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Jack O'Connor

Jack O'Connor

Jack O'Connor is a States Newsroom Fellow for the summer of 2024. Jack is from California and studies journalism and political science at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. His work can be read at The Minnesota Daily, Star Tribune or Park Bugle. Iowa Capital Dispatch is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaking at a podium.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear blasts Trump-Vance presidential ticket to Iowa crowd
By: - July 27, 2024

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear drew standing ovations from the crowd Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration event. Beshear said the upcoming election would be vital to protecting Americans’ rights and keeping former President Donald Trump out of office. “Women’s rights are on the line, our economic recovery is on the […]