Iowa
Poll: Trump’s Record Lead in Iowa Is Growing
The shrinking of the field of Republican candidates has benefited Donald Trump more than any of his rivals in Iowa, where he holds a “commanding” lead five weeks before the caucuses, pollsters say. According to a Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom poll, the former president is now the first pick of 51% of likely caucusgoers, up from 43% in October. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley were both at 16% in October. Haley is stuck on 16% and DeSantis has gone up to 19%, according to the poll. Vivek Ramaswamy, who has visited almost all of Iowa’s 99% counties, is at 5%, a percentage point ahead of Chris Christie, who has focused on New Hampshire and hasn’t campaigned in Iowa.
“The field may have shrunk, but it may have made Donald Trump even stronger than he was,” pollster J. Ann Selzer says. “I would call his lead commanding at this point. There’s not much benefit of fewer candidates for either Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley.” Selzer notes, however, that the caucuses can be unpredictable and that Rick Santorum had a surprise victory in 2012. NBC reports that Trump’s lead is the biggest ever recorded in a competitive GOP race this close to the caucuses. In 2016, Ted Cruz won with 27.6% to Trump’s 24.3%, with Marco Rubio a close third. Trump claimed Cruz “stole” the victory through fraud and called for the vote to be held again.
The poll found that 49% of respondents had made their minds up, while 46% said they could be persuaded to choose another candidate. Some 30% had DeSantis as their second choice, compared to 17% for Haley and 14% for Ramaswamy. Trump leads in every age group, and among independents as well as Republicans. The poll also found that Trump, more than any other candidate, was seen as a “Goldilocks” choice on ideology, the Register reports. Some 71% said his views were “about right,” while 18% considered him too conservative and 7% considered him too moderate. (Read more Election 2024 stories.)
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Eastern Iowa’s most popular baby names for 2024
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – UnityPoint Health hospitals across eastern Iowa have released the list of the most popular baby names for 2024.
The hospitals create the list using data from UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s, Finley, and Allen Hospitals in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Waterloo.
Here are the top five most popular baby names:
Top five girl’s names:
- Charlotte
- Evelyn
- Harper
- Amelia
- Olivia
Top five boy’s names:
- Henry
- Oliver
- Theodore
- Jack
- Jackson
Here’s a list broken down by hospital and city:
Cedar Rapids:
Girl’s names:
- Evelyn
- Charlotte
- Harper
- Amelia
- Nova
Boys names:
- Oliver
- Henry
- Silas
- Owen
- Asher
Dubuque:
Girl’s names:
- Lainey
- Eden
- Amelia
- Layla
- Nora
Boy’s names:
- Cooper
- Henry
- Beau
- Oliver
- Brooks
Waterloo:
Girl’s names:
- Lainey
- Nora
- Adeline
- Ava
- Emerson
Boy’s names:
- Ezra
- Theodore
- Emmett
- Henry
- Bennett
Copyright 2024 KCRG. All rights reserved.
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Iowa 104-57 New Orleans (Dec 15, 2024) Game Recap – ESPN
IOWA CITY, Iowa — — Owen Freeman matched his career-best with 22 points and Iowa cruised to a 104-57 win over New Orleans on Sunday.
The Hawkeyes rebounded from their first home-court loss, falling 89-80 to No. 3 Iowa State on Thursday in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.
Brock Harding opened the game with a 3-pointer, but the Privateers answered with back-to-back layups from MJ Thomas and James White to take their only lead of the game, 4-3. Freeman answered with a layup and Payton Sandfort and Drew Thelwell each hit from deep to put Iowa in front for good and a 10-0 run made it 29-11 midway through the half.
Iowa (8-3) shot 62.7% from the field for the game (42 of 67), including 14 of 29 from beyond the arc. The Hawkeyes amassed 28 assists on 42 made baskets. Sandfort hit 3 of 4 from beyond the arc and finished with 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal. Josh Dix and Brock Harding each added 13 points, with Harding collecting six assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Pryce Sandfort added 10 points off the bench.
New Orleans, playing its first game in more than a week, was 25 of 67 from the field (37.3%) and was just 4 of 24 from long range. White paced the Privateers (2-7) with 24 points, six rebounds and two assists. Thomas added 14 points.
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Iowa women’s wrestling crowns three champions at North Central College Open
Iowa wrestling coach Clarissa Chun breaks down pair of dual wins
Iowa wrestling’s Clarissa Chun holds press conference after pair of dual wins over William Jewell and Cornell College
Iowa women’s wrestling took a good portion of its squad to the North Central Open on Sunday, securing three individual titles from Nanea Estrella, Macey Kilty and Kylie Welker.
Bringing 13 wrestlers to the top division of the tournament, with Danni Swihart competing in the B-Division, 11 Hawkeyes finished on the podium in the top division. Even without several starters, the Hawkeyes took second behind only North Central’s mostly full squad.
Iowa’s stars who made the trip to Naperville, Illinois shined, as Estrella, Kilty and Welker combined to go 14-0. They outscored their opponents 131-1 combined.
Alivia White was a surprise, racing to take second at 203 pounds. She defeated teammate Katja Osteen by fall on her way to the finals. Even without Jaycee Foeller, the Hawkeyes had White, Osteen and Samantha Calkins all place at the tournament at 203 pounds.
Accounting for only the results from the A-Division, which housed top wrestlers from each team, North Central had 166.5 team points to Iowa’s 136.5.
It’s hard to compare Iowa and North Central, given the Hawkeyes and CArdinals had limited lineups. The Hawkeyes were without Sterling Dias, Brianna and Emilie Gonzalez, Skye Realin, Reese Larramendy, Kennedy Blades and Foeller to name a few. North Central did not have former Hawkeye Bella Mir or 203-pound No. 2 Traeh Haynes for example as well.
Regardless, having two champions and five finalists suggests the Cardinals will be a challenger once again come the postseason to the Hawkeyes.
Here are the individual results for each wrestler for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa women’s wrestling results from North Central Open
- Rianne Murphy – 2nd at 103 pounds (3-1)
- Val Solorio – 3rd at 110 pounds (5-1)
- Cali Leng – 6th at 124 pounds (3-3)
- Ava Rose – DNP at 124 pounds (1-2)
- Allie Baudhuin – DNP at 131 pounds (1-2)
- Emmily Patneaud – 6th at 131 pounds (2-3)
- Nanea Estrella – 1st at 138 pounds (4-0)
- Cadence Diduch – 3rd at 138 pounds (5-1)
- Danni Swihart (B-Division) – 5th at 138 pounds (3-2)
- Macey Kilty – 1st at 145 pounds (4-0)
- Kylie Welker – 1st at 180 pounds (6-0)
- Samantha Calkins – 4th at 207 pounds (4-2)
- Alivia White – 2nd at 207 pounds (3-1)
- Katja Osteen – 5th at 207 pounds (3-2, 3-1 vs. non-Hawkeyes)
Match-by-match results can be found on trackwrestling.com
This story was updated to add new information.
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
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