Lahn named Derek Wulf his lieutenant governor pick on June 12. A Des Moines Register investigation found eight people or businesses have sued Wulf or his company since 2023, a judge has placed his farm in receivership, and the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office has an active investigation.
Greg Abbott's campaign used AI to swap an American flag for a transgender flag in a photo of his opponent talking to a child about a closed school. Ken Paxton scripted a speech his opponent never gave. Marsha Blackburn put hers in a prison jumpsuit. Cindy Hyde-Smith registered a domain in her opponent's name.
Hinson's Save Our Bacon Act would stop states from setting conditions on livestock products sold inside their borders. Iowa hog and dairy farmers stood in a field in Elkhart and said it would punish the producers who paid to meet California's standard.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
On March 15, 2021, then-state Rep. Joe Mitchell voted no on three separate amendments that would have exempted veterans' housing vouchers, disability vouchers and foster-care family vouchers from a bill letting landlords refuse them. Then he voted for the bill.
Obama, Biden and Trump all tried to close the carried interest loophole. In April 2025 Hinson signed a letter asking the House tax chairman to keep it. A hedge fund billionaire has since put $1.5 million into a super PAC boosting her Senate race.
The House returned from recess and spent its week on socialism resolutions, mining permits, whales, the Supreme Court, and a bill punishing colleges for boycotting Israel. Nobody voted on the premiums that just went up 58%. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
Iowa Starting Line checked three bills meant to help ordinary workers. On the Faster Labor Contracts Act, all three Iowa Republicans voted no. On the PRO Act and the bill restoring federal workers' bargaining rights, Ashley Hinson voted no again.
H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.
