Iowa Down Ballot podcast: RFK Jr. on tape, CARES spending redux, Roundup win
Jun 28, 2026 | 2:17 pm ET
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to discourage Libertarian candidates from running in Iowa congressional races drew national attention. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
The saga of Iowa Libertarian Party candidates being kicked off the ballot got juicier this week with the Washington Post’s release of audio from a phone call in which U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to talk Libertarian Rick Stewart into dropping out of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race.
Dave Price, Laura Belin and I also discuss the resurfacing of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ spending of federal COVID-19 money on staff salaries and the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the makers of Roundup weedkiller. Listen here.
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