Brianne Pfannenstiel
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Chief Politics Reporter for @DMRegister and Senior National Campaign Correspondent for @USATODAY. [email protected].
Des Moines
Joined March 2009
Iowa U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn will run for reelection to his 3rd Congressional District seat and forego a gubernatorial campaign, he has confirmed.
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Brenna Bird's decision not to run for governor seems to have shaken up the GOP primary race a bit. US Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03) is reconsidering a gubernatorial run in 2026, a senior source within his operation tells me.
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Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird will not run for Iowa governor in 2026
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In a surprise move, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she will NOT run for reelection in 2026:
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RT @sgrubermiller: Major Iowa employers and business groups, whose opposition helped sink past bills to remove gender identity from the Iow….
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Iowa doesn't offer a single day of dedicated paid parental leave for state workers after the birth of a child. As Gov. Kim Reynolds makes a renewed push, is this the year lawmakers finally change that? .
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RT @sgrubermiller: Gov. Kim Reynolds proposes classroom cellphone ban, Medicaid work requirements, Iowa 'DOGE.'. Full story from the govern….
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Joni Ernst says she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth after today's confirmation hearings. “After our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense.".
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RT @marissajpayne: Gov. Kim Reynolds is in the House chamber and ready to deliver her Condition of the State address. Watch here: https://t….
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RT @sgrubermiller: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces state Sen. Chris Cournoyer, a Republican from LeClaire, as the state's next lieutenant….
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her next lieutenant governor
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How to fit all that @carolhunter's done for me, for this newspaper and this community into a tweet? I'm so grateful to have come up in this industry under her steady, thoughtful and courageous leadership. We're all better for it.
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RT @AnnahBackstrom: No one has shaped my career more than @carolhunter, who elevated every story she touched. Fearless, unapologetic, never….
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RT @sgrubermiller: Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who represented eastern Iowa in Congress from 1977-2007, has died at the age of 82. https://….
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RT @sgrubermiller: Iowa counties certified the state's 2024 election results today in a largely drama-free process that marked the end of a….
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RT @okayhenderson: @lanon_baccam — the Democratic Party’s nominee in Iowa’s third congressional district — has issued a concession statemen….
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The Associated Press has called the presidential race in Iowa for Donald Trump
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RT @sgrubermiller: Big cheers here at the Iowa GOP watch party in Des Moines as Fox News calls Iowa for Donald Trump. .
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RT @sgrubermiller: Republican state Rep. Eddie Andrews has won reelection to Iowa House District 43, in Johnston, defeating Democrat Tiara….
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