Turbine Tumult: Trump Attacks Iowa’s Primary Source of Electricity

DES MOINES — While clean, renewable wind energy generates more than 40% of Iowa’s electricity, President Trump during Thursday’s debate trashed Iowa’s primary energy source, saying of wind energy,  “it’s extremely expensive, kills all the birds, it’s very intermittent. It’s got a lot of problems…”  “the fumes coming up– If you’re a believer in carbon […]

Trump, GOP Put Politics Over Public Health As Iowans Battle COVID-19

DES MOINES — Donald Trump and Governor Reynolds’ failed response to the coronavirus has been a disaster for Iowa families. For months, Governor Reynolds has followed Trump’s lead and downplayed the threat of the virus, ignored the advice of medical experts, and failed to come up with a plan to contain the spread. Now, cases […]

WATCH: Leaders in Rural Iowa Journalism – Art Cullen, Doug Burns – Call Ernst’s Soybean Scandal a “Death Blow,” “Nearly Fatal” to Re-Election Campaign

Senator Ernst’s Humiliating Debate Gaffe Shows She’s Lost Touch With Rural Iowa During Her Six Years in Washington In a brutal segment on Iowa Press, The Storm Lake Times Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Art Cullen and Carroll Times Herald co-owner Doug Burns excoriated Senator Joni Ernst for failing to know the price of soybeans in last […]

WSJ: Iowa Voters “Soured” on Ernst After Becoming “Washington Insider”

New Report Encapsulates Why Voters are Rejecting Ernst After Six Years Spent Threatening Health Care and Losing Touch with Iowans This morning, a deep dive by the Wall Street Journal into Iowa’s Senate race painted a clear picture as to why Senator Joni Ernst’s re-election campaign is in full desperation mode after Iowans “soured” on […]

Iowa Democratic Party Continues “Early Vote Express” Over the Weekend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 22, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Party Continues “Early Vote Express” Over the Weekend The Tour Heads to Central Iowa on Friday; Western Iowa Over the Weekend DES MOINES — This week, Iowa Democrats will continue the Early Vote Express, a multi-stop, statewide bus tour from now through Election Day […]

Ernst Silent As Trump Says SCOTUS Should “End” the ACA

President’s Comments Make Painfully Clear that Ernst and GOP’s Rush to Fill SCOTUS Vacancy is Aimed at Adding the Deciding Vote to Repeal Coverage Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Today, President Trump announced that he wants the Supreme Court to “end” the Affordable Care Act, which could kick 227,000 Iowans off of health coverage and end […]

IDP Statement on Ernst’s Hypocritical Vote to Advance Anti-ACA Lifetime Appointment

IDP Chair Mark Smith: “Senator Ernst’s vote is one more step forward in her effort to gut coverage protections for pre-existing conditions and undo Iowa’s Medicaid expansion” After repeatedly arguing that an election-year vacancy should be left for voters to decide, today Senator Joni Ernst hypocritically voted to advance a lifetime appointment to the Supreme […]

Ernst went Washington, would gut Social Security

Iowa voters need to know: Joni Ernst went Washington. She took 870 thousand dollars in taxpayer-funded salary over the last five years, bought a luxury DC condo, and even voted to raise her own pay. Ernst was one of only 32 senators to vote in favor of giving herself and her fellow senators a pay […]

Nonpartisan Elections Expert Says DOJ Effort to Shield Ernst’s Dark Money Group is ‘Political, Not Legal’

Ernst Has Refused to Answer Questions on Her Dark Money Scandal After a Federal Court Ordered the FEC to Take Action on “Iowa Values” A new report from Iowa Starting Line details how the Trump Administration has “inserted itself into a court case involving Iowa Values” – Senator Joni Ernst’s dark money group run by […]

Mohr’s Rhetoric Doesn’t Match Record Against Pre-Existing Conditions

DES MOINES — From the Senate to the Statehouse, Iowa Republicans across the board are running from their records of voting to take away Iowan’s health care, including coverage for pre-existing conditions. In House District 94, Rep. Gary Mohr released a television ad falsely claiming his long term support for pre-existing condition coverage. In reality, […]