A conservative organization is spending more than $1 million in Iowa’s 1st and 3rd District supporting U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn’s reelection campaigns, highlighting their work to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which included tax cut provisions. American Action Network, a conservative advocacy organization, launched the Iowa ad campaign Thursday — […]
Zach Nunn, the Republican representing Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, said conflict in the Middle East and Strait of Hormuz trade complications could cause mass famine if farmers around the world don’t get access to necessary fertilizers. Nunn spoke at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox Monday, which also happened to the the fair’s veteran’s day. […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Iowa State Fairgoers Monday he honored the Iowa soldiers killed in Kuwait, while saying the U.S.-Iran conflict was necessary to keep Americans safe. The defense secretary also spoke on the anti-DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies and other changes made at the U.S. Department of Defense, renamed the “Department […]
Democratic congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott said her opponent, U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn, was not truly “tough on China” as she spoke to a crowd at the Iowa State Fair Friday. Trone Garriott opened her speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox introducing her background as a pastor and as “one of the rare […]
The Iowa Libertarian Party nominated new candidates Wednesday for lieutenant governor and 3rd District to appear on the 2026 ballot. The Libertarian Party of Iowa’s State Central Committee met to officially nominate two candidates to appear in two races where previous Libertarian candidates had been taken off the ballot by the State Objections Panel. Charles […]
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise linked Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democrat running for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, with candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America — though she is not associated with the organization — as he spoke to Republicans in Iowa Wednesday in support of Rep. Zach Nunn’s reelection. Scalise, […]
The Libertarian Party of Iowa will nominate new candidates to run for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District and as lieutenant governor at a meeting Wednesday, party leaders said Sunday. Originally, the replacement candidates were meant to be nominated at the Sunday LPIA State Central Committee meeting, but party officials moved the nominating date to comply with […]
Iowa Democrats running in two of the country’s most competitive U.S. House districts have released their first television campaign ads of the 2026 general election cycle. On Thursday, state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat who is running in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, released an ad titled “Quick.” The 30-second ad from Trone Garriott will […]
The Libertarian Party of Iowa will hold a convention Sunday to nominate a new 3rd District candidate to appear on the November ballot after Libertarian Marco Battaglia ended his campaign. The state party announced Monday Battaglia was ending his campaign because of a medical emergency. “Our thoughts are with Marco and his family as they […]
Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn played a key role in passing the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Act — a law that he said has helped support and expand Iowa manufacturing sector. Sonderling and Nunn visited Auto-jet, a Clive manufacturing business specializing in exhaust system parts for […]
