by Luke Martz | Jul 22, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
During a Sunday event, Democrat senate candidate Mike Franken called Iowa farmers “stooges” while discussing the current status of the agricultural industry. Farmers are “rather stooges for a process they have no control over,” Franken said. Although farmers in Iowa...
by Luke Martz | Jun 30, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Democratic US Senate candidate Mike Franken is running for office in Iowa but mentions California so frequently that voters would be forgiven if they thought he was running in the wrong state. It’s not easy to run for office, and here at Iowa Field Report,...
by Caleb Lillquist | Jun 3, 2022 | Congress
After the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that took the lives of innocents, Senator Chuck Grassley has redoubled his efforts to pass his EAGLES Act, a bill named after the school mascot in Parkland, Florida. The bill would enable Secret Service to share its...
by Caleb Lillquist | May 27, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress, Opinion
Just when you thought it could not get any worse for Franken, his campaign continues to tout endorsements that hold no value in his run against Senator Chuck Grassley. Franken has recently been endorsed by Patty Judge, Jean Lloyd-Jones, and Bonnie Campbell. The...
by Caleb Lillquist | May 26, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Democrat Senate Candidate Mike Franken has had a tough time on the campaign trail as he continues to stumble with consistent errors and misstatements. Before the Democrat’s first debate, Franken was caught by Politifact lying about Senator Grassley’s position in the...