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DES MOINES — Iowa looks set for the coldest caucus day on record Monday. It’s a factor that could have a real political impact. The problem is, no one can agree quite what the effect will be — except for curbing turnout in general. The weather has led all the major candidates to cancel some…

The only numbers that will truly matter in the Iowa caucuses Monday will be the number of votes tallied for Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. But there are a number of, well, numbers that help explain the Republican nominating contest. In most polls, Trump holds a solid lead, while Haley and DeSantis are battling it out far behind in a fight for second place. Here are seven numbers that show how we got here — and what comes next. Sign up for The Morning newslett...

Dozens of Florida Republicans, including education commissioner Manny Diaz Jr., have descended upon Iowa to campaign for the governor.

The former president is cancelling a planned Saturday night as well as a planned Sunday evening rally out of an abundance of caution after a blizzard walloped the state.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Campaign events are falling as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather hampers both Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis as they clamor for<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/politics/iowa-campaign-events-are-falling-as-fast-as-the-snow-as-the-state-readies-for-record-cold-caucuses/">Read More</a>

DES MOINES, Iowa — A powerful blizzard put a freeze on campaign events Friday as candidates look to make their final case to Iowans ahead of Monday’s caucuses. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s campaign announced she would hold three telephone town halls in Webster, Plymouth, and Pottawattamie counties Friday after canceling in-person events in…

Campaign events have continued to fall as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather hampers the leadoff GOP caucus state, with Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump all shuffling their schedules ahead of Mondays presidential votes.

Iowa voters will prepare for record-cold on Monday for GOP caucuses amid a winter storm as Republican presidential candidate hope to capture votes.

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Iowans are accustomed to the cold, though the latest winter wave, combined with temperatures that threaten to dip deeper into negative territory in the coming days, could mean unprecedented conditions for caucus night itself.