Natalie Krebs
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Iowa Public Radio
Gov.-elect Rob Sand plans to start unwinding privatized Medicaid on Day One. House Speaker Pat Grassley said Republicans are still setting their legislative priorities.
Madeleine C King
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Iowa Public Radio
Madeleine King
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Iowa Public Radio
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Democrat Taylor Wettach has declared victory over Republican Chris Cournoyer in the race for state auditor. -
Democrat Rob Sand has defeated Republican Zach Lahn in the Iowa governor's race. -
Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand are making their final push for support ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. This week, Lahn rallied MAHA supporters in Des Moines and Sand held a Get Out the Vote event in Iowa City.
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The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending. -
In the 1st Congressional District, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending her seat against Democrat Christina Bohannan for the third election in a row. Some powerful factors shaping the race — like a proposed steel plant in southeast Iowa, an independent candidate and a centrist gubernatorial campaign — are out of their control. -
New campaign finance reports show Republican Zach Lahn received more money from national political groups, while Sand spent more as the campaigns’ combined spending topped $46 million.
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Both candidates say they want Iowa students to succeed. But Republican Zach Lahn and Democrat Rob Sand disagree over who should qualify for education savings accounts and how the money should be monitored. -
The candidates for Iowa governor clashed over the political issues Tuesday night while sparring over where Republican Zach Lahn lives and how Democrat Rob Sand funds his campaign. -
As agricultural land prices have increased drastically over the past two decades and young, want-to-be farmers have an increasingly difficult time starting their operations, politicians nationally — and here in Iowa — have questioned if corporate or foreign interests are to blame.
