Senator Molly Donahue

08/25/2026

Complicated, burdensome restrictions have left thousands of Iowans without the food benefits they rely on, even while many struggle with growing food insecurity.

08/25/2026

We need a Secretary of State that will actually protect democracy for Iowans. Time for Pate to go —and Peterman to move in. 

The Supreme Court just cleared the way for Trump's mail-voting restrictions to move forward. While 23 states are now protected by a court order, Iowa isn't one of them. Democratic SOS candidate Ryan Peterman — a Navy vet who voted absentee overseas — says that's exactly the problem.

On Monday, the Supreme Court let part of Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting move forward — clearing away a court order that had been blocking it in 23 states and D.C.

What the order actually does:
👉DHS builds a citizenship list of voters
👉USPS is told not to deliver mail ballots to anyone not on that list
👉Local officials who don't comply can be prosecuted.

Here's the catch for Iowa: those 23 states are protected because they sued. Iowa never did. A second, broader court order is still blocking the plan nationwide for now—but if that one falls too, Iowa has no legal shield already in place.

The timing is key. This ruling landed the same week Iowa's own 70-day absentee window opened. Tuesday was the first day Iowans could request a mail ballot for the Nov. 3 election.

"This is yet another attack on our right as Americans to vote by mail — a right I had to use in order to vote while serving in the Navy," said Ryan Peterman, a navy veteran and Democratic nominee for Iowa Secretary of State.

Current Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, a Republican, has raised concerns about this same order before, saying in April, "I believe the U.S. Constitution says elections are run by the states."

He hasn't joined any lawsuit to fight it.

Peterman argues this isn't happening in a vacuum. With Iowans frustrated over grocery, gas, and fertilizer costs, he says those in power are looking for new ways to hold onto it.

08/25/2026

He should sit it out for a lot of reasons, starting with the fact that he doesn’t live in this district. When he loses, he will be back to DC or Des Moines with his six figure salaries.

08/25/2026

Today is the first day that you can request an absentee ballot.

08/25/2026

So another republican grifter— looking to take Iowa tax dollars now.

The 2026 GOP nominee for Iowa governor avoids discussing uncomfortable financial details about the Kansas private school he co-founded in Wichita in 2018.

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08/25/2026

This is unacceptable in the wealthiest country on earth. We have a moral obligation to care for our neighbors and Iowan's shouldn't be forced to make impossible choices about paying for groceries.

08/25/2026

Can’t wait to RETIRE Hinson!

Election Day is just 🔟 weeks away!

I can feel the energy growing in every corner of Iowa to send a clear message in November: Iowans are ready for change!