Trump mounting troubles in Iowa could spell doom for Republicans | Art Cullen
Written by Art Cullen
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is facing tough questions on impeachment and trade that have implications far beyond the mid-west
President Trump may have already lost Iowa and the rest of the midwest, but now he risks throwing the Senate into play.
Until last week, Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, was pretty safe, with high approval ratings and an ability to lie low in her re-election bid. Now, she is facing tough questions back home about trade and impeachment that are making her squirm.
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Art Cullen is editor of the Storm Lake Times in north-west Iowa, where he won the Pulitzer prize for editorial writing. He is author of the book Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper (Viking 2018)
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