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Deep-Red State Turns Purple in Looming MAGA Disaster
April 9, 2026
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesA gubernatorial race in deep-red Iowa, which President Donald Trump won by 13 points in 2024, is now considered a toss-up. The designation for the governor’s race has been changed from “lean Republican” to toss-up by the Cook Political Report, making the Hawkeye State the latest to turn purple amid MAGA 2.0’s chaos and warmongering.
“The battle for Iowa’s governorship is officially a barnburner,” the report wrote on Thursday.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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