Zach Wahls

Wahls dismissed a VoteVets poll showing Turek up 20 points as a thinly detailed internal poll from a group that had spent heavily.

“it's an internal poll, very little detail provided about it. But look, they've spent $5.5 million”

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Wahls recounted that Ashley Hinson, as a state representative, killed his bipartisan mobile-home lot rent bill as a favor to a lobbyist.

“I watched as Ashley Hinson killed my bipartisan bill as a favor to that lobbyist”

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Wahls said he would not support Chuck Schumer continuing as Senate Democratic leader.

“I would not support Senator Schumer to remain as the leader”

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Wahls argued that Obama's change message and Trump's MAGA message sounded similar to voters Democrats lost in Iowa.

“to a lot of the voters that our party has lost, they sound very similar”

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Wahls predicted he would defeat Ashley Hinson in November and become the youngest U.S. senator.

“when we defeat Ashley Henson in November, I will be the youngest member of the U.S. Senate”

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Wahls named Tom Harkin as his political hero, citing the ADA's impact on his family after his mother's multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

“without the Americans with Disabilities Act, and this is a point where Representative Turk and I, I think both are incredibly grateful to Senator Harkin”

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Wahls pledged to serve only two Senate terms as part of an anti-corruption platform that includes overturning Citizens United.

“I've made a promise. I'm only going to serve two terms in the U.S. Senate if elected”

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Wahls said most Iowa farmers had already bought spring fertilizer, so the war's price effects would bite if prices stay high into the fall.

“the vast majority of Iowa farmers had already bought their fertilizer for the spring. So if these fertilizer prices stay elevated into the fall”

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