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 […]
What Did Adam Steen, Kim Reynolds’ Right Hand Man, Know About Her Secret State Plane?
What Did Adam Steen, Kim Reynolds’ Right Hand Man, Know About Her Secret State Plane? DES MOINES – New reporting from the Des Moines Register reveals Kim Reynolds used her $4.7 million dollar secret state-owned plane “about once every two weeks over the course of a year” to attend multiple political events on the taxpayer’s […]
ICYMI: Iowans Face Layoffs, Higher Prices on Hinson’s Watch
ICYMI: Iowans Face Layoffs, Higher Prices on Hinson’s Watch Despite Hinson’s Promises that Tariffs Would Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing Jobs, Iowa Sees Hundreds of Layoffs at Whirlpool’s Amana Factory Hinson-Backed Tariffs Have Already Cost Iowa Families an Estimated $1,000 in 2025 DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson has repeatedly promised that tariffs would help bring jobs back to Iowa. The truth is: […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on Iowa Soldier Jeffrey O’Brien Killed in Kuwait
IDP Chair Rita Hart Statement on Iowa Soldier Jeffrey O’Brien Killed in Kuwait DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement after learning Iowa soldier Jeffrey O’Brien was killed in action: “The loss of Jeffrey O’Brien, another brave soldier and Iowan who was serving his state and country, is absolutely […]
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 […]
VOTE ALERT: IA Congressional Delegation Votes to Protect Sexual Predators
VOTE ALERT: IA Congressional Delegation Votes to Protect Sexual Predators DES MOINES – Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson, Marianette Miller-Meeks, and Zach Nunn voted yesterday to protect sexual predators and bury records on sexual misconduct cases in Congress after standing in the way of bipartisan efforts to release the Epstein files. By voting against transparency and […]
GOP Gov Field Pushes Total Abortion Ban That Goes Even Further Than Kim Reynolds
GOP Gov Field Pushes Total Abortion Ban That Goes Even Further Than Kim Reynolds DES MOINES – New reporting from Talking Points Memo highlights how the Republicans running for governor want to go even further than Kim Reynolds on ripping away reproductive freedoms and agree on banning abortion from the moment of conception without exceptions […]
GOP Gov Race Remains “Unsettled” and “Chaotic” 90 Days Out from Primary
GOP Gov Race Remains “Unsettled” and “Chaotic” 90 Days Out from Primary DES MOINES – Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial race continues to be an “unsettled,” “chaotic and competitive” mess with no clear frontrunner 90 days out from the June 2 primary election. Randy Feenstra has been “unable to clear the primary field” and recently “acknowledge[d] that […]
NEW REPORT: USDA Loses 24,000 Workers in Previous Year, Hurting Iowa Farmers Trying to Access Critical Resources
NEW REPORT: USDA Loses 24,000 Workers in Previous Year, Hurting Iowa Farmers Trying to Access Critical Resources Ashley Hinson Has Cheered on DOGE Cuts, Despite the Harmful Impact They’ve Had on the USDA and the Iowa Farmers Who Rely on USDA Resources IPR: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture Saw Some of the Largest Workforce Reductions […]