Several University of Iowa experts are available to the media to share their expertise regarding the Iowa Caucus and 2016 presidential election.
Tim Hagle
Expertise: Elections, grassroots, and student organizing; GOP politics; judicial politics; law; and U.S. politics
Contact: timothy-hagle@uiowa.edu, 319-335-2348, 319-621-0946 (personal)
Cary Covington
Expertise: Caucuses as part of the nominating system; presidential politics/history; caucus' effect on candidates' prospects
Contact: cary-covington@uiowa.edu, 319-335-2339
Caroline Tolbert
Expertise: Campaign; caucuses; candidate behavior; voting; elections; IT and politics
Contact: caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu, 319-335-2360, 319-335-2358 (departmental)
Douglas Jones
Expertise: Voting technology and election administration
Contact: douglas-w-jones@uiowa.edu, 319-335-0740
Joyce Berg
Expertise: Political prediction markets, Iowa Electronic Markets
Contact: joyce-berg@uiowa.edu, 319-335-0840
Thomas Rietz
Expertise: political prediction markets, Iowa Electronic Markets
Contact: thomas-rietz@uiowa.edu, 319-335-0856
Jim Leach
Expertise: American politics, public affairs, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. banking and finance policy; represented Iowa in U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 2007, where he was chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee
Contact: james-leach@uiowa.edu, 319-335-9034