In 1870, The Iowa Statesman became the Iowa State Leader as a Democratic newspaper, which competed with pro-Republican Iowa Daily State Register for the next 32 years.
1870年，政論報成為《愛荷華州領導者》（the Iowa State Leader），做為民主黨的報紙，並在接下來的32年與共和黨的《愛荷華州紀事報》（the Iowa Daily State Register）競爭。