Zach Lahn Pledges to Continue Kim Reynolds’ Failed Legacy

Zach Lahn Pledges to Continue Kim Reynolds’ Failed Legacy Zach Lahn: “I just want to say thank you first to Governor Reynolds … I am grateful for your leadership.” DES MOINES – Kim Reynolds — the most unpopular governor in the country for two years running — is bringing her legacy tour to Clear Lake […]

IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on the Death of U.S. Air Force Major Brad Hovey

IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on the Death of U.S. Air Force Major Brad Hovey DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement after learning Iowan and U.S. Air Force Major Brad Hovey died during a crash at Edwards Air Force Base: “The loss of Major Brad Hovey, a […]

Iowa Independent: “Hinson Celebrates Reopening of Social Security Office Closed by DOGE Cuts She Supported”

Iowa Independent: “Hinson Celebrates Reopening of Social Security Office Closed by DOGE Cuts She Supported” Iowa Independent: “Hinson Was a Vocal Supporter of President Donald Trump’s [DOGE] Cuts to Federal Government Staffing, Including at the Social Security Administration. Hinson is Claiming Credit for the Reopening of a Social Security Field Office in Decorah” KCRG: “The […]

Zach Lahn’s Running Mate Pick Undercuts Claim He’ll Take on Big Pesticide Companies

Zach Lahn’s Running Mate Pick Undercuts Claim He’ll Take on Big Pesticide Companies DES MOINES – Career political operative and Kansas carpetbagger Zach Lahn chose Derek Wulf as his running mate, contradicting his own campaign promise to take on big pesticide companies. According to new reporting from Bleeding Heartland, Wulf has close ties to big […]

RECAP: Sioux City Leaders Continue “Iowa Can’t Afford Ashley” Tour 

RECAP: Sioux City Leaders Continue “Iowa Can’t Afford Ashley” Tour  Sioux City Leaders Spotlighted Hinson’s Disingenuous Support for Stock Trading Ban and up to $5M Insurance Stock Holding DES MOINES – Today, the “Iowa Can’t Afford Ashley Tour” continued in Sioux City, where local leaders called out Ashley Hinson for selling out Iowans and hiking […]

NEW: Ashley Hinson’s Senate Primary Opponent Urges Iowans Not to Vote for Her in November

NEW: Ashley Hinson’s Senate Primary Opponent Urges Iowans Not to Vote for Her in November Iowa Republican Senate Candidate Jim Carlin: Hinson Values “Insiders Over the Voice of Ordinary Americans”  DES MOINES – Iowa Republican Senate Candidate Jim Carlin is imploring Iowans to ditch Ashley Hinson this November, telling his fellow Republican voters in a […]

NEW: Zach Lahn’s Extreme Health Care Agenda Would Make Iowans Sicker

NEW: Zach Lahn’s Extreme Health Care Agenda Would Make Iowans Sicker DES MOINES – New reporting from The Iowa Independent details how career political operative and Kansas carpetbagger Zach Lahn supports an extreme health care agenda that would make Iowans sicker and threaten access to health insurance, life-saving cancer treatments, and reproductive care. During Lahn’s […]

Kansas Carpetbagger Zach Lahn Owes Iowans Answers

Kansas Carpetbagger Zach Lahn Owes Iowans Answers DES MOINES – Recent reporting has confirmed that career political operative and carpetbagger Zach Lahn splits his time between Iowa and Kansas and would “be in Iowa as much as humanly possible” if elected. In his first public appearance 10 days after winning the primary, Lahn sat down […]

Frequent Flyer Fridays: IDP Gov Race Newsletter 6/12/26

Welcome back to Frequent Flyer Fridays — your weekly newsletter from the Iowa Democratic Party, bringing you the latest updates on everything Kansas’ favorite frequent flyer Zach Lahn is up to. This week, Zach Lahn hid from Iowans for nine days after the primary, then tried to change the subject with an eleventh-hour running mate […]