Statewide Iowa — After raising nearly four million dollars last year and delivering the GOP response to President Biden’s speech last week, Kim Reynolds has formally kicked off her bid for another term as Iowa’s governor.
Reynolds addressed a crowd of supporters on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Rather than outline proposals for the future, Reynolds reviewed her recent record, including last week’s tax bill and last year’s ban on mask mandates in schools.
Her supporters cheered loudly for another action, the law Reynolds approved a week ago that bans trans athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in Iowa’s schools, colleges and universities.
Reynolds criticized Democrats in general and President Biden in particular, and suggested Democrats were misjudging the problems Americans face.
She offered this assessment of the 2022 campaign:
Reynolds concluded the event by saying Republicans have a good chance to make this the best November ever for the GOP. A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll released this weekend found Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear trailing Reynolds by eight points. DeJear, a Des Moines businesswoman who has never held public office, says the poll is confirmation Iowans are willing to give her a shot.
DeJear reported having just 85-hundred dollars in her campaign account at the end of 2021. She told reporters her recent fundraising is on an upward trajectory.
DeJear is the only Democrat actively campaigning for governor.
