This state is kinda big. And the people who live here are not neatly, evenly distributed.
So it's on us, as representatives, to get around, listen to each other, and ensure that every Iowan has a chance to make their voice heard.
#ialegis
So it's on us, as representatives, to get around, listen to each other, and ensure that every Iowan has a chance to make their voice heard.
#ialegis
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This state is kinda big. And the people who live here are not neatly, evenly distributed.
So it's on us, as representatives, to get around, listen to each other, and ensure that every Iowan has a chance to make their voice heard.
#ialegis
So it's on us, as representatives, to get around, listen to each other, and ensure that every Iowan has a chance to make their voice heard.
#ialegis
Due to the Republican federal shutdown, 263,000 Iowans are at risk of losing their food assistance. Today, Iowa House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Governor and Attorney General urging them to take immediate action to ensure Iowa families can keep food on the table. #ialegis
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Due to the Republican federal shutdown, 263,000 Iowans are at risk of losing their food assistance. Today, Iowa House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Governor and Attorney General urging them to take immediate action to ensure Iowa families can keep food on the table. #ialegis
🌽Jennifer Konfrst on building power in the minority - Cornhole Champions #45 open.substack.com/pub/cornhole...
#USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #NowWatching #Podcast #Politics #IAlegis #HouseDems #ReproductiveRights #Healthcare #Medicaid #SchoolVouchers
#USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #NowWatching #Podcast #Politics #IAlegis #HouseDems #ReproductiveRights #Healthcare #Medicaid #SchoolVouchers
🌽Jennifer Konfrst on building power in the minority - Cornhole Champions #45
Toss some bags about Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, Susan B. Anthony's mobilization for Nunn, and what getting things done looks like when you lack the votes.
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🌽Jennifer Konfrst on building power in the minority - Cornhole Champions #45 open.substack.com/pub/cornhole...
#USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #NowWatching #Podcast #Politics #IAlegis #HouseDems #ReproductiveRights #Healthcare #Medicaid #SchoolVouchers
#USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #NowWatching #Podcast #Politics #IAlegis #HouseDems #ReproductiveRights #Healthcare #Medicaid #SchoolVouchers
"$825 million unexpectedly disappear"
Iowa's ruling party is bluffing its way through a budget mess, by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #NowReading #Politics #IAgop #IAlegis #Republicans #IowaEconomy #KimReynolds GOP When all else fails look #PresidentBiden
Iowa's ruling party is bluffing its way through a budget mess, by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #NowReading #Politics #IAgop #IAlegis #Republicans #IowaEconomy #KimReynolds GOP When all else fails look #PresidentBiden
Iowa's ruling party is bluffing its way through a budget mess
It's time we called them on it
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"$825 million unexpectedly disappear"
Iowa's ruling party is bluffing its way through a budget mess, by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #NowReading #Politics #IAgop #IAlegis #Republicans #IowaEconomy #KimReynolds GOP When all else fails look #PresidentBiden
Iowa's ruling party is bluffing its way through a budget mess, by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #NowReading #Politics #IAgop #IAlegis #Republicans #IowaEconomy #KimReynolds GOP When all else fails look #PresidentBiden
Today, I have formally urged the Iowa Board of Regents to reject the President’s higher education compact and to protect the academic integrity and independence of our state’s universities. #ialegis
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today, I have formally urged the Iowa Board of Regents to reject the President’s higher education compact and to protect the academic integrity and independence of our state’s universities. #ialegis
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October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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When it's raining, and you have a meeting in Grimes, but parking at the capital.
#ialegis #capitoltunnels
#ialegis #capitoltunnels
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When it's raining, and you have a meeting in Grimes, but parking at the capital.
#ialegis #capitoltunnels
#ialegis #capitoltunnels
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In 2024, GOP incumbent Bill Gustoff defeated Heather Sievers by a roughly 51-49 margin.
Should be very competitive next year.
Background on the district & the messaging from last year's campaign is here: #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/11/05/s...
Should be very competitive next year.
Background on the district & the messaging from last year's campaign is here: #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/11/05/s...
Sixteen Iowa House races to watch in 2024
Laura Belin highlights nine Iowa House seats most at risk of flipping, plus seven races that could shed light on broader political trends.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In 2024, GOP incumbent Bill Gustoff defeated Heather Sievers by a roughly 51-49 margin.
