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Fox NewsDemocrat Sarah Trone Garriott Seeks Iowa House Seat as Old Podcast Comments on Race Draw GOP Criticism
Sarah Trone Garriott, 47, is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district and seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn. resurfaced podcast remarks from nearly a decade ago in which she described feeling uncomfortable at the number of white p…
alternet.orgVeterans Group Spends Over $8 Million to Back Candidate in Iowa Senate Primary
A political organization dedicated to electing Democratic veterans has spent more than $8 million on advertising to support state Rep. Joshua Turek in Iowa's Democratic Senate primary. The spending has created divisions in the primary between Turek, who is not a veteran, and a st…
680news.comIowa Career Offender Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Meth and Cocaine Distribution
A repeat offender received a federal prison sentence exceeding 15 years for distributing methamphetamine and cocaine in the Northern District of Iowa. The ruling enforces mandatory minimums under federal drug laws, limiting the individual's ability to engage in further distributi…