Organizer, Folk Musician Running Independent Campaign for Congress in Iowa's 2nd District

Inside Iowa Politics: Why Iowa musician says background prepared him for Congress

Dave Bushaw, a musician who owned a squash farm, has launched his campaign for the Iowa Second Congressional District as an Independent.

Independent Dave Bushaw announces candidacy in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race

“I’m not here to tow a line or sell soap for a party with a new buzzword every season," Dave Bushaw's candidacy announcement says.

Independent candidate now running for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

Dave Bushaw from Hawkeye, Iowa announced his run for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.The working-class organizer and folk musician is running as an Independe

Organizer, folk musician running independent campaign for Congress in Iowa's 2nd District

Dave Bushaw, a community organizer and folk musician, joins a crowded field of candidates competing for northeast Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

Fayette County Native Running for Congress - Mix 94.7 KMCH

A Fayette County native who was a small-scale farmer before working on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign is launching his own campaign for congress.  Thirty-one-year-old Dave Bushaw is running as an independent in Iowa’s second district, which is currently represented by 2026 U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, a Republican. https://kmch.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2025/11/RIkayBushaw1.mp3 And Bushaw says among the four congression…

Fed Up with Party Politics, Dave Bushaw Launches Independent Run for Congress in IA-02

Working-class organizer and folk musician Dave Bushaw announced today that he is running for Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District as an independent candidate determined to put working people first and break free from a corrupt two-party political system that has left them behind. A lifelong Iowan and one of the youngest self-made farmland owners in the country, Dave has lived the struggle of the working class and seen the cost of political failure up…