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Reynolds Won't Run Again in Iowa
Reynolds
Won't Run
Again in Iowa
Apr 11, 2025 4:20 PM CDT

Reynolds Won't Run Again in Iowa

Republican has been governor since 2017

(Newser) - In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when then-Gov. Terry Branstad was appointed US ambassador to China. She was elected to full terms in 2018 and 2022....

Iowa Governor Signs Law Ending Trans Protections

Kim Reynolds defends 'common sense' move

(Newser) - Iowa became the first US state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life, per the AP . The new...

In Iowa, a Big Win for Opponents of Abortion

State Supreme Court upholds law banning abortion after fetal 'heartbeat' detected

(Newser) - In a 4-3 decision, Iowa's Supreme Court upheld a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy on Friday, meaning the law will replace current rules allowing abortions up to 22 weeks. Many women don't know they're pregnant at six weeks. After that point, women in Iowa...

Struggling DeSantis Has Something to Celebrate

Popular Iowa governor decides to endorse Florida colleague for GOP nomination

(Newser) - Ron DeSantis is channeling most of his effort and resources into winning the Iowa caucuses, making campaign trips to 87 of the state's 99 counties so far, and now he has something to show for it. At a rally Monday in Des Moines, Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to endorse...

Another GOP Governor Targets Transgender Athletes

Iowa's Kim Reynolds bars them from girls sports as a 'fairness issue'; LGBTQ activists push back

(Newser) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds calls new legislation she signed Thursday that bars transgender athletes from taking part in girls and women's sports a "fairness issue"—an assertion that LGBTQ advocates disagree with, and one that legal experts say will likely end up in court. House File 2416...

Iowa Governor Issues 14-Minute Rebuttal of Biden's State of the Union

Kim Reynolds casts POTUS as a weak world leader, among other things

(Newser) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, painted the picture of a country hardly emerging from a crisis and instead in the grips of several as she hammered the president's leadership notably on the world stage, the AP...

GOP Leaders Say Reynolds Will Deliver Response to SOTU

McConnell praises Iowa governor's 'common sense' handling of pandemic

(Newser) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday as they look outside Washington to appeal to voters in a midterm election year. Reynolds is the first woman to be elected governor...

Iowa Schools, Businesses Can No Longer Require Masks

Bill passes in final hours of legislature

(Newser) - Iowans can still wear face masks if they choose to, but nobody can make them. Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed legislation Thursday prohibiting mask mandates in public or private schools through 12th grade, the Des Moines Register reports. Republican lawmakers won approval of the bill along party lines as...

Protester Hit by Iowa Governor's SUV: It Was '100%' Intentional

But Iowa State Patrol says it was the demonstrator's fault

(Newser) - An SUV carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the vehicle Tuesday as she was leaving an event in northern Iowa, but the Iowa State Patrol blamed the protester and said there was little contact and the protester did not appear...

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