Should be very competitive next year.
Background on the district & the messaging from last year's campaign is here: #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/11/05/s...
Should be very competitive next year.
Background on the district & the messaging from last year's campaign is here: #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/11/05/s...
Last night I attended Heather Sievers' campaign kickoff in Altoona (eastern Polk County). She's running against GOP State Rep Bill Gustoff in Iowa House district 40, which will be a top-targeted #ialegis race.
Listen to Heather:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGM...
Listen to Heather:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGM...
Heather Sievers kicks off campaign in Iowa House district 40
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
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September 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Last night I attended Heather Sievers' campaign kickoff in Altoona (eastern Polk County). She's running against GOP State Rep Bill Gustoff in Iowa House district 40, which will be a top-targeted #ialegis race.
Listen to Heather:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGM...
Listen to Heather:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGM...
As an Iowa political reporter, I don't often get to cover good news. But it was fun to watch Catelin Drey being sworn in yesterday.
The newest Democratic state senator talked to reporters afterwards about her plans:
#ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/16/c...
The newest Democratic state senator talked to reporters afterwards about her plans:
#ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/16/c...
Catelin Drey "perhaps unjustly optimistic" about Iowa Senate work
Iowa's newest state senator is excited and "perhaps unjustly optimistic" about what the next legislative session holds.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As an Iowa political reporter, I don't often get to cover good news. But it was fun to watch Catelin Drey being sworn in yesterday.
The newest Democratic state senator talked to reporters afterwards about her plans:
#ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/16/c...
The newest Democratic state senator talked to reporters afterwards about her plans:
#ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/16/c...
Stop pipelines and pollution
Fix vouchers
Legalize cannabis
Raise minimum wage
Pass ranked choice voting
#IALegis #theiowa100
Fix vouchers
Legalize cannabis
Raise minimum wage
Pass ranked choice voting
#IALegis #theiowa100
September 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Stop pipelines and pollution
Fix vouchers
Legalize cannabis
Raise minimum wage
Pass ranked choice voting
#IALegis #theiowa100
Fix vouchers
Legalize cannabis
Raise minimum wage
Pass ranked choice voting
#IALegis #theiowa100
In the newly open #ia02, we have a second Republican candidate: former #ialegis lawmaker and Trump administration official Joe Mitchell: www.thegazette.com/campaigns-el...
Iowa's Mitchell announces U.S. House campaign to 'have President Trump's back'
Mitchell, a 28-year-old property developer from Clear Lake, becomes the second Republican to officially declare a campaign in Eastern Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, which became an open-seat elect...
www.thegazette.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In the newly open #ia02, we have a second Republican candidate: former #ialegis lawmaker and Trump administration official Joe Mitchell: www.thegazette.com/campaigns-el...
New post: Former State Senator Nate Boulton announced today that he's running for the Iowa House next year.
He carried the precincts in House district 39 even as he narrowly lost his Iowa Senate re-election bid in 2024. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/29/n...
He carried the precincts in House district 39 even as he narrowly lost his Iowa Senate re-election bid in 2024. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/29/n...
Nate Boulton planning political comeback in Iowa House district 39
Boulton carried the precincts in House district 39 even as he narrowly lost his Iowa Senate re-election bid in 2024.
www.bleedingheartland.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New post: Former State Senator Nate Boulton announced today that he's running for the Iowa House next year.
He carried the precincts in House district 39 even as he narrowly lost his Iowa Senate re-election bid in 2024. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/29/n...
He carried the precincts in House district 39 even as he narrowly lost his Iowa Senate re-election bid in 2024. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/08/29/n...
In 2025 special elections, voters keep telling Republicans what they don't want to hear www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo... via @msnbc
#USNews #IowaNews #GoodNews #Iowa #NowReading #Politics #IowaDems #IApol #Trump #KimReynolds #CNN #FoxNews viewers take note! #IAgov #IAgop #IAlegis #IAdems
#USNews #IowaNews #GoodNews #Iowa #NowReading #Politics #IowaDems #IApol #Trump #KimReynolds #CNN #FoxNews viewers take note! #IAgov #IAgop #IAlegis #IAdems
In 2025 special elections, voters keep telling Republicans what they don’t want to hear
The more Democrats win in special elections this year, the more obvious the public backlash to Donald Trump and Republicans becomes.
www.msnbc.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"The special election outcome means Democrats could now block Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ nominations to state agencies, boards and commissions in the final year of her term." --Ethan Cohen,Jeff Zeleny CNN
#IowaNews #Iowa #IowaLife #IAgov #IApol #IAdems #IAgop #IAlegis #IAdem
#IowaNews #Iowa #IowaLife #IAgov #IApol #IAdems #IAgop #IAlegis #IAdem
Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects: www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/p...
