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Bohannan’s Tax Record: No, No-Show, and No Again
Christina Bohannan wants voters in Iowa's First District to believe she's the candidate looking out for seniors, farmers, and working families. Her voting record would like a word. In 2022, Iowa passed the largest tax cut in state history. The law ended state income taxes on retirement income for Iowans 55 and older, along with certain disabled taxpayers and qualifying surviving spouses, and put...
INVESTIGATION: The China Money Behind the Woman Attacking Zach Nunn Over China Money
rone Garriott wants voters to be alarmed that Nunn took a donation connected to Syngenta, the agricultural company Chinese state-owned ChemChina bought in 2017. Fair enough, that’s a real fact, worth scrutiny. But Trone Garriott left out the part where the man who personally engineered that $43 billion sale to Beijing, the lawyer who spent months making sure China’s government got its hands on Syngenta, is one of her own campaign’s donors.
The Turek Campaign’s Oppo File Is Empty, So They Filled It With Nonsense
wans deserve a Senate race fought over records, not recycled innuendo dressed up by a press corps that only reaches for the red pen in one direction. Ashley Hinson has a record. Josh Turek is going to need to find one – preferably before the next ad buy, and before some enterprising reporter finally asks him about his own attendance sheet.
But that seems unlikely.
Trone Garriott says no to your tax cut, yes to everyone else’s handout
“Sarah Trone Garriott treats Iowans like a piggy bank for her radical agenda. She voted against historic tax cuts for Iowans while backing taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants and gender mutilation surgeries. Sarah Trone Garriott doesn’t want Iowans to keep more of their money; she wants more of it to spend.” — NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle
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The Register Says Marco Battaglia Can Be “Replaced” on the Ballot. Iowa Law Says Otherwise
Battaglia is done. Off the ballot. Not appealing to the Iowa Supreme Court, at least not that anyone’s confirmed. So naturally, the next move is for Iowa Libertarians to just… swap him out for someone else through a district convention, as if he’d merely stepped aside rather than been legally removed.
That’s the part the Register got wrong.
The Des Moines Register’s “Fact Check” Fact-Checked Itself Right Into a Wall
The Register can keep calling this a smear campaign. But when the “debunking” boils down to technicalities and historical footnotes, the only thing actually getting fact-checked is the Register’s own credibility.
Turek Pledged No Corporate PAC Cash. His Own Filings Say Otherwise
Add "campaign finance disclosures" to the list of things Josh Turek apparently hasn't had time to read closely — right alongside the Iowa House voting schedule. For months, the Council Bluffs Democrat running to replace Joni Ernst has leaned hard on the "no corporate...
Grassley Said Iowa’s Bridges Would Get Fixed. They’re Getting Fixed
This week, $71 million of that money hit the ground in nine counties — Black Hawk, Boone, Butler, Clinton, Humboldt, Jackson, Lucas, Sioux and Johnson. Say what you want about the size of the bill that funded it. The bridges are getting built.
Here’s What Went Into Effect in Iowa Yesterday — and Everything You Need to Know About Why Josh Turek Fought Against It
Six laws. Six commonsense reforms most Iowans would nod along to without a second thought. Six no votes from the man asking to represent them in the U.S. Senate.
Is Rob Sand Becoming the Politician He Warns Iowans About?
But that’s different from using the official resources of the State Auditor’s office to publish reports that just happen to align perfectly with the themes of a campaign for governor. Meanwhile, some of the state’s most significant unresolved audit issues continue to sit on the shelf. The long-awaited review of the Judicial Branch’s court debt collection problems remains unfinished. Iowa City Community School District’s financial concerns continue to mount while delayed audits leave taxpayers looking for answers.
The Working Families Tax Cuts Deliver Safety for American Families
A safe nation starts with a secure border. For too long under the Biden administration, our country experienced the consequences of failed border policies that allowed criminals, drug traffickers, and cartels to exploit weaknesses in our immigration system which prioritized them over hardworking Americans. The Working Families Tax Cuts invest $46.5 billion to complete hundreds of miles of the border wall and deploy advanced surveillance technology alongside it. It also funds thousands of new Border Patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, investigators, and immigration attorneys to strengthen enforcement and restore order at our southern border.
Iowa First: A Historic Investment in Rural Health Care
Iowa has fully allocated its Year 1 funds from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, making us the first state in the nation to do so. Of the $209 million Iowa received, every single dollar has been directed toward strengthening our health care system, from cancer research and prevention to workforce development, from hospital grants to new tools that give Iowans transparency into exactly where their money is going.
After Another Defeat, Jim Carlin Decides to Help Democrats
Hinson is focused on winning, and Carlin is focused on losing.
This is hardly a new pattern. Carlin lost his U.S. Senate primary challenge in 2022. He lost his attempt to return to the Iowa Senate in 2024. And earlier this month, Republican primary voters overwhelmingly rejected his Senate bid in favor of Hinson.
Most candidates understand what comes next. You congratulate the winner, support the nominee, and focus on defeating Democrats.
Carlin’s response suggests something different.
