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DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats on Monday are kicking off the 2020 presidential nominating race at the first-in-the-nation caucuses, but many are dogged by fears that they will make the wrong pick. They universally agreed that they must oust President Trump in November but they tie themselves in knots about how to do it. Was it the “safe” choice in Joe Biden? A liberal hero in Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont or Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts? A youthful moderate such as former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg or Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota? The president, it seemed,...

The Democratic candidate for Senate from Iowa was forced to ask a group of journalists to explain what a sanctuary city is during an editorial board interview earlier this week with the Sioux City Journal, the Washington Examiner has learned. Patty Judge, who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, was asked about her position on sanctuary city policies, only to respond: "I am really not clear in my mind what a sanctuary city is.".. Judge also drew a blank when she was asked about Sarah's Law....The legislation was named after Sarah Root, a 21-year-old Iowan killed earlier this year...

Iowa Right to Life and the national Pro-Life group, Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), are calling out Iowa senatorial candidate Patty Judge who told KCCI Channel 8 on Sunday she supports repealing the Hyde Amendment, the longstanding bipartisan policy preventing federal taxpayer funding of abortion on-demand under Medicaid. The platform ratified by Democrats in Philadelphia last month, for the first time explicitly calls for the repeal of this policy and Hillary Clinton has pledged to repeal it if elected president. Iowa Right to Life CEO, Jenifer Bowen, and SBA List president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, released the following joint statement: “Not...

With Senator Charles E. Grassley under attack for his handling of the Supreme Court nomination process, a formidable Democratic challenger will run against him this November, the most significant sign yet that Democrats see the court and the candidacy of Donald J. Trump as twin liabilities for Republicans. Patty Judge, a former Iowa lieutenant governor and state agriculture secretary, is expected to announce her challenge this weekend to Mr. Grassley, who is seeking a seventh Senate term and had previously been seen as having little opposition to re-election.

DES MOINES, IA - Agriculture Secretary Patty Judge criticized Democratic gubernatorial rival Mike Blouin on his anti-abortion stance, saying he is more extreme that many conservative Republicans. Judge said that Blouin sponsored constitutional amendments that would have banned abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, while he was a member of Congress in the 1970s. "These amendments show that Michael Blouin shares former Senator Jesse Helms views when it comes to a woman's right to choose," Judge said in a prepared statement issued on Monday. "These anti-choice amendments show that Mike Blouin is out of touch with the views...