Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) announced Friday morning that he would not seek re-election in 2026.
In a video posted on social media, Governor Reynolds I said “Serving as your governor was the greatest honor of my life. It's an opportunity that wasn't too long ago and never imagined.”
The politician said he wanted to share “personal decisions” with her members before expressing his gratitude to the Iowan Trust Fellows who was placed on her.
“After a lot of thoughts, prayers and conversations with my family, I decided not to seek reelection in 2026,” Gov. Reynolds said.
“This was not an easy decision because I love this situation and I love serving you,” she added.
Gov. Reynolds said she is in office because she wants to be more present with her family. Des Moines CBS Affiliate KCCI It's attracting attention On Friday, the governor's husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023, but was in remission as of January.
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Williamsburg pastor Brad Sherman said he had worked for a first term at Iowa House from January 2023 to January 2025, telling Reynolds about his intention to run last fall.
“I wanted her to know that I was doing this because I feel like God is leading me primarily.” “It's not that I have some big revenge against her. I don't. I'm always going well with her.”
Iowa will soon be the first state to roll back civil rights protections previously passed based on “gender identity,” Breitbart News reported in late February. Earlier that same month, Gov. Reynolds accused local sheriff of violating state law by refusing to help enforce federal immigrants. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been working with state agencies since January to implement President Donald Trump's massive deportation policy. Go backwards The flood of illegal immigration was unleashed into America by the administration of former President Joe Biden.
President Trump won Iowa in the 2024 presidential election, marking his third state victory since 2016.
“Iowa has largely supported Trump in all three campaigns, surpassing Biden by 9.5 points in 2016 and 8.2 points in 2020. “The state has supported Democrats in the presidential election since the late 1980s, besides George W. Bush in 2004. However, since Trump won in 2016, the state has not been considered competitive.”
