Matthew B. Rinker

Jennifer is the Democratic candidate for District 99.

She is a lifelong Iowan attorney and small business owner running in Southeast Iowa against Republican incumbent Matthew Rinker.

We're going to talk about why she's running, what she's hearing from voters, education, healthcare, and economy in Southeast Iowa, but also why House District 99 matters to the broader balance of power in the Iowa House.

Jennifer Kirkman, say hello.

The White House said Thursday that the Iowa project is only possible because of the president's politics.

But now you have a state representative, Iowa State Representative Matthew Rinker, said he joined conversations on a potential project several months ago.

And he said, as recently as July, jobs listings on Masaba's website for the steel mill increased.

weren't even listed in Iowa.

Hour number two.

My goodness, we've only got an hour left.

And again, next hour, right around 1.30, bottom of the hour, we're going to have Sean Savala, who is a candidate for State Representative District 8B.

And that'll be a good time for you to know who some of these people are.