by Luke Martz | Sep 21, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Here we go again. In 2022, Cindy Axne ran an ad hammering Zach Nunn for taking a donation from Syngenta, a company with Chinese ownership. It backfired spectacularly when it came out Axne herself had toured Syngenta’s facilities and publicly thanked the company...
by Luke Martz | Sep 20, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
When a campaign has a real case against an opponent, they lead with it. When they don’t, they lead with a stock chart and a straight face. That’s the situation Josh Turek’s Senate campaign finds itself in this week, rolling out an ad accusing...
by Luke Martz | Sep 15, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Sarah Trone Garriott wants you to believe she’s fighting for working Iowans. Her voting record says otherwise — unless “working Iowans” means illegal immigrants on public assistance and taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries. For actual Iowa...
by Luke Martz | Sep 10, 2026 | Campaigns, Governor, Opinion
Rob Sand wants Iowans to hire him as the outsider who’s too pure for the two-party system. Funny thing about that pitch — it only works if you don’t check his LinkedIn. His priorities page opens with “a small group of powerful insiders in Des...
by Luke Martz | Sep 9, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
He swears he’s clean of corporate PAC cash. Then he cashes checks from Democratic leadership PACs that take Pfizer and UnitedHealth money. Josh Turek has a favorite applause line. He said it to The Young Turks. He posted it on Facebook: “I’m not taking any corporate...
by Luke Martz | Sep 3, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Josh Turek wants Iowans to believe he is ready to work with President Donald Trump to secure the southern border. That is the message of “I-35,” the Council Bluffs Democrat’s new television ad. Looking directly into the camera, Turek promises to “work with anyone to...
