Democrat Jack Hatch’s gubernatorial campaign clearly has been in the kind of steep uphill climb you would expect when running against an incumbent like Republican Terry Branstad, especially when Branstad had 22 times more campaign money than Hatch had mid-summer.
The Republican and Democratic candidates for governor wasted no time digging into the merits of a $100 million tax break that lured a $1.6 billion fertilizer company to Lee County. Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and Democratic challenger state Sen. Jack Hatch also lobbed accusations of improper beha
One decision that state law says Iowa's governor has to make has eluded Gov. Terry Branstad: whether or not to reimburse University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for Medicaid-funded abortions. It would be a tough decision, and he could make it, Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview, but he would n
