2022 Iowa Democratic Ticket

[Heebie Jeebie]

Iowa Democrats took a thumpin' Tuesday, but I think they can bounce back in 2022.  They just need to field good candidates.  Here's whom I hope they run:

Governor:  State Auditor Rob Sand
Senator:  IA-2 Representative-elect Rita Hart
Lieutenant Governor:  Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart
Attorney General:  IA-3 Representative Cindy Axne
Treasurer:  incumbent Michael Fitzgerald
Secretary of State:  District 22 State Senator-elect Sarah Trone Garriott

Do you think this slate could win?

[Seattle]

It would not surprise me if there are no statewide IA Dems come 2023.

RIP Rob Sand <33333

[Mr.Phips]

Lol Democrats are not winning in Iowa in 2022.

[VAR]

Thanks for handing us two open House seats!

[Heebie Jeebie]

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.

[Mr.Phips]

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.

[Heebie Jeebie]

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.

And yet there are currently three Democrats holding statewide office.  Curious.

[Hope For A New Era]

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.

I'll be sure to inform Tom Miller, Michael Fitzgerald, and Rob Sand of that fact.

[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.

[Heebie Jeebie]

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.

[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.

[Heebie Jeebie]

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.

https://twitter.com/jillrharris/status/1326143550325657601

[SnowLabrador]

Iowa is the next Missouri. There's no point.

[Lambsbread]

Sand should run for Governor or Senate, but yeah, echoing the sentiments of others in this thread...it's not worth serious investment. Hart is now down by 34 votes in IA02 so we can't even assume she's going to squeak that one out just yet. It's just not worth it.

[ChiefFireWaterMike]

Iowa Democrats took a thumpin' Tuesday, but I think they can bounce back in 2022.  They just need to field good candidates.  Here's whom I hope they run:

Governor:  State Auditor Rob Sand
Senator:  IA-2 Representative-elect Rita Hart
Lieutenant Governor:  Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart
Attorney General:  IA-3 Representative Cindy Axne
Treasurer:  incumbent Michael Fitzgerald
Secretary of State:  District 22 State Senator-elect Sarah Trone Garriott

Do you think this slate could win?

I wouldn't be so sure she might survive this race.

[GALeftist]

The writing's on the wall for Democrats, I think 2020 was our last shot. If Sand wins I'll be super impressed but we shouldn't waste money here which is urgently needed in WI, PA, NC, and GA. Might even spend money on Ohio before Iowa, though I think at this point both are lost causes.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Reynolds is safe but D's still will have some Congressial districts . The best hope is Gov Ruben Gallego in AZ and Gov Fetterman PA as pickups in 2022

[Xing]

Unless the current alignment changes, or there's substantial evidence that it is changing, IA is lost for Democrats.

[One Term Floridian]

My God. Are y'all seeing how close IA-02 is rn?!

[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.