by Luke Martz | Jan 11, 2022 | Campaigns, Party Politics, State Politics
The Republican Party of Iowa announced Tuesday its support for the Republican National Committees’ lawsuit against New York City. Recently, the world’s largest city by urban area enacted legislation that allows non-citizens to vote. “The Republican...
by Caleb Lillquist | Jan 10, 2022 | Education, Legislature, Opinion, State Politics, Taxation
Prominent Republicans gathered for the annual Iowa GOP Legislative breakfast to kick off the first day of the Iowa 2020 legislative session. The yearly event sets the tone for the session and is an opportunity for party members to socialize and share ideas and...
by Luke Martz | Jan 4, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress, Featured, State Politics
Happy New Year! We can’t tell you how much we appreciate our readers here at Iowa Field Report. Because of you, we saw another year of incredible growth in readership. Iowa Field Report launched in January 2020. In these past two years, we have been blown away...
by Luke Martz | Dec 15, 2021 | Campaigns, State Government, State Politics
Many Republican officials around the state have been receiving calls from former General Counsel to Governor Branstad, Brenna Bird. Bird appears to be preparing to announce her run for Attorney General early in the new year. Bird wouldn’t confirm her plans but...
by Luke Martz | Dec 7, 2021 | Campaigns, Opinion, State Politics
This afternoon, Rob Sand waved the white flag, announcing that he will postpone his dream of running for governor and will instead run for re-election as auditor. With that announcement, it’s time to check in on our predictions from June, which were (drum roll) 100%...
by Luke Martz | Nov 16, 2021 | State Government, State Politics
Rob Sand says that he didn’t violate Iowa’s open records laws by refusing to produce an email between his chief of staff and liberal blogger Laura Belin because the email was sent on a private account. That was Sand’s response to a lawsuit filed by the Kirkwood...