#USNews #IowaNews #GoodNews #Iowa #NowReading #Politics #IowaDems #IApol #Trump #KimReynolds #CNN #FoxNews viewers take note!
#USNews #IowaNews #GoodNews #Iowa #NowReading #Politics #IowaDems #IApol #Trump #KimReynolds #CNN #FoxNews viewers take note!
Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects | CNN Politics
Iowa Democrats secured a consequential victory in a special election on Tuesday, CNN projects, breaking the Republican supermajority in the state Senate by flipping a seat in a district President Dona...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thrilled to be in #SiouxCity, knocking doors to bring Catelin Drey to the #ialegis!
If 5 special elections are exhausting, the phenomenal candidates I've gotten to support have kept my energy rolling on through!
If 5 special elections are exhausting, the phenomenal candidates I've gotten to support have kept my energy rolling on through!
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thrilled to be in #SiouxCity, knocking doors to bring Catelin Drey to the #ialegis!
If 5 special elections are exhausting, the phenomenal candidates I've gotten to support have kept my energy rolling on through!
If 5 special elections are exhausting, the phenomenal candidates I've gotten to support have kept my energy rolling on through!
Gray memories with #ialegis colleagues from the two conventions I just returned from! Getting the chance to talk in the interim, learn together, and muse over how we can bring the exciting ideas back is incredibly valuable to me!
August 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gray memories with #ialegis colleagues from the two conventions I just returned from! Getting the chance to talk in the interim, learn together, and muse over how we can bring the exciting ideas back is incredibly valuable to me!
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July 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I just joined @ProgressIowa - so should you! #ialegis #iagov progressiowa.actionkit.com/signup/signu...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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$1 million for cancer research in Iowa is nothing more than a mouse fart and a talking point for our current leaders to give themselves a pat on the back.
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#Iowa #IowaNews #Cancer #CancerResearch #RobSand #KimReynolds #IAgop #IApol #IaPolitics #IAlegis
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#Iowa #IowaNews #Cancer #CancerResearch #RobSand #KimReynolds #IAgop #IApol #IaPolitics #IAlegis
July 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
$1 million for cancer research in Iowa is nothing more than a mouse fart and a talking point for our current leaders to give themselves a pat on the back.
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#Iowa #IowaNews #Cancer #CancerResearch #RobSand #KimReynolds #IAgop #IApol #IaPolitics #IAlegis
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#Iowa #IowaNews #Cancer #CancerResearch #RobSand #KimReynolds #IAgop #IApol #IaPolitics #IAlegis
This year, we secured paid parental leave for state workers, which was an important step forward. Now it's time to make sure every family in Iowa has the same opportunity to bond and care for their new child. #ialegis
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This year, we secured paid parental leave for state workers, which was an important step forward. Now it's time to make sure every family in Iowa has the same opportunity to bond and care for their new child. #ialegis
"Nunn makes a lot of misleading claims trying to put lipstick on the pig"
Iowa Republicans are blind to the state's economic woes by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #Iowa #Politics #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #ZachNunn #Republicans #BigUglyBill #Trump #economy
Iowa Republicans are blind to the state's economic woes by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #Iowa #Politics #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #ZachNunn #Republicans #BigUglyBill #Trump #economy
Iowa Republicans are blind to the state's economic woes
Zach Nunn is the perfect example of their cluelessness
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Nunn makes a lot of misleading claims trying to put lipstick on the pig"
Iowa Republicans are blind to the state's economic woes by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #Iowa #Politics #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #ZachNunn #Republicans #BigUglyBill #Trump #economy
Iowa Republicans are blind to the state's economic woes by @EdTibbetts open.substack.com/pub/edtibbet...
#USNews #IowaNews #Iowa #Politics #IAgop #IApol #IAlegis #ZachNunn #Republicans #BigUglyBill #Trump #economy
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July 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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