Lahn told the Des Moines Register he likes that Iowa's governor has no term limits — then told a podcast he'd like twenty years in the job. Kansas, where he voted in three elections and owns a $2 million home, limits its governor.
Pete Hegseth headlined 'Operation Top Nunn: Salute to the Troops' at the Iowa State Fair and asked Iowans to reelect Nunn. The Pentagon's own February 2026 guidance bars Senate-confirmed officials from speaking at a political fundraiser or advocating for a candidate.
Lahn ran the Koch group's Montana branch and fought Medicaid expansion there. Now he runs for Iowa governor as an anti-corporate populist — while Koch is one of four firms holding 84% of North America's nitrogen fertilizer capacity.
Federal filings show Hinson's campaign spent nearly $40,000 at the Capitol Hill Club, $9,500 at the Capital Grille and $1,443 for a stay at a Palm Beach resort — while she tells Iowans she knows their struggle.
Roughly $900 billion cut from Medicaid, plus expired ACA subsidies, has stripped coverage from about 8 million people. These seven wrote the rules, broke written promises, or voted for the cuts and then backed bills to clean up the damage.
Two executive orders, plus an earlier move against TSA screeners, stripped collective bargaining from 84.4% of the unionized federal workforce. A bipartisan bill to restore it passed the House 231-195 — every Democrat for it, 195 Republicans against — and the Senate has sat on it for eight months.
163 committee votes and 33 floor votes since 2021 — including funding to fight AI-generated child sexual abuse material, three domestic violence votes, and seven defense amendments she skipped for a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser.
The 60 Plus Association was started with Koch money in 1992. It bragged in 1997 that it was the first seniors group to back privatizing Social Security, and it has pushed to turn Medicare into vouchers. Eleven House Republicans and an independent who caucuses with them took its award anyway.
POLITICO asked all 16 whether they'd return money from a congressman accused of assaulting his ex-wife and their young child. Brad Finstad returned $5,000. Mike Lawler said no. The other 14 wouldn't say.
