Dave is the go-to political expert when it comes to all things Iowa politics and Caucuses. He has written for Politico and appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, PBS and numerous other national and international media outlets. He hosts the Sunday politics show, The Insiders on WHO-TV, and created the Iowa State Fair tradition "Cast Your Kernel" — the unofficial corn kernel-based candidate poll of fair attendees that's closely watched as a bellwether for popular sentiment.
Dave's love of storytelling began early when, as a child, he used to pretend to do newscasts with his best friend on a tape recorder.
Dave is married to Emily, his former TV weekend anchor competitor (they even got honeymoon advice from Barack and Michelle Obama). Together they have two children, Hayden and Lyla.
