The Status Quo Squad: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 3/13/26

Welcome back to The Status Quo Squad — your weekly newsletter from the Iowa Democratic Party, bringing you the latest updates on the chaotic, messy, and wide-open Republican gubernatorial primary where all the candidates promise one thing: a continuation of the status quo that has failed Iowa for the last decade. This week, Iowans spoke out […]

Iowans Call Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record, GOP Gov Field in Cedar Rapids

Iowans Call Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record, GOP Gov Field in Cedar Rapids The Gazette: “[Reynolds’] tour underscores the stakes for Iowa voters as the next governor’s race begins to take shape.” DES MOINES – Outside of the first stop of Kim Reynolds’ “legacy tour” in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, over 40 Iowans gathered to […]

Axios Des Moines: “Iowa Small Businesses Feel Tariff Squeeze”

Axios Des Moines: “Iowa Small Businesses Feel Tariff Squeeze” DES MOINES – New reporting from Axios Des Moines details how small businesses across Iowa are “feeling the pain of tariffs” and “astronomically” higher prices that Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, and Zach Nunn all support. Feenstra, Hinson, Miller-Meeks, and Nunn repeatedly voted to protect […]

Linn County Supervisor Calls Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record in New Op-Ed

Linn County Supervisor Calls Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record in New Op-Ed “The only legacy [Reynolds] is leaving behind is a decade of failure — and Linn County residents are living it every day.” DES MOINES – Ahead of Kim Reynolds kicking off her so-called “legacy tour” in Cedar Rapids today, Linn County Supervisor Sami […]

Randy Feenstra Campaigned on Lowering Gas Prices. They’re Up 55 Cents This Week.

Randy Feenstra Campaigned on Lowering Gas Prices. They’re Up 55 Cents This Week. Iowa leads the Midwest with the biggest spike in gas prices over the last week DES MOINES – Randy Feenstra has campaigned on lowering gas prices, promising last month to “reduce prices at the gas station” and telling Iowans that “gas prices […]

The Status Quo Squad: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 3/6/26

Welcome back to The Status Quo Squad — your weekly newsletter from the Iowa Democratic Party, bringing you the latest updates on the chaotic, messy, and wide-open Republican gubernatorial primary where all the candidates promise one thing: a continuation of the status quo that has failed Iowa for the last decade. This week, new reporting […]

TIMELINE: Every Time Randy Feenstra Claimed He Was “Close” to an E15 Deal

TIMELINE: Every Time Randy Feenstra Claimed He Was “Close” to an E15 Deal Feenstra in January: “In the next four weeks this gets done.” DES MOINES – Randy Feenstra, the co-chair of the E15 Council, keeps claiming he’s “close” to a deal on the year-round sale of E15 — moving the goalpost and making empty […]