Iowa Republicans Sound Alarm As Midterm Landscape Shifts Against the Party

Republicans Bracing for Rare Losses in Iowa

Iowa is normally safe ground for Republican candidates, but a number of reports suggest this year's midterms might be a different story. "In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who know what else," one GOP campaign consultant tells Axios...

Iowa Republicans Sound Alarm As Midterm Landscape Shifts Against the Party

Iowa Republicans are raising urgent warnings about November’s elections, with party figures scrambling to energize a frustrated base in a state President Trump carried by more than 13 points in 2024. Sen. Chuck Grassley, 93, laid bare the anxiety at a small Republican fundraiser last weekend, telling attendees plainly: “I don’t plan on dying in […]

Iowa Republicans run away from Trump as 'wipeout' looms in bellwether state

Iowa has long been viewed as an important indicator of which way the political winds are blowing, and according to new reporting by the Washington Post, President Donald Trump is facing a storm as Republicans in the state rush to distance themselves from his policies with the midterms fast approaching. “It feels like it could be a wipeout,” one GOP strategist told the Post, and conservative candidates are in a panic to save themselves from drown…

Iowa Republicans Try to Motivate ‘Frustrated’ Base

Washington Post: “A combination of factors has made Iowa, where Trump expanded his winning margin to more than 13 percentage points in 2024, a tougher landscape for Republicans. The Iran war has pushed up diesel and gasoline prices, squeezing farmers and truckers, while the trade fight with China has hurt soybean growers. And despite the […]

In Iowa, Republicans feel the heat and try to motivate ‘frustrated’ base

The political environment for the party has led to widespread alarm. “It feels like it could be a wipeout,” one strategist said.