Iowa

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October 8, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's campaign is working hard to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among early voters,…
September 27, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters…
September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama has sizable leads in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin according to new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist…
September 14, 2012
AMES, Iowa (AP) - A Republican appointed to the Electoral College, Melinda Wadsley was expected to cast her vote for…
August 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Oprah interviewed Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas this weekend in Iowa for an upcoming episode of 'Oprah's…
June 25, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made Iowa one of the most difficult states in the…
April 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the nation's only black governor, will give the keynote address at an Iowa…
April 19, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - TheGrio had the opportunity to speak with Bangladesh to talk about artist branding, and the changing landscape…
April 18, 2012
(AP) - A judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday that claimed Iowa's state government systemically discriminated against black job applicants…
January 19, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final…
January 6, 2012
OPINION - Santorum is a personal friend, mentor and former boss. I worked for him for 10 years and was…
January 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rick Santorum is denying saying he would not 'make black people's lives better by giving them other…
January 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Michele Bachmann's decision to drop out of the GOP race could help Rick Santorum consolidate the…
January 4, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An adviser to Michele Bachmann says the Minnesota congresswoman is ending her bid for the…
January 3, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama appealed to Iowa Democrats on…
January 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president Marc Morial blasted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday, accusing him of…
January 3, 2012
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Don't expect Herman Cain to endorse any of the Republican presidential candidates before Tuesday's Iowa…
January 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Faced with questions over his statement Monday to an Iowa audience that he doesn't want to 'make…
January 2, 2012
OPINION - While political prognosticators are calling Rick Santorum a wildcard in the GOP primary contests, his remarks on the…
January 1, 2012
Despite recent accusations of racism and homophobia, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) stuck to his libertarian principles on…