Adam Steen Wants to Make Iowa’s Public School Funding Crisis Worse

Adam Steen Wants to Make Iowa’s Public School Funding Crisis Worse DES MOINES – Today, new reporting from the Des Moines Register revealed gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen wants to further slash funding for Iowa’s already-underfunded public schools. Thanks to Kim Reynolds, Iowa has fallen from 5th in the country in education to 20th, and schools […]

Tariff-Lover Randy Feenstra, GOP Gov Field All Support Raising Prices on Hardworking Iowans

Tariff-Lover Randy Feenstra, GOP Gov Field All Support Raising Prices on Hardworking Iowans DES MOINES – Iowa farmers, small businesses, and working families are seeing prices skyrocket and struggling to break even thanks to reckless tariffs, but Randy Feenstra once again voted to sell out farmers and uphold tariffs. The entire Republican gubernatorial field supports […]

The Status Quo Squad: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 2/6/26

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, the Iowa Caucuses […]

Iowa Dems Welcome Most Unpopular Governor in the Country to Campaign Trail

Iowa Dems Welcome Most Unpopular Governor in the Country to Campaign Trail GOP Gov candidates are running to continue Reynolds’ years of failures DES MOINES – Yesterday, the Iowa GOP announced that Kim Reynolds, the most unpopular governor in the country (for two years running!), is going on a “legacy tour” to tout the many […]

FRONT PAGE NEWS: “GOP Grassroots Signal Unease With Feenstra”

FRONT PAGE NEWS: “GOP Grassroots Signal Unease With Feenstra”  DES MOINES – This morning, the front page of The Gazette highlighted how Randy Feenstra is facing major “dissatisfaction” and “opposition” from his own party after finishing a distant third in straw polls at the caucuses, as GOP activists are planning for the “very, very real […]

Trump Snubbing Feenstra Becomes Story of Visit as Anti-Endorsement Petition DOUBLES in Signatures

Trump Snubbing Feenstra Becomes Story of Visit as Anti-Endorsement Petition DOUBLES in Signatures Todd Dorman: “When the news about your campaign is people don’t want him to endorse you, he’s snubbing you — that’s bad news for the candidate.” DES MOINES – Donald Trump snubbing Randy Feenstra and refusing to give him an endorsement has officially become the story of […]

GOP Gov Primary Gets Messier as Feenstra Flops in Caucuses

GOP Gov Primary Gets Messier as Feenstra Flops in Caucuses DES MOINES – The Iowa Caucuses spotlighted Republicans’ “chaotic and competitive” gubernatorial primary as a wide-open mess, after Randy Feenstra flopped and finished a distant third in straw polls — exposing how he’s still facing major issues with his own party ahead of the June […]

This Groundhog Day, GOP Gov Candidates Are Stuck in Kim Reynolds’ Shadow

This Groundhog Day, GOP Gov Candidates Are Stuck in Kim Reynolds’ Shadow DES MOINES – Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, and Randy Feenstra, Adam Steen, Zach Lahn, Brad Sherman, and Eddie Andrews are all stuck in the shadow of the most unpopular governor in the country for two years running: Kim Reynolds. The […]