by Luke Martz | Jul 28, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Wednesday, the American Action Network (AAN)– a conservative-leaning issue advocacy organization, announced a 2 million dollar TV and digital advertising buy across five congressional districts. The ads call on Congress to halt plans for new inflation fueling...
by Luke Martz | Jul 25, 2022 | Campaigns, Legislature, State Politics
Sonya Heitshusen doesn’t want the public to know anything more about how or why she shot a bullet through her sliding glass window, according to a court filing made late last week. Heitshusen, a former reporter turned Public Information Officer, asked a Dallas County...
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 | Jul 22, 2022 | Campaigns, Legislature
The latest legislative fundraising reports came out this week, displaying yet again the support Iowans are showing for conservative policies in the Capitol. The most explicit display of this approval was the fundraising success of Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver....
by Luke Martz | Jul 20, 2022 | Campaigns, State Politics
Former two-term, conservative South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is endorsing Brenna Bird for Iowa Attorney General. Haley who also served as former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Bird, “is the only candidate who will back the blue, crack down on crime,...
by Luke Martz | Jul 19, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Democrat Senate candidate Mike Franken took to Twitter Sunday to tout “thirty-one days of consecutive price reductions” for gasoline. Price of regular gasoline in Des Moines this morning is $3.95/gal. Thirty-one days of consecutive price reductions. It’s also a...