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Reynolds-Endorsed GOP Tax Plan Passes

Governor Reynolds Supported Raising Taxes For Thousands of Iowa Middle-Class Families Today, the Congressional tax bill endorsed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is on its way to becoming law. The Senate passed the tax reform bill today that will raise taxes on Iowa middle-class families, giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy, and ballooning the national debt. Reynolds endorsed…

New Poll Shows Big Trouble for Kim Reynolds in Iowa

A new poll this weekend from the Des Moines Register shows Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in big trouble as she heads into the election year. Only 35% of Iowans indicate they would vote for Reynolds, compared with 49% who say it’s time for someone new. “Kim Reynolds’ misplaced priorities have harmed Iowa’s hard-working families and small businesses,…

Kim Reynolds’ Bad Week Continues: New Primary Challenger Jumps in the Race

Even Republicans Bash Reynolds’ Statehouse: “A Smelly Old Marsh” Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ string of bad news and bad headlines continues as another Republican announced he would be mounting a primary campaign against her, decrying Reynolds’ focus on serving special interests over the people of Iowa. Steven Ray, a Republican city councilmember from Boone, jumped…

Reynolds Budget Crisis Dominates Iowa Weekend News

You couldn’t open a paper this weekend in Iowa without seeing critical coverage of the Reynolds Budget Crisis and Governor Reynolds’ dangerous decision to kick the budgetary can down the road, avoiding accountability for her self-inflicted fiscal disaster. Please see below for a roundup of some recent coverage of the Reynolds Budget Crisis. Quad-City Times:…

Reynolds Embraces Extreme 2017 Legislative Session In Speech to Far-Right Political Group

In a speech to the far-right “Faith & Freedom Coalition” this weekend, Governor Kim Reynolds fully embraced the extreme 2017 legislative session the Des Moines Register’s Editorial Board called an “exercise in right-wing extremism.” In her remarks, Reynolds laughably called this year’s session the “most pro-jobs legislative session in two decades,” a claim undermined by the economic damage…

DGA Statement on RGA Chair Scott Walker’s Endorsement of Kim Reynolds

Walker Polled at 3% in Iowa During Failed Presidential Run “It makes sense that Gov. Scott Walker is encouraging his dozens of Iowa supporters to back Gov. Kim Reynolds in her primary,” said DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold. “Both Walker and Reynolds are pushing extreme agendas in their states, curbing worker’s rights, attacking women’s health care, and…

Governors Reynolds and Rauner Build Friendship of Failure

Governors Meet While Their State’s Budgets Sink Under Weight of Incompetence Today, Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa and Governor Bruce Rauner of Illinois will meet on the Mississippi River where each can entertain the other with stories of leadership failure. As captains of their state’s fiscal ships, both governors have promoted policies that ran their…

Planes and Primaries: A Tough Week for Governor Reynolds

DGA Video: Iowa Governor Caught Using a Wealthy Donor’s Jet, Now Faces a Tough Primary Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ first two weeks as governor have not gone as smoothly as she hoped. The newly minted governor hit several serious roadblocks last week, complicating what was supposed to be an easy transition. First, an Associated Press report published on…

Where Does Lt. Gov. Reynolds Stand on the GOP Health Care Bill?

While GOP governors have spoken out, Reynolds stays silent on plan that would gut Medicaid and kick Iowans off health insurance With today’s vote on the Congressional Republican health care bill, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds has still not said whether she supports the bill. The law is projected to kick 24 million Americans off their…

ICYMI: Des Moines Register: GOP-Dominated Session ‘Failed to Make Iowa Great Again’

Branstad-Reynolds admin and legislature focus on social issues, despite ‘dismal condition of the state’s economy’ The Des Moines Register editorial board sharply criticized GOP lawmakers this weekend for focusing on a trivial right-wing agenda while bigger problems persist. With full GOP control of state government, the Branstad-Reynolds administration backed laws to limit abortion access, strip…

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