Dave Dreeszen

Editor, Sioux City Journal; Hawkeyes fan, Huskers are OK too; Tweets are my own; retweets not an endorsement

[Dave Dreeszen @scjdaved]

@smomwetgobam That system's why it's not an apples to apples comparison to Sand's vote totals. The 2 winning GOP supervisor candidates received 2,979 and 2,693 votes. A total of 13,584 votes were cast for county supervisor, compared to just 4,528 for state auditor in Crawford.

[Rep. Jon Dunwell @jdunwell]

Rob Sand’s Iowa economic claims deserve a fact-check.
✅ The 48th in personal income growth figure is real BEA data — Iowa has genuine challenges.
❌ But his GDP ranking is outdated. BEA revised Iowa’s 2024 growth ranking from 49th to 27th. Preliminary numbers aren’t the final word.
❌ Iowa is NOT #1 in cancer. We have the fastest-growing rate of new diagnoses and the 2nd highest incidence — serious concerns worth addressing. But cancer mortality in Iowa is actually trending DOWN. That context matters.
Iowa’s economy deserves honest debate. But Iowans deserve accurate data — not cherry-picked stats designed to paint the worst possible picture.

[Iowa Field Report.com @IAFieldReport]

LOSER: Bob Vander Plaats
Another election.

Another endorsement.

Another loss.

At some point, the self-appointed kingmakers need to explain where all this kingmaking is happening.

Anyone who thinks... Read the rest of the post⤵️ https://t.co/StLC97k6Ah #iagov

[Jared McNett @TwoHeadedBoy98]

Case could easily be made that not running up the margins more in his own district, the Fourth, made the difference. Winning your home county (Sioux), that you've lived in all your life and served as a state legislator and county treasurer for, by only six points is tough.

[Dave Dreeszen @scjdaved]

@RandyFeenstra has just conceded Iowa governor's race to @ZachLahn , per @tfhphoto who is at Feenstra's watch party in Hull.

[Erin Murphy @ErinDMurphy]

@tjbarton83 Some insight on this Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary from my colleague in Western Iowa: https://t.co/ap4DzPchON

[Mick @DBGyt_]

Teams have been very open about their gameplan being to get the ball out of Caitlin's hands & now it's to attack her in isolation

Stephanie White has been very vocal her gameplan is also to take the ball out of CCs hands & it seems she wants to let her guard 1v1 in isolation

[Leigh Lewallen @leighlew3]

.@CaitlinClark22 it doesn’t have to be like this. You have the power. You know what needs to be done. Stop letting them f your legacy. Your coach said your team is faster w/someone else @ PG1. What else do you need to see? They want to kill what makes you great AND IT’S BAD BBALL

[Sioux City Journal @scj]

In his campaign for his first, four-year term, Prouty is pointing to his past service and experience running the sheriff's office. In his campaign, Helm points to his law enforcement experience spanning more than a decade.

https://t.co/EonMWF1h5l

[Sioux City Journal @scj]

The size of this year's GOP primary for governor is unprecedented in the modern era of Iowa politics. And is something of an uncertain year for the GOP with a viable challenger in Democrat Rob Sand.

https://t.co/mVmwuzqvqE

[Jared McNett @TwoHeadedBoy98]

Went to press before the Trump news but still plenty worth noting from my chats with 4 of the 5 GOP candidates for governor. One of them? Feenstra pretty firmly committed to debating Sand. Another? I asked Steen about his "good and evil" talk and whether Rob Sand was "evil."

[Dave Dreeszen @scjdaved]

Too many people are way too online and think X reflects the views of the masses

[Cody Schrader Fan Account @dennisenjoyer]

He received 5 likes on a tweet that does not feature a person under the age of 60.

Vote @ZachLahn

[Dave Dreeszen @scjdaved]

"Devastating ad" about a benign ISU Extension program in the city of Hull over 20 years ago. desperate times

[Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShow]

This is a devastating ad against @RandyFeenstra running now in Des Moines and Sioux City. But it’s all true so it’s deserved. Just an inexcusable betrayal of Iowans and Americans.

https://t.co/S49WmwEwmq

[Holden @Holden114]

If an entire political party is mourning your cancellation you were not speaking truth to power. You were a mouthpiece.

[Sunny @sunnyright]

Totally normal late night comedy program where a political party is mourning its loss by posting photos of all of the candidates the late night comedy program promoted for free

[Alien Jani @jani__21]

DOES STEPH NOT WANT CC TO WIN MVP??????

[Dave Dreeszen @scjdaved]

I continue to maintain the Fever would be a better team without Mitchell and Caitlin's game would improve immensely not having to put up with Mitchell's ballhogging play. Let Mitchell walk after this year, use some savings for a quality big to back up Boston

[RJ 🇭🇹 @cappaholic03]

For the second straight game Kelsey Mitchell has finished with 0 rebounds and 0 assists

[Mick @DBGyt_]

How were the Fever better under Christie Sides who literally was barely even a basketball coach...

[Mick @DBGyt_]

It's Caitlin or Steph White at the end of this season 😂

You think Indy pull a Nico?

[Jared McNett @TwoHeadedBoy98]

All sorts of stories worth a read on the homepage of The Sioux City Journal this morning
https://t.co/zkhBHnGlwi