Des Moines Register: Editorial: Bad politicians are elected by good people who don’t vote October 24, 2018 By Editorial Board Politicians can ignore bumper stickers, yard signs, phone calls and marches on capitals. They can dismiss public opinion polls, editorials and griping constituents. The one thing they cannot ignore: the majority of voters on…
KCCI: Commitment 2018: Axne vying for spot in U.S. House of Representatives October 24, 2018 By Todd Magel DES MOINES, Iowa —Iowa has never elected a woman to the U.S. House of Representatives, and 3rd District Democratic nominee Cindy Axne hopes to be the first. Axne is running against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. David Young.…
Iowa Public Radio, Democrat Cindy Axne Looks to Unseat Two-Term Republican Congressman October 22, 2018 By Clay Masters Cindy Axne is a small business owner and is the Democrat running against Republican Congressman David Young in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. For our ongoing series of talks with congressional candidates, IPR’s Clay Masters started by asking…
New York Times: Far From Washington, Americans’ Thoughts Are, Well, Far From Washington October 22, 2018 By Jeremy Peters OMAHA — Becky Johnson remembers being so overwhelmed with emotion after seeing images of the women’s marches across the country on Jan. 21, 2017, that her husband thought something was wrong with her. “I walk out…
Radio Iowa: Axne says Young should vote down Trump Administration’s ‘junk’ insurance plans October 18, 2018 By O. Kay Henderson Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to be in Des Moines tomorrow afternoon to campaign for Republican David Young, the incumbent in Iowa’s third congressional district. Cindy Axne of West Des Moines, Young’s Democratic opponent,…
Des Moines Register: The Register’s endorsements for Congress: GOP has failed to govern; give Democrats a chance October 13, 2018 By Editorial Board When Republicans achieved the trifecta in 2016, winning the presidency as well as holding the House and Senate, it seemed the country was poised to move beyond the GOP-engineered partisan gridlock that…
The Winterset Madisonian: Vote! October 10, 2018 By Patty Weeks, Winterset There are many reasons for going to the polls and voting in the 2018 midterm elections. I have, in the past, voted for both Democrats and Republicans. I have voted for both Senator Grassley and Stan Gustafson in past years and trusted them…
Axne, Finkenauer and Scholten weigh in on Farm Bill impasse OCTOBER 3, 2018 BY O. KAY HENDERSON The three Democrats challenging Iowa’s three Republican congressmen are calling on Rod Blum, David Young and Steve King to pressure their GOP leadership for action on the Farm Bill. “I hope they get back to work and go back out…
By: Emily Wangen August 30, 2018 Helping not just friends, but strangers alike. That’s the lesson Cindy Axne, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat, said her parents taught her, and that has motivated her to run against Republican incumbent David Young for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Des…
Cindy Axne, a Democrat running for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd District, told an Iowa State Fair audience Saturday that their best interests aren’t being served in Washington, D.C., and she thinks she can do better. “The heart and soul of this state is at risk. The heart and soul of this country is at risk. I need your voice. I need your vote.”…