2022 Iowa Democratic Ticket

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Thanks for handing us two open House seats!

Hart and Axne both just barely squeaked through this time.  After redistricting, winning their Congressional districts will only get harder.  If Dems are facing probable defeat anyway, they might as well throw their best candidates into the most consequential races.

Iowa is not winnable at the statewide level for Democrats.

It might be in blue waves (not happening in 2022, obviously) or where federal partisanship isn't in place (c.f. the Democratic row officers there). Reynolds has been one of the better Republican governors so would start out heavily favoured but the downballot is probably going to be pretty competitive in places assuming most incumbents run for reelection.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Thanks for handing us two open House seats!

Hart and Axne both just barely squeaked through this time.  After redistricting, winning their Congressional districts will only get harder.  If Dems are facing probable defeat anyway, they might as well throw their best candidates into the most consequential races.

Iowa is not winnable at the statewide level for Democrats.

It might be in blue waves (not happening in 2022, obviously) or where federal partisanship isn't in place (c.f. the Democratic row officers there). Reynolds has been one of the better Republican governors so would start out heavily favoured but the downballot is probably going to be pretty competitive in places assuming most incumbents run for reelection.

By what metric has Reynolds been a good governor?  Her (non)response to Covid has been disastrous here, and she hasn't really accomplished anything notable to speak of.

Felon enfranchisement and expansion of legal medical marijuana. She's not bad compared to the average Republican governor these days.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

The governorship is one thing, but they shouldn't blow candidates on the Senate race if those candidates would do better in any given house race and it's not already a lost cause.