This is the second post highlighting the great Democratic choices who have stepped forward to challenge Iowa’s pathetic junior senator Joni Ernst. 

As Trump wrecks the economy, crushes our great university system, ravages the world’s greatest scientific research system, dismantles our health care system, kills our international trading system and makes the US an international pariah and threatens the very existence of democracy itself in the United State, Joni Ernst stands with him as one of his top enablers.

Iowa Democrats are fighting back with some great candidates. We did a brief posting on Jackie Norris and JD Scholten in our previous post. We will now look at the three remaining declared candidates. Once more I must state that any of these Democratic candidates will represent Iowa and its real values than Ernst ever has.

We begin with Nathan Sage. Sage is from Knoxville and has military in his background. Sage comes from a working background and understands the working class frustrations. You can find his website here: https://www.sageforsenate.com 

Here is his campaign ad – 2 minutes:

Josh Turek:

 Just this week we have a new entrant into the sweepstakes. Josh Turek is so new to this race that I couldn’t find his candidacy website as yet. I am sure his team will have one up soon.

Turek is from Council Bluffs. He is currently in the Iowa House, representing a majority red district. As we will see in his ad, Turek has spent a life overcoming adversity. Thus being elected to represent a red district is not out of character for a guy who has been a fighter all his life. 

Here is his 2 minute introductory video:

Zach Wahls:

Wahls was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, candidate to jump in against Ernst. He saw the urgency brought on by the Trump presidency and Ernst’s position of being an enabler to the destruction of our government. 

You may remember Wahls stepping into the national limelight as a teen defending his LGBTQ+ parents against a bill in the Iowa legislature, His eloquent speech was carried nationwide. Since then Wahls has been standing up for us in the Iowa legislature.

You can find his website here: https://zachwahls.com

I had a hard time finding an introductory video for Wahls. So I will offer this short profile run by Iowa News Now:

I hope that Iowans take their duty of choosing an opponent for Ernst very seriously. There is urgency in defeating Ernst and changing the direction of the country has never been more important.

As I look at the declared candidates, any one of them would be a formidable opponent for Ernst. Iowans must pick the one that can defeat Ernst. As Paul Simon once sang – “A lonely nation turns its eyes to you.” The Ernst senate race will be one of the most important in deciding which way our country will go.