Articles Tagged: Deidre DeJear

Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker will be Democrats’ candidate for lieutentant governor

From pushing to provide taxpayer funding to pay for students to attend private schools, to a flat tax and abortion restrictions, DeJear argues Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has prioritized extreme policies over Iowans while real issues like rural revitalization and access to quality, affordable health care have been shortchanged.

Democrat Deidre DeJear is finding Iowa a much changed place, trending staunchly conservative, endorsing many aspects of Trumpism, with an electorate that is so far displaying little interest in her history-making candidacy.

Deidre DeJear, the likely Democratic candidate for Iowa governor, filed her nominating signatures Tuesday, officially making her the first Black woman in Iowa’s history to be the Democratic or Republican party candidate for governor

Democratic gubernatorial challenger Deidre DeJear called for the state to fully fund education from preschool to college and to make at least 30 hours a week of child care available to families. She would support a moratorium on “factory farms” and more funding for Department of Natural Resources water quality efforts.

As she has done in the run-up to formally starting to campaign, Gov. Reynolds contrasted her leadership to that of the Biden administrations and the Democratic Congress.

The Ankeny Republican will run for re-election this year in the newly drawn Iowa Senate District 23, which encompasses the rural, northern areas of Polk County outside the city of Ankeny.

Kim Reynolds finally made it official Wednesday: She’s running in November’s election for another four-year term as Iowa’s governor.

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson made her re-election campaign official Monday, submitting more than 6,600 nominating signatures to the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, according to a news release.

The Collective PAC, which works to increase Black Americans’ engagement in politics, endorsed Deidre DeJear’s campaign for governor.

Iowa governor says she’s “going to run like I'm 10 down” despite $4 million lead in fundraising.

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ campaign reported raising nearly $4.8 million in donations in 2021. Her highest profile Democratic challenger, Deidre DeJear, reported raising nearly $287,000.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ re-election campaign announced that it raised nearly $3.8 million in 2021 and finished the year with nearly $4.8 million its account. She faces re-election this year.

It’s neither socialism nor unreasonable for Iowans to seek faster broadband, more access to health care, sustainable wages to support themselves and families, DeJear says.

Promising new leadership built on hard work, inclusion and plans to “restore” Iowa, small-business owner and political activist Deidre DeJear on Saturday officially launched her 2022 bid to be the state’s next governor.