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Republicans Lead Final Iowa Poll of 2022 Midterms
The final Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register for the 2022 midterm election cycle has Republicans leading in almost every congressional and statewide race, including strong double-digit leads for key Republican incumbents. Conducted by pollster J. Ann Selzer, the Iowa Poll found Governor Kim Reynolds leading Democrat Deidre DeJear by 17 points and Senator Chuck Grassley leading Democrat Mike...
Mailbag: Mike Franken Does Not Take Military Sexual Assault Seriously
Mike Franken stated in a 2021 Intercept article that unreported sexual crimes in Africa between 2010 and 2020 was a partisan attack. As a source in that article, I can attest the article was written to highlight problems of how the military dealt with sexual assault. There was no partisan agenda whatsoever. At the time, Mr. Franken was months away from announcing his eventual bid for the U.S. Senate.
Joni Ernst: The “Dae Way”: Honoring our veterans at this year’s Ruck, Roast & Ride.
Here in Iowa, we love our veterans, and as a combat veteran myself, I try to find unique ways to honor and support these heroes. That’s one reason why we added a ruck march to our day of activities this year. A ruck march is a common military training exercise where you carry a weighted pack — better known as a ruck sack — and walk in honor of the fallen and all of our servicemembers and veterans.
Club For Growth: 2021 Iowa Scorecard Released
The Club For Growth Foundation completed its 2021 Iowa legislative scorecard. Iowa Field Report has it first. The Club for Growth Foundation advocates for free markets, pro-growth policies, and creating economic prosperity. Each year the organization conducts a study...
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Democratic Senate Candidates Struggle to Differentiate Themselves in Debate
A Month away from June Primaries, Democratic Senate Candidates Glenn Hurst, Former Congresswoman Abby Finkenaur, and Micheal Franken attempted to differentiate themselves before voters go to the polls. Some of the questions posed by KCCI journalists throughout the...
Grassley’s Part in the Creation of National Fentanyl Awareness Day
Senators such as Senator Chuck Grassley are seeking to spread more awareness of the public health crisis of the drug Fentanyl. Lawmakers are pushing this to establish May 10th as a national awareness day for the deadly drug. Grassley has led a group of senators to...
Senator Grassley Reaches Across Party Lines to Help Draft Resolution For Sexual Assault Victims
This week, The United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution presented by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif). The resolution comes in support of National Sexual Assault Awareness and...
Kinney Pushes Disinformation
Democrat State Senator Kevin Kinney falsely claimed to be the only full-time farmer in the Iowa Senate. It's a breathtakingly false claim, divorced completely from reality. More egregiously, it is a claim he fully knows is not true. Kinney has been in the Senate for 8...
Pate Reminds Iowans of ID Law Date
Iowa Secretary Of State Paul Pate announced on Twitter this afternoon the recognization of Iowa’s 2018 law requiring ID at voter polls. Pate Reminded voters that despite various pushback, voter turnout for Iowa increased. Five years ago today, we instituted #VoterID...
GOP Debate Puts Candidates Front and Center Against Axne
Republican House candidates for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District Gary Leffler, Nicole Hasso, and Zach Nunn duked it out on stage in a debate hosted by Des Moines’s WHO 13. Journalist Dave Price moderated the event in its entirety. Topics starting the night off began...
Activists Protest in DSM streets after Roe V. Wade Controversy
Des Moines Black Liberation activists blocked downtown streets in an effort to protest the latest murmurings of overturning Roe V. Wade from the U.S. Supreme Court. Protestors chanted a multitude of chants, one such as “fuck the church, fuck the state, we decide our...
Franken and Miller Silent on Finkenauer’s Outburst
Ex-Rep. Abby Finkenauer’s callous and widely condemned remarks about Polk County District Judge Scott Beattie reflect her disdain for the separation of powers in our system of government. Even two of her fellow Democrats — Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand and Rep. Cindy Axne — joined the chorus of liberal pundits, editors and respected legal minds who called on her to walk back her comments.
Mailbag: May 2, 2022
Questions I am curious to know why Todd Halbur, one of two Republicans running for Iowa State Auditor, thinks he can fulfill the duties of the office as required. Mr. Halbur was fired from Iowa’s Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) in 2018. The following year, he filed...
