The Status Quo Squad: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 5/15/26
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 Republican […]
Police Week Reminder: Gov Candidates Are Bankrolled by Criminals Who Attacked Police Officers
Police Week Reminder: Gov Candidates Are Bankrolled by Criminals Who Attacked Police Officers DES MOINES – As Iowans honor our law enforcement officers during National Police Week, don’t forget that the Republican gubernatorial candidates are bankrolled by violent criminals who attacked police officers: Randy Feenstra also has a record of undermining law enforcement. Feenstra refused […]
Iowans Call Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record, GOP Gov Field Ahead of Dubuque Legacy Tour Stop
Iowans Call Out Kim Reynolds’ Failed Record, GOP Gov Field Ahead of Dubuque Legacy Tour Stop DES MOINES – Today, ahead of Kim Reynolds’ legacy tour stop in Dubuque, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart, State Sen. Tom Townsend, and IBEW 704 member Zach Shireman hosted a virtual press conference to set the record straight […]
FACT CHECK: Ashley Hinson Voted to Spike Health Insurance Costs, Cut VA Funding While Her Net Worth in Congress Soared
FACT CHECK: Ashley Hinson Voted to Spike Health Insurance Costs, Cut VA Funding While Her Net Worth in Congress Soared DES MOINES – In Ashley Hinson’s first TV ad, Hinson claims her priorities are lowering health care costs, supporting veterans, and banning stock trading in Congress. The truth is, Hinson has a long history of […]
New Report Reveals Zach Lahn Continues to Live in Kansas While Running for Iowa Governor
New Report Reveals Zach Lahn Continues to Live in Kansas While Running for Iowa Governor DES MOINES – Today, on the second day of early voting, a new report from the Des Moines Register reveals that Republican gubernatorial candidate and career political operative Zach Lahn “maintains a home in Kansas,” and that he had to […]
Ahead of E15 Vote, Ashley Hinson Has Already Failed to Bring Relief at the Pump for Iowans
Ahead of E15 Vote, Ashley Hinson Has Already Failed to Bring Relief at the Pump for Iowans Radio Iowa: “Gas Prices in Iowa Are the Highest They’ve Been in Four Years” KGAN: “Gas Prices Jump Another 25 Cents per Gallon in the Last Week in Iowa DES MOINES – The U.S. House of Representatives is […]
NEW: One Day After Hinson Ad Touting Health Care, Another Rural Clinic Announces Closure
NEW: One Day After Hinson Ad Touting Health Care, Another Rural Clinic Announces Closure Ottumwa Radio: River Hills Community Health Center to Close Centerville Clinic in July DES MOINES – One day after Ashley Hinson released her first Senate campaign TV ad claiming to bring down healthcare costs, River Hills Community Health Center in Centerville […]
Ahead of House Vote, Randy Feenstra Has Already Failed Iowa Farmers on E15
Ahead of House Vote, Randy Feenstra Has Already Failed Iowa Farmers on E15 DES MOINES – Ahead of today’s House vote on the sale of nationwide year-round E15, Randy Feenstra — the chair of a useless biofuels council in Congress that only exists because of his repeated failures to deliver a deal on E15 — […]
NEW VIDEO: One Year of Randy Feenstra Failing Iowans
NEW VIDEO: One Year of Randy Feenstra Failing Iowans DES MOINES – Today, on the one year anniversary of Randy Feenstra launching an exploratory committee for governor, the Iowa Democratic Party released a new digital video highlighting a year of Feenstra’s failures. Over the last year, Feenstra has voted to gut Medicaid and put rural […]
NEW: GOP Gov Candidate Adam Steen Lied About Creating Jobs in Iowa, Outsourced His Business to China
NEW: GOP Gov Candidate Adam Steen Lied About Creating Jobs in Iowa, Outsourced His Business to China DES MOINES – A new report from American Journal News reveals that Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kim Reynolds’ right-hand man Adam Steen outsourced his West Des Moines hunting equipment business to China, despite claiming to value “putting Americans […]