by Luke Martz | Jun 16, 2022 | Campaigns
Claim by Liz Mathis: “Liz voted to lower taxes for Iowa families.” The Facts: Liz Mathis voted against the most significant (and bipartisan) tax reform bill in Iowa’s history this year. Despite acknowledging that “everybody would like an income tax cut” when she...
by Iowa Field Report | Jun 15, 2022 | Campaigns, Governor
Iowa Democrat nominee for Governor, Deidre DeJear, is a regular contributor to a radical anti-white and anti-police publication. In this particular edition, she has made radical statements about Voter ID legislation, and race in a Progressive Des Moines Magazine...
by Luke Martz | Jun 14, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Yesterday, Cindy Axne launched her first ad of the cycle, attacking Zach Nunn for a baseless claim exploiting a local tragedy. Last summer, a child died at Des Moines’ Adventureland amusement park. Axne’s ad tries to tie this tragedy to an unrelated...
by Luke Martz | Jun 10, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Inflation and rising costs may be consuming the news headlines, but it has fallen to the bottom of Democratic Iowa Senate candidate Mike Franken’s priority list on the campaign trail. According to new data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the prices of...
by Luke Martz | Jun 10, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
Retired Navy Admiral Mike Franken clinched a decisive victory in this week’s Democrat senate primary over former Rep. Abby Finkenauer. Franken won over 55 percent of the vote, with Finkenauer winning 40 percent and physician Glenn Hurst winning just under five...
by Luke Martz | Jun 9, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
State Sen. Zach Nunn’s decisive win in Iowa’s third congressional district’s Republican primary earlier this week has energized efforts by Republican activists and officials to flip the seat in November. Nunn swept the primary with nearly two-thirds of the vote....