Today former State Rep Shannon Lundgren suspended her campaign in Iowa's second U.S. House district.

I thought Lundgren would be a strong Congressional candidate for #IA02, but she was rumored to be struggling with fundraising.
Many influential Republicans had already endorsed or donated to former State Rep Joe Mitchell (who has no ties to NE Iowa).
https://laurabelin.substack.com/p/news-from-congress-and-lots-of-2026?utm_source=publication-search

Last week I interviewed Guy Morgan, one of four Democrats actively campaigning in #IA02 (an open seat).

Learn more about him and his campaign:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPy-UdzaWqo

New post: The bill that ended the government shutdown included $16 million in funding for Iowa projects.
I broke down the $$ secured for #IA01, #IA02, and #IA03.
(#IA04 will get nothing again, because Randy Feenstra doesn't submit earmark requests)

https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/11/17/funding-bill-includes-16-million-for-earmarked-iowa-projects/

Forgot to post earlier: last week I interviewed Dave Bushaw, a former Bernie Sanders campaign staffer in #Iowa who is now running as an independent in #IA02 (an open seat where three Republicans and four Democrats are already running).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dat9LXqKcNs

Rod Blum is running for Congress in #IA02, so #FlashbackFriday to the Office of Congressional Ethics report on him from December 2018.
Supporting exhibits included references to me as "this crazy blog lady" and "this Bleeding Heartland bitch":

https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2018/12/17/highlights-from-the-rod-blum-ethics-investigation/