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PolitiFact Iowa is a partnership between PolitiFact, the Daily Iowan and the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication to help you find the truth in Iowa politics. Reporters and researchers from PolitiFact Iowa examine statements by Iowa elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance.

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All Fact-checks for Iowa

Zach Nunn
stated on September 8, 2026 in a social media post:
“We have cut the largest taxes in U.S. history.”
Mostly False
By Isabella Tisdale • October 7, 2026
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 22, 2026 in an ad:
Iowa U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Josh Turek “supports amnesty for illegals.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • October 7, 2026
WinSenate
stated on September 25, 2026 in an ad:
Iowa Republican Senate candidate Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 2, 2026
Ashley Hinson
stated on September 2, 2026 in a social media post:
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek “skipped 58% of the votes at the Statehouse this year.”
True
By Anna Mitchell • September 30, 2026
Rob Sand
stated on August 24, 2026 in an ad:
Iowa once had “the best public schools in the country,” but is now “in the bottom half.”
Half-True
By Grace Olson • September 24, 2026
Zach Lahn
stated on August 21, 2026 in an ad:
Iowa gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand “wants to raise (Iowans’) taxes by $7,500 per year.”
False
By Genevieve DiChiara • September 17, 2026
Ashley Hinson
stated on June 2, 2026 in an ad:
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek supports “sex changes for kids.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • June 5, 2026
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 in a photo:
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 in News release:
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats “rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed.”
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Ron Tusler
stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. … Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023
Kari Lake
stated on December 10, 2022 in a tweet:
Luana Stoltenberg “originally LOST her race for Iowa State House when Machines declared the Democrat the Winner.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • December 20, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:
This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2022
Ashley Hinson
stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet:
Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign”
True
By Jami Martin-Trainor • November 4, 2022
Deidre DeJear
stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet:
“Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated.”
False
By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Zach Nunn
stated on September 14, 2022 in a tweet:
“Iowans are paying $5,000 extra for everyday goods under Biden and Axne’s inflation.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • October 5, 2022
Cindy Axne
stated on September 18, 2022 in a tweet:
“I was named Iowa’s most bipartisan member of Congress by @TheLugarCenter.”
Mostly True
By Sabine Martin • September 27, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter:
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • August 31, 2022
Deidre DeJear
stated on August 13, 2022 in remarks at the Iowa State Fair:
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 29, 2022
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on July 17, 2022 in a newsletter:
The Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 “would permit abortion up until delivery.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller, Nina Baker • August 1, 2022
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