Washington Post: “A combination of factors has made Iowa, where Trump expanded his winning margin to more than 13 percentage points in 2024, a tougher landscape for Republicans. The Iran war has pushed up diesel and gasoline prices, squeezing farmers and truckers, while the trade fight with China has hurt soybean growers. And despite the bright spot of low unemployment, Iowa’s economy shrank slightly in the first quarter of 2026, and ranked 48th among states for growth for that quarter.”
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