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Josh Turek stated on October 7, 2026 in a debate:

“We lead the nation in farm foreclosures now here in Iowa.”

By Riley Dunn • October 27, 2026

WinSenate stated on October 19, 2026 in an ad:

“After just five years in Washington," Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson is "$8 million richer.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 23, 2026

Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 22, 2026 in an ad:

Iowa U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Josh Turek "supports amnesty for illegals.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 7, 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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

By Caleb McCullough • June 5, 2026

Donald Trump stated on January 15, 2024 in a speech after the Iowa caucus:

“This is the third time we’ve won but this is the biggest win” in Iowa caucus.

By Amy Sherman • January 16, 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."

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.”

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.”

By Liam Halawith • December 20, 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.”

By Liam Halawith • October 5, 2022

Zach Wahls stated on May 31, 2022 in an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter:

“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”

By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022

Jennifer Konfrst stated on March 21, 2022 in a press release:

Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.

By Lauren White • April 7, 2022

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on February 2, 2022 in a tweet:

"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."

By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022

Iowa Republican Party stated on January 24, 2022 in a news release:

When asked if she supports the Build Back Better bill, Abby Finkenauer said that she didn’t know what was in it.

By Nina Baker • January 28, 2022

Joni Ernst stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:

In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”

By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022

Liz Mathis stated on January 21, 2022 in a tweet:

“Ashley Hinson voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that made this money (for Iowa's locks and dams) possible. Once again she’s taking credit for work she didn’t do.”

By Lauren White • January 21, 2022

Iowa Senate Democrats stated on January 5, 2022 in a statement on Facebook:

Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, “failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.”

By Nina Baker • January 11, 2022

Dave Loebsack stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:

Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."

By Lauren White • November 22, 2021

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2026 midterm elections fact-checks: Attacks in Iowa, stumping in Florida Senate races

By PolitiFact Staff • October 23, 2026

Iowa Senate debate: Fact-checking Hinson, Turek on missed votes, ‘shadow lobbyist’ and farm bill

By Caleb McCullough, Genevieve DiChiara • October 14, 2026

Fact-checking Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek in first Iowa US Senate debate

By Caleb McCullough • October 8, 2026

Fact-checking Zach Lahn and Rob Sand in first Iowa gubernatorial debate

By Isabella Tisdale, Caleb McCullough • October 6, 2026

Nikki Haley town hall in Ankeny, Iowa, 11-17-2023

The Iowa caucuses: 9 fact-checks and 3 wild campaign moments that matter

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • January 12, 2024

Donald Trump Fox Town Hall Iowa, 1-10-2024

Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann • January 11, 2024

Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley point at each other on debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, 1-10-2024

Nikki Haley said ‘DeSantisLies.com’ 16 times in Iowa debate. How accurate is the website?

By Grace Abels, Samantha Putterman • January 11, 2024

Wide shot, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis at debate in Des Moines, Iowa, 1-10-2024

Fact-checking the 2024 Iowa debate between Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on CNN

By PolitiFact Staff • January 11, 2024

DeSantis-Haley composite for Des Moines, Iowa, debate, 1-9-2024

Live fact-checks from Republican candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley’s CNN debate in Iowa

By Ellen Hine • January 9, 2024

Iowa CO2 pipeline, expressed by road sign in Bismark, N.D.

Vivek Ramaswamy says Iowa can’t use eminent domain to build CO2 pipelines. That remains to be seen.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 21, 2023

Casey and Ron DeSantis, in Miami 1-9-2019

Out-of-state residents can ‘participate’ in the Iowa caucuses, but they can’t vote in them

By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2023

Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines, Iowa, 1, 9-16-2023

On the road in Iowa with PolitiFact and GOP candidates, 4 months before the caucuses

By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2023

2024 presidential primaries: Democrats switch up state order; GOP awaits Iowa caucuses

By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2023

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

By Liam Halawith, Emily Delgado, Lauren White, Sabine Martin • January 12, 2023

PolitiFact Iowa: The term ‘red wave’ is more complicated than you think

By Sabine Martin • November 29, 2022

State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate

By Liam Halawith, Lyle Muller, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Lauren White, Natalie Dunlap • October 19, 2022

Fact-checking claims from Iowa’s Senate debate on abortion, inflation and the border

By Liam Halawith, Lyle Muller • October 12, 2022

The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion

By Liam Halawith • October 12, 2022

Facts behind Iowa’s 1st District congressional debate

By Kate Perez, Lyle Muller, Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin • October 1, 2022

Is the Iowa Legislature repeatedly passing bills unpopular in the state? An examination

By Lyle Muller • May 10, 2022

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