes Iowa” that the Iowa caucus often doesn’t decide who wins the primary, let alone the general election.
by Charles C. Johnson28 Dec 2011, 2:36 PM PST0
From the Associated Press: One of the first places to test the new pro-business push will be Wisconsin, where Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker has promised to call the new GOP-led Legislature into an emergency session on his first day in
by Publius23 Dec 2010, 12:27 PM PST0