The official twitter account of Iowa Senate Democrats.

Des Moines, Iowa
Joined April 2009
Registering to vote is easy and Iowa even offers same-day registration on Election Day! Use iwillvote.com to learn more about what you need to bring and where you need to go to register for November's elections!
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Election Day is almost here! Do you have a plan to vote? You can use iwillvote.com/ to check your registration status, find your polling location, and learn more!
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Every kid deserves to feel safe at school. That's why learning how to spot bullying is so important for adults. This Bullying Prevention Month, visit stopbullying.gov to learn more about identifying and standing up to bullying effectively.
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Reminder! Republican lawmakers made union recertification votes unnecessarily complicated, so NOT voting is the same as voting NO. Vote YES before Oct. 27 to maintain your bargaining power!
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In 2025, we got ahold of Gov. Reynolds' five-year revenue projections that the majority party used to justify their budgeting. If today's REC numbers hold, those projections will have missed their mark by nearly $1.6 BILLION by the end of FY28. tinyurl.com/mtnukhxv
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Read Sen. Petersen's full statement on the Revenue Estimating Conference's October report here: tinyurl.com/earemh83
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Republican lawmakers' repeated efforts to strip their political opponents of power isn't good governance, it's corruption. And it does nothing to serve Iowans' interests.
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Statehouse Republicans tried to use a new tax increase to cover the structural mess that they created with the budget. But the budget is still broken and Iowans' monthly health insurance costs went higher.
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Private schools shouldn't get their own set of rules. If your school takes taxpayer dollars for vouchers, it should have to submit to the same accountability and oversight requirements as public schools.
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Iowa! Early in-person voting starts today! Visit voterready.iowa.gov to find out where to go and what to bring!
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Today is Shop Iowa Day! This one-day event is a celebration of all the local businesses that make Iowa special! Learn more at shopiowa.com/
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Whether it's through statewide HMO tax hikes, federal Medicaid cuts, or expiring ACA tax credits and premium rate spikes, thousands of Iowans are facing higher healthcare costs in 2027 thanks to Republican lawmakers.
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Keep these dates in mind when you're making your plan to vote! Absentee ballots must be received by your county auditor by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day!
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Thank you, Iowa farmers, for all you do for our state and for the country!
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If you live in Pottawattamie County and were impacted by recent severe weather, you may qualify for state disaster assistance. Visit homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/as… to learn more.
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We asked respondents of our affordability survey what they wanted us to work on to help bring their costs down. Here's what Iowans had to say:
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Public union recertification voting begins next Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 a.m. To learn more about recertification voting and which bargaining units are up this Fall, click here: bit.ly/47se1Pn
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Iowa's elections have always been safe and secure. When our Republican officials kowtowed to federal overreach they put Iowans' private data at risk, all while dozens of other states refused and were supported by the courts.
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