Hinson Brags About Vote to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
Calls efforts by frontline workers to hold employers accountable during global pandemic ‘frivolous lawsuits’ DES MOINES — As Iowa continues to lead the nation in packing plant outbreaks of COVID-19, GOP congressional candidate and State Representative Ashley Hinson is bragging about her role to make it harder for workers to hold their employers accountable if […]
Iowa Democratic Party Announces Delegation to National Convention
54 member delegation will represent Iowa at the Democratic National Convention in August DES MOINES — Today, the Iowa Democratic Party announced the results of the State Convention, including the 54 members of Iowa’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention. 1,781 Iowa Democrats voted in the State Convention, which was conducted through online forms and […]
New DMR Poll: Ernst Net Favorability Crashes 22% – Trailing With Key Independents, Women Voters
Poll is Third in First 10 Days of General Election to Show Senator Ernst’s Favorability In Steep Fallout With Iowa Voters The first general election poll from the “gold standard” Des Moines Register/Mediacom exposes disastrous election-year prospects for the third-most unpopular senator in the country Joni Ernst. Over the past year, Senator Ernst’s favorability plummeted […]
IDP Chair on Unanimous Passage of Police Reform Bill
Ends police chokeholds, bans dept. hiring of cops with bad records, gives attorney general more authority over misconduct investigations DES MOINES — Iowa Democratic Party Chair and State Rep. Mark Smith released the following statement after the Iowa House and Senate unanimously passed the Plan for a More Perfect Union into law: “This is one […]
Ernst Must Demand Oversight of PPP Corporate Handouts
Senator Ernst Campaigns on PPP Loans While Reports Show Fortune 500 Companies Receiving Millions While Iowa Businesses ‘Struggle’ As corporate conglomerates are reaping massive small business loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, the Trump Administration has now taken the “stunning move” to refuse to disclose the names of businesses who have received taxpayer-funded relief. […]
DMR Editorial: Senator Ernst Must Oppose GOP Lawsuit to Repeal the ACA
Ed Board Blasts Iowa GOP for Silently Standing By A Lawsuit Enabled by Senator Ernst that Would Repeal Health Coverage During a Pandemic In a scathing editorial, the Des Moines Register Editorial Board took Senator Joni Ernst and the Iowa GOP to task for refusing to condemn the GOP’s lawsuit to repeal the entire Affordable […]
GOP Responds to Record Primary Turnout with Voter Suppression Plan
GOP bill would deny Secretary of State’s procedures, kick voters off the roles, and increase voter ID laws DES MOINES — Last Tuesday, nearly 25% of registered voters in Iowa cast a ballot in the primary election. The record setting turnout reflects the will of the majority of Iowans: to be able to safely vote […]
POLLS: Senator Ernst Hits Record-High Unfavorability as Iowans ‘Sour’ on Failure in D.C.
Second General Election Poll Shows Ernst Deep Underwater with Voters, As Iowa Elevates as Key “U.S. Senate Battleground” Just one week and two polls into the U.S. Senate general election, voters are sending a clear message that Senator Joni Ernst is out of step and Iowa is ready for a change. A new Civiqs poll […]
100 Days of Silence: Senator Ernst *Still* Won’t Answer if She Supports the GOP Lawsuit to Repeal the ACA
After Bragging About Her “Courage” to Undermine Health Coverage, Ernst Refuses to Come Clean on Lawsuit She Enabled 100 days and counting – that’s how long the third-most unpopular senator in the country Joni Ernst has sheltered in silence on her party’s lawsuit to repeal the entire Affordable Care Act. Senator Ernst has spent years […]
MEMO: Washington Has Changed Senator Ernst – And Iowans Will Send Her Packing
To: Interested Parties From: Mark Smith, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party Date: Monday, June 8, 2020 Re: Washington Has Changed Senator Ernst – And Iowans Will Send Her Packing Six years ago – thanks to hundreds of thousands of dark money dollars lifting her campaign from a non-starter – Joni Ernst became the Republican […]