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Lahn’s Ad Reminds Voters Who Rob Sand Really Is
Rob Sand is selling himself as a “Governor for All.” Zach Lahn’s new ad gives independent and Republican-leaning voters a reason to question the rebrand. Rob Sand wants voters to see a moderate who can rise above party politics. Zach Lahn’s latest ad has a simple answer: look at what Sand has said. The spot is built around a sharp, memorable contrast. Sand’s campaign offers pickup-side...
93 Lawmakers Voted to Protect Kids From AI Porn. Josh Turek Wasn’t One of Them
Some votes are hard. These weren’t. In March 2024, the Iowa House took up two bills cracking down on AI-generated sexual images of real people, including children. S.F. 2243 passed 93 to 0 on March 6. H.F. 2240 cleared its final House vote 93 to 0 on March 25....
Lindsay James Discovered Girls’ Sports Just in Time for Election Day
The Democrat now says Iowa needs “common-sense rules” to keep sports fair for girls. When lawmakers actually wrote those rules, James voted no. Lindsay James would like Second District voters to meet the election-year version of Lindsay James. In a new campaign ad,...
Booked Solid: Inside the Call Where Trone Garriott’s Team Couldn’t Find One Hour for Iowa Voters
KCCI reported last week that Congressman Zach Nunn and State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott will not debate on the station this fall. What that story couldn't show you is how it happened. Iowa Field Report has obtained the full audio of the September 30 call between KCCI...
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Rob Sand Is Running Against Des Moines Insiders. His Whole Career Has Been One
Newsweek caught him back in 2008 as a former Deaniac, tracing his political awakening straight back to writing Howard Dean a check in 2004 — a caucus he skipped that year to model menswear in Milan, of all things — before caucusing for Obama and telling the magazine he was “more excited about Obama than I was about Dean.” An outsider doesn’t have a Dean-to-Obama origin story. A lifelong Democrat does.
Updated: Turek’s “No Corporate PAC Money” Line Stops at the Memo Field
f the principle were “corporate money doesn’t belong in my race,” the answer would be easy: don’t take the money, no matter which Democratic senator’s committee rewrites the check. Turek didn’t do that. He took the LPAC route — the version of the pledge that survives a debate stage and melts under an FEC download.
So here’s the honest reading of the slogan. “No corporate PAC money” rejects a corporate PAC stamp on the contribution. It does not reject corporate PAC money washing through Democratic leadership committees first. Voters who thought they were buying a grassroots purity test got a paperwork distinction.
Turek’s New Ad Says He’ll Work With Trump on the Border. His Primary Record Tells a Different Story.
At an April forum hosted by Progress Iowa and End Citizens United, Turek called federal immigration enforcement “inhumane” and “unjust.”
“I cannot believe that right now in the United States of America, I’m having to tell my wife to keep her passport with her at all times,” Turek said, according to Iowa Capital Dispatch.
He then made his position on border enforcement funding clear: “At the United States Senate, I would not support any DHS funding without serious reforms to ICE.”
Q&A: Tax Law Boosts Workforce and Small Business With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
A: It’s back to school season for families, students and teachers across the state. As students return to the classroom, schedules are filling up with homework and extracurricular activities and parents are off to the races juggling jobs, car pools and meal times. Many students are starting a new chapter with post-secondary education, including four-year colleges, community colleges and vocational programs. Studies show advanced training leads to job readiness, higher earnings and more opportunities.
Lindsay James Skipped the Vote That Mattered Most to Iowa Farm Families
“This year, the corn is chest-high by the Fourth of July, but it still can’t hide Lindsay James’ anti-farming record,” said NRCC spokeswoman Emily Tuttle. “Her agenda is a load of manure that no Iowa farmer wants. Lindsay James will have to answer for it this fall.”
Chris Jones Thinks Farming “Isn’t That Hard.” Iowa Farmers Would Like a Word
“a lot of them are millionaires. They’re really wealthy guys. They’re making three times as much as the average Iowan.” Then came the line every farmer in the state should tattoo on Jones’ campaign lawn signs: “a lot of this grain farming now is not that hard. They’re only working a few weeks out of the year.”
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...
