by Luke Martz | Aug 4, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Media, Opinion
There’s a version of this story where a guy who ran for office under a name that wasn’t his gets bounced by a state panel, loses in court, and that’s the end of it. That’s not the version Iowa gets. Instead, the Libertarian Party of Iowa is...
by Luke Martz | Jul 29, 2026 | Campaigns, Congress, Media, Opinion
Democrats are watching their hopes of flipping Iowa’s 3rd District evaporate as Sarah Trone Garriott’s own record keeps surfacing, so the Des Moines Register rode to the rescue with a “fact check.” One small problem: the internet remembers...
by Luke Martz | Mar 12, 2026 | Campaigns, Governor, Media, State Politics
The Des Moines Register would like you to know they are very concerned about how Governor Kim Reynolds travels. So concerned, in fact, that they’ve now run two separate stories scrutinizing the governor’s legal use of a state plane. Yes, the legal use of a...
by Luke Martz | Mar 12, 2026 | Media, Opinion, Party Politics
When Iowa Field Report launched in 2020, there was nothing else like it. Looking at the Iowa media landscape in 2026, that remains true. For decades, the left held a near-monopoly on the “news” in this state. Legacy outlets like the Des Moines Register and...
by Luke Martz | Feb 3, 2023 | Courts, Media, Opinion, State Government
Rob Sand gets off scot-free for refusing to turn over government emails from liberal blogger/activist Laura Belin, a state district court ruled last week. Sand withheld Belin’s emails with his chief of staff John McCormally until he was sued by the Kirkwood Institute,...
by Luke Martz | Dec 21, 2022 | Media, Opinion
The Iowa Field Report broke some of the biggest Iowa political stories of the year. The first to report on U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken’s assault report, the first to write on state house candidate Sonya Heitshusen’s arrest, and the only outlet to...
