Dartanyan Brown

Oct 24, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Art Cullen |Kathie Obradovich |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

We are two weeks away from Election Day. In Iowa, early voting has already begun. And this week, we got a side-by-side look at the candidates in the “toss-up” race for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District seat. Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democratic challenger Christian Bohannan squared off over during a televised debate Monday.

Oct 10, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Kathie Obradovich |Dave Busiek |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District is a “toss-up” according to elections raters like Cook Political Report. And Tuesday night on KCCI-TV, Incumbent Republican Zach Nunn and Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam squared off in a debate. On this episode of Iowa Down Ballot, moderator Dave Price talks with a panel of longtime Iowa journalists and analysts about how they did in one of these rare side-by-side moments.

Oct 3, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Dave Busiek |Art Cullen |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Maybe it was good that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the football coach, not the debate coach. The 90-minute debate on CBS News Tuesday may not have been watched by many. But for the politics junkies—the kind of people who tune-in for local politics podcasts—it was a good chance to see at length how Walz and Republican JD Vance hold up under scrutiny.

Sep 24, 2024 | laurabelin.substack.com | Laura Belin |Julie Gammack |Dartanyan Brown |Jason Walsmith

Greetings from Okoboji, where I am soaking in the amazing production that is the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat. After attending four sessions Monday with amazing writers, I was able to watch the premiere of Nik Heftman’s new documentary about spoken word poet Caleb Rainey. You can watch the trailer at Nik’s Substack home, .

Sep 19, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

With Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, Iowa Democrats are feeling more optimistic about their party’s chances. That’s according to this week’s Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. 85% of Iowa Democrats say they feel optimistic about this November’s election. That’s up from 45% in June with President Joe Biden was running for reelection. That compares to 63% of Republicans who say they are optimistic, up from 62% in June.