AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoIowa’s New Political Map: Democrat Rob Sand’s election as governor and Josh Turek’s U.S. Senate win mark major Iowa gains for Democrats. Republicans kept control of the Legislature, but Democrats flipped 11 House seats, ending the GOP supermajority. Sand is building a bipartisan transition team and has pledged changes to Medicaid as new federal work requirements approach. Farm Policy: Iowa will lose key voices on Congress’s agriculture committees, including Sen. Joni Ernst and Reps. Zach Nunn and Randy Feenstra, as Democrats take control of both panels. A farm bill remains pending in the Senate. Courts and Campus Governance: An Iowa judge let the state’s TikTok addiction lawsuit proceed. The Board of Regents appointed University of Iowa professor Brian Lai to lead the Center for Intellectual Freedom after its first choice declined. Public Spending: Dubuque officials say President Donald Trump’s visit cost city and county taxpayers more than $60,000.**
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