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Erin Murphy
@ErinDMurphy
Proud husband and father. Des Moines Bureau Chief for The Gazette. @iacapitolpress President. Wisconsin sports fan. Star Wars geek. [email protected]
Ankeny/Des Moines, IA
Joined September 2010
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    BREAKING: Iowa Supreme Court reverses lower court decision ... Democratic U.S. Sen. candidate Abby Finkenauer will be able to remain on the ballot.
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    Iowa still feels the Bern. This is similar to @BernieSanders’ massive 2015 #IowaStateFair crowd. #iacaucus
    Another big crowd on the ⁦@DMRegister⁩ Soapbox, this time for ⁦@BernieSanders⁩. He starts by thanking Iowa for its role in helping to propel his campaign in 2016 and to advance issues like the $15 minimum wage and universal health care. “The people of Iowa understood”
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    Former President Donald Trump has arrived at The Machine Shed in Urbandale, Iowa. #iacaucus
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    I’m not sure this can be overemphasized. This is the Trump campaign’s manager emailing the Trump Foundation asking them to award grants in Iowa just 3 days before the #iacaucus.
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    The CEO of Kum & Go, a gas station/c-store company and about as prominent a business as one can find in Iowa, speaks out on the new state law that bans transgender girls from participating in girls sports. #ialegis passed it yesterday, and #iagov Reynolds signed into law today.
    I strongly oppose this anti-LGBTQ law. These kids deserve the right to play sports. We are sending the wrong message to the next-gen of Iowans & Americans. Iowa should be attracting people, not shutting them out. This shouldn’t even be an issue.
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    My office assistants aren’t very productive, yet for some reason I keep them on the payroll anyway.
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    Unless I'm misreading something, and I don't think I am, Republican Iowa Sen. Brad Zaun of Urbandale, a key member of the Senate Republican caucus in recent years, has lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Matt Blake. #ialegis polkelectionia.gov/ElectionNight
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    Replying to @zachbraff
    I don’t know, Zach. I think they nailed it.
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    Big crowd here for @AndrewYang at Drake University, on the eve of tomorrow’s debate here (for which Yang did not qualify). Pre-event speaker asks how many in the crowd are #YangGang, and how many are “Yang curious.” #iacaucus
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    Hundreds of Iowa students are in the Iowa Capitol right now to protest gun violence and demand #ialegis state lawmakers and #iagov Reynolds pass gun safety legislation.
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    Replying to @ErinDMurphy
    Tonight I learned what a @BrandonVDixon is, and now I know how incomplete my life was prior. #JesusChristSuperstar
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    Replying to @ErinDMurphy
    Here's a quick-hit story that obviously will be updated: Iowa Supreme court reverses lower court decision, clearing the way for Abby Finkenauer to remain on the ballot in Iowa's 2022 U.S. Senate campaign. thegazette.com/campaigns-elec…
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    Here’s your 😲🤔 #iapolitics poll story for the weekend: @Scholten4Iowa trails @SteveKingIA by just 6 points in #ia04, according to a third-party poll released by the Scholten campaign. King has won re-election 7 times, only once by fewer than 20 points.