Another week closer to election day, another week of bad news for the Reynolds campaign. This week showed the people of Iowa, once again, that the governor is out of touch with Iowa values, and Iowans are getting more and more fed up.

“With the election a little more than a month out we’re seeing a little more every day how unpopular Governor Reynolds is in this state,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price. “I hear it when I’m out on the road. People are fed up with the mis-prioritization and mismanagement of this Governor and are ready for the change that Fred Hubbell and Rita Hart will bring.”

• The week for Governor Reynolds started with the report from the Des Moines Register showing that the most restrictive abortion ban in the country is widely unpopular with Iowans. More than half of Iowans believe that the bill goes too far. The news isn’t great for the Governor that happily signed the ban into law just a few months ago.

• Reynolds also applauded the Trump Administration this week for their renegotiation of NAFTA despite the fact that the negotiations are not done and NAFTA remains largely unchanged from what it was before the President started a needless trade war with Mexico and Canada. Notably, the new deal leaves small, family farms in the dust while giving incredible advantages to big agribusiness, meaning that it will make life in rural Iowa even harder for those who want to work for themselves.

• Multiple reports this week also showed the Midwest trending towards Democrats this year. The Hill said that the Democrats are working to rebuild the blue wall, “even [in] Iowa, where Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) trailed businessman Fred Hubbell in a recent poll conducted for the Des Moines Register.”  Things continue to look bad for Reynolds and other Republican Governors in the Midwest. Democrats have a good chance to pick up six governorships in the Midwest this year.

• Finally, Reynolds’ lack of funding for higher education was highlighted this week, more signs of poor management by the Governor. Reynolds’ budget cuts, to pay for corporate tax breaks, have come at the expense of high tuition at Iowa’s public colleges and universities. As debt from loans mounts, college students are left with little options thanks to Governor Reynolds.

###