Randy Feenstra

Ashley Hinson leads fifty to forty-five, and she left a House seat behind her.

So did Randy Feenstra, chasing the governor's office.

Two vacancies in districts Trump won comfortably, and the two incumbents still standing, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn, hold two of the most competitive districts in America.

Every Republican on this map has to run through the war to reach November.

Both Nunn and Miller-Meeks come from military backgrounds and are running in two of the most competitive House races in the country— according to political forecasters.

Fourth District Representative Randy Feenstra and Second District Representative Ashley Henson did not vote to limit the president's war powers.

On what's happening in Congress, the Senate Agriculture Committee has advanced the 2026 Farm Bill, moving the legislation one step closer to consideration by the full Senate.

Yesterday's vote was 12-11, with all Republicans on the committee in favor and all Democrats against.

But when they start going after the people who have lived here for a longer period of time, have businesses, families, and are just good members of our community, that's when we decided, okay, we need to speak out.

Leaf was urging 4th District Congressman Randy Feenstra to support what's called the Dignity Act that allows limited legal status for some immigrants.

Leaf says the proposal isn't perfect, but it would be a start toward broader reform.

Iowa has one of the hottest starts to September on record.

And we talked here on the podcast.

Is there really enough time for him to do it? As we found out, yes, there was, and obviously Randy Feenstra contributed to some of that as well.

Flip it now, I'm curious when you have the heavy Republican voter advantage versus Rob Sand's been all over the place and probably numerous times and Zach Lane hasn't, which one of those is stronger plus the current climate? Like which one's going to either push you up or weigh you down more?

Yeah.

And as of August, at least four Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee will also leave Congress at the end of the current session.

That includes Fern Buchanan, Jody Arrington, David Schweiker, and Randy Feenstra.

We could also see some more upsets in November and overall, and we're likely to see a loss of a lot of institutional knowledge on both committees.

And it could lead to a change in also the political makeup within the caucuses in terms of what both sides of the dais end up prioritizing related to tax.

Zach Lane, who didn't have Donald Trump's endorsement, won the primary.

Randy Feenstra, the guy who did, wasn't running as full some the campaign and, uh, lost.

From talking to people about Dallas, it's probably going to feel like a two-day-long Trump rally instead of a midterm convention, which is very interesting because Donald Trump's approval rating is the lowest it's ever been in many polls.

But I've talked to a lot of Republicans who are in tough races, and they're dancing with the guy that brought them there.

I think something interesting, because I took a look at the governor race they have going on as well.

And in the Republican primary, Trump endorsed Randy Feenstra, but one of the other candidates, I think there was like five people running, Zach Lawn won, over the guy that Trump endorsed.

So there's not always this automatic, you know, there's this shift in, you know, Trump endorsing somebody doesn't mean this automatic win all the time like it used to, even though it still seems to like wind up in his favor most of the time.

Also, something interesting is they have these like three congressional district races right now.