With slightly more than 21% of the registered voters in Johnson County weighing in, the 2008 election is 3% behind 2004's turnout. Howev...

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Note: This story has been updated to reflect an important correction to the vote count which is cumulative, not "point in time". ...

Voters have turned out early in today's presidential election with 7.03% of the vote already in by 9 am at polling places across Johnson...

Here are some fun, but entirely useless bits of presidential trivia: If elected, not only will Barack Obama become the first African-America...

This is truly sad. From the Washington Post Trail Blog -- A tragic turn of events for Sen. Barack Obama: his ailing grandmother died today. ...

How does your Senator or Congressman rank on votes that are against torture? The NRCAT Action Fund Congressional Vote Scorecards may be usef...

It may not be time to break out the hats and whoopers (whether Josie comes home or not), but it is okay to make some musical predictions... ...

There has to be some laughter left as the campaigns wind down to election day. Fortunately, and both John McCain and Sarah Palin prove to be...

Illinois senior Senator Dick Durbin's 40 year-old daughter, Chris, died yestersday after years of battling congenital heart disease. Chr...

As a Unitarian Universalist, it is difficult to be critical of others for their beliefs as we are an inclusive religion that embraces many t...

Despite the incessant polarization that elections bring out among partisans, I am hopeful that we can all agree that campaigns are waged by ...

To report the news is the job of journalism, not to be a public relations firm for any particular party or candidate--that's what blogge...

From Bloomberg News Republican presidential candidate John McCain goes into the campaign's final weekend a bigger underdog than any vict...

Barack Obama's media buy to be on the air on three of four major networks paid off handsomely as about 22% of television watching househ...

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University of Iowa's COGS (UI's graduate student union)is helping sponsor events for the Artist's Recovery Fund, a fund establis...

If the Democrats have the Super Tuesday many, myself inclded, expect them to have, DNC chair Howard Dean will likely release the loudest scr...

I neglected to add all the candidates on Iowa's ballot to the poll on the upper right of the screen. So I've restarted the poll with...

As if you needed more reasons to vote...From 866 Our Vote Make sure your vote is counted---Print the info below and take it with you. Don...