J. D Scholten, is a new Iowa House member, representing District Number 1, in the session of the Iowa Legislature that began January 9, 2023. J.D. first entered politics in 2018, coming within three percentage points of defeating long U.S. House representative and embarrassment to Iowans, Steve King. J.D. ran a one-to-one campaign of listening […]
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If there is one thing the women’s caucus is about, it is about finding smart, progressive, enthusiastic women to be involved in Iowa politics. There isn’t likely a much better find than Meredith Rahn-Oakes, not a stranger to many of you. Meredith dove into politics right out of high school at the age of 17
You don’t need to tell Robin Allen of Ayrshire and one of the founders of the Podunk Resistance, how few democrats there are in northwest Iowa. She already knows. She spent 4 years looking for them. I recently sat down with her over coffee and asked her to tell me about the Podunk Resistance and
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