Skip to content

Podcast: Looking Forward After The 2016 Elections In Iowa

owa voters have spoken, and loudly. Beyond the high-profile presidential election, though, they shifted the balance of power inside the state, too. What will the change in control of the Iowa Senate mean for public policy in Iowa?

Why you can trust Investigate Midwest
Podcast: Looking Forward After The 2016 Elections In Iowa
The Iowa Capitol is shown May 31, 2016.
Voters line up at the University of Iowa Memorial Union polling place during the historic Nov. 8, 2016, election.
Voters line up at the University of Iowa Memorial Union polling place during the historic Nov. 8, 2016, election.

Iowa voters have spoken, and loudly. Beyond the high-profile presidential election, though, they shifted the balance of power inside the state, too.

What will the change in control of the Iowa Senate mean for public policy in Iowa?

Appearing on the program in this podcast: Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg Politics/Washington, D.C.; Christopher Larimer, UNI political science professor/Cedar Falls; Douglas Oehler, voter/Storm Lake; Yoana Rodriguez, voter/Storm Lake; Jodi Tish, voter/Storm Lake; Jessica Sly, voter/Storm Lake; Lyle Muller/Iowa Watch.

More in Government & Politics

See all

More from Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

See all

THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS

Reva & David Logan Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Builders Vision Philanthropy, Gary Marx Journalism Fund, Kirkpatrick Foundation, Chicago Region Food System Fund, Illinois Food Movement Fund, GRACE Communications, Good Chaos, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Rural News Network, Google News Initiative, Data-Driven Reporting Project, Arnold Ventures.

We are proud to hold the Candid Seal of Transparency, demonstrating our commitment to openness and accountability in all that we do.

MEMBER OF