The work that we began together one year ago this month does not end tonight, it is going to end in November when Rep. Josh Turek defeats Ashley Hinson.
Zach Wahls
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June 3, 2026
We desperately need a new vision for small town and rural Iowa.
— Zach Wahls
We know that the corruption in Washington is real. Corruption is hurting hard-working families. It is strangling the American dream, and we all know that it is time for a new generation to step up and to do something about it.
If you want to have a hope and a prayer, a shot at winning this race in November, if you think it is going to be easier to do that with the candidate who refuses to distance himself from Democrats in DC, than [with] somebody who is willing…
Yes Joni, we are all going to die, but it shouldn’t be our SENATORS who are killing us.
We know that there is a threat against Iowa’s model redistricting system and the scourge of partisan gerrymandering is very much a threat here in our state.
No, certainly not. And what you’re seeing of course is Republican leaders responding to where the American public is. They know that the American people support marriage equality, that the polling is extraordinarily clear on this.
It gets better but it doesn’t get better on its own. It only gets better because brave people stand up and are willing to fight for their values and define their families.
The only way that we’re going to win these struggles, whether it’s for affirming the inherent worth and dignity of all families including Pete and Chasten, whether it’s protecting the transgender kids who are being targeted in schools…
We have to keep our shoulders to the boulder. And we have to remember that these fights have to be won every generation, the work continues even though we may be winning this battle, the war goes on.
What keeps me up at night about this issue of gay marriage is that other people stay up at night thinking about gay marriage.
I think that, at the end of the day, Americans are going to recognize that the power of love is greater than the power of fear.
I think that at the end of the day, Americans are going to recognize the power of love is greater than the power of fear.





