Mary Ellen and her husband Lynne Chamberlin were early supporters and avid organizers for Jimmy Carter in Iowa as he launched ...

Rita Hart has been re-elected to serve as chair of the Iowa Democratic Party for the next four years. Hart said when she took ...

Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann discussed the future of the Iowa caucuses and other topics during the taping of ...

Jimmy Carter's 1976 Iowa Caucus win established the state as a proving ground for presidential hopefuls. Carter's team ...

Iowa leaders praised former President Jimmy Carter as a dedicated public servant and global humanitarian who used the Iowa ...

Jimmy Carter speaks at a campaign event Jan. 8, 1976 — 11 days before the Iowa caucuses that year — at the Jim Albright home ...

On this week's episode of Close Up, we look at Jimmy Carter's impact across the globe — and here in Iowa.

In 1972, a virtually unknown senator from South Dakota, George McGovern, finished second in Iowa. After going all in on the ...

But Kraft had read about George McGovern’s extraordinary 1972 Democratic primary campaign, which saw the little-known senator ride a surprise showing in the Iowa Caucuses to the nomination.

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter solidified Iowa as the place for presidential candidates to make their mark in 1976.

Jimmy Carter was a Georgia peanut farmer and former one-term governor when he decided to run for the presidency in 1975. He ...

Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann discussed the future of the Iowa caucuses and other topics during the taping of ...