by Iowa Field Report | Feb 21, 2020 | Campaigns, Candidate Profile, State Politics
District: Iowa Senate District 44 Occupation: Self-employed, Retired Administrator Why did you decide to run for office? I ran for the House in 2018 against Dennis Cohoon (D) who is the longest-serving legislator in Des Moines, currently serving his 34th year. I...
by Luke Martz | Feb 14, 2020 | Campaigns, Candidate Profile, State Politics
District: Iowa House District 26 Occupation: Small Business Owner Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brookeforiowa/ Why did you decide to run for office? It is important to me as a resident of Iowa and specifically, Warren county that we have someone who will lead and...
by Luke Martz | Feb 6, 2020 | Campaigns, Candidate Profile, State Politics
District: Iowa House District 98 Occupation: Youth Pastor Website: http://jomaforiowahouse.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JomaForIowa Why did you decide to run for office? I decided to run for office because I could not stomach the idea of leaving my fate and...
by Luke Martz | Feb 3, 2020 | Opinion, State Politics
Readers, You may have missed it, but our esteemed Auditor, Rob Sand, recently launched a merch store. We assume this is because things are a bit tight over at the campaign. It looks like a nice enough merch site, but it could be better in our humble opinion. We think...
by Luke Martz | Jan 30, 2020 | Media, State Politics
Morningside Poll: Who’s the real winner? Yesterday, Morningside University released the results of its 2020 Iowa Political Survey. The biggest winner of this poll may be Governor Kim Reynolds. The poll had her approval rating at 57%. Surveys like this are vital as she...
by Luke Martz | Jan 27, 2020 | State Politics
Today we’re following up on last week’s post on the Democrats’ Donor Disparity. If you haven’t read it yet, take a minute to do so. That post generated a good deal of feedback. A few thoughts came to mind over the weekend, and here they are for...