Clay Masters
Host: Morning EditionClay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.
Before MPR News, he worked for Iowa Public Radio as a statehouse and political correspondent starting in 2012 and the host of Morning Edition beginning in 2014.
Clay is an award-winning journalist whose reporting has appeared on various NPR and American Public Media broadcasts and podcasts. He was one of the founding journalists of Harvest Public Media. Clay began his public media career in his native Nebraska where he covered agriculture and food production for Nebraska Public Media.
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Some Minnesota voters seek to leverage uncommitted votes in the Democratic primary to protest the war in Gaza, similar to Michigan, hoping it will sway President Biden to change course on Gaza.
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The Florida governor went all in on Iowa and tried the traditional ground game that has paid off for past caucus winners — campaigning in all of Iowa's 99 counties.
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Republicans in Iowa hold their first-in-the-nation caucuses this evening, kicking off voting in the presidential primary. Former President Donald Trump has maintained a steady polling lead there.
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It's the final day of campaigning before Monday's Iowa Republican caucuses.
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In 2016, Donald Trump came in second in the Iowa caucuses on his way to winning the White House. Now, he's grown his support and continues to dominate in polls days ahead of the first primary contest.
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Presidential candidates have been rewarded in the Iowa caucuses for spending a lot of time traveling the state and meeting with voters. That strategy doesn’t seem to be working for those running against former President Donald Trump in 2024.
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Everything seemed to go well during the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses — until it came time for results. Welcome back to Caucus Land.
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The "Never Back Down" Super PAC held a series of town halls with DeSantis on Wednesday, including a stop at Sweet Caroline's restaurant in downtown Ames.
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The Republican presidential candidate is upping her appearances in Iowa as the Jan. 15 caucuses draw near. The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor held one of her town halls in Nevada.
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With about a month left until the 2024 election cycle kicks-off with early nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump overshadows the Republican field of candidates.