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Tom Barton is Iowa Public Radio’s State Government reporter. 10/13/2026 Photo by John Pemble

Tom Barton

State Government Reporter

Tom has nearly 20 years’ experience reporting on government, politics and public policy in Iowa and South Carolina. For the past five-plus years, he has covered Iowa politics full time, first as Iowa politics reporter for the Quad-City Times and most recently as Deputy Bureau Chief for The Gazette. He is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Mass Communication.