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That's especially true in states like Iowa, where Republicans have enacted restrictive measures on abortion in the past two years. That law, the nation's most restrictive, banned abortion after the detection of a heartbeat — usually at around six weeks of pregnancy. Polls have shown that the issue can motivate votes for Democrats who have characterized a Republican opponent as extreme. Related stories from The State in Columbia SC The Latest: 3 federal judges lead list of possible nominees Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list This year, the Supreme Court vacancy comes as Democratic-leaning voters are already motivated, as seen in voter registration, turnout and primary victories by liberal Democrats. Advocacy groups on either side of the abortion rights debate are heaping pressure on candidates viewed as key to the balance of power in the Senate. Susan B. Anthony List, a group that opposes abortion rights, has dispatched more than 500 local workers not just in Indiana, but Florida, Missouri and Ohio, where Democrats are also seeking re-election in states Trump carried in 2016. Conversely, in Nevada, Democratic Senate challenger Jacky Rosen is accusing Republican Sen. Dean Heller, who opposes abortion rights, of being out of step with voters. Democratic senators have urged Trump and Senate Republicans to wait until after the midterm elections to move ahead with Kennedy's successor, though the Republicans have shown no appetite for delaying the confirmation process. But confirmation of a Trump nominee before the election could mollify those devout conservatives who might have been motivated to vote if a court pick were on the line, said Harstad, the Democratic pollster who also advised Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Associated Press reporters are on the ground around the country, covering political issues, people and races from places they live.

The Democrat's name and smiling face have been highlighted in decades of promotional material — brochures, newspaper op-eds, television ads — that get the word out about two popular state programs he helped create. Large booths at the annual Iowa State Fair also include Fitzgerald's image and the title he's held for more than 30 years. Fitzgerald's office estimates it will cost at least $20,000 to switch its booths at the fair. Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate is also in the midst of advertising a new voter ID law that so far has included his name and face on some promotional materials. A spokesman said Pate's office plans to change out a panel at its state fair booth, and the cost has been less than $2,000. The headache of deciding how to implement the Iowa law has fallen on the six-member Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which is now grappling with questions such as: Does a ban on mass mailings include email? Can a state official even show up at the state fair? What if promotional material was purchased years ago, before the law went into effect? "We want the credibility of the office to be behind whatever promotion the office is doing, regardless of who holds that office and their political party affiliation," she said. "We decided to go ahead and make the changes given the short time frame," Hicks said in an email.

During Terry Branstad's last news conference as governor, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, who became state government's first female chief executive last year, is finding that old stereotypes sometimes die hard in politics. She gave the women a pep talk, urging them to unlock their full potential and to use every opportunity available to learn and network. She told how a man walked up to her husband and asked what Senate seat he was running for. "It's not me running for the state Senate," her husband explained. It's my wife." He was just mortified," Reynolds said. Last summer, when she and her husband attended an event sponsored by the National Governors Association in Rhode Island, someone talked with the couple, clearly thinking Kevin Reynolds was a governor, and asked him what state he was from. In Iowa this year, there are more women running for office than any other time in the state's history, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics at Iowa State University found. She became governor in May 2017 after more than six years as lieutenant governor when former Gov.

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According to an opinion column in the Des Moines Register, a polling firm is testing U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's name recognition among Republican voters in Iowa. The piece, published Tuesday by Iowa View contributor Steve Sherman, says the calls could be related to Zinke testing the waters for a 2024 presidential run. The calls could indicate the 2024 "White House sweepstakes has started very early, and that Zinke is known in D.C. as somebody with White House ambitions," Sherman wrote. Before becoming Interior Secretary, Zinke represented Montana in the U.S. House from 2015 to when he resigned the seat to take the Interior job in 2017, shortly after winning re-election. He also served in the state Senate. “We’re looking ahead trying to see who the heir apparent is after Trump. If you fundamentally believe the Republican Party has changed and Trump is not an anomaly, someone like Ryan Zinke could be that person. Based on our polling he’s extremely popular among Republican voters in Iowa. The interior secretary is someone to watch,” Gravis told Sherman.