Iowa City incumbent, newcomers prevail in Iowa legislative primaries

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : In the House, Levin has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ Iowans and a staunch opponent of a failed bill that would have removed gender identity as a protected class under the Iowa Civil Rights code and also a new law that changed the funding and services that area education agencies provide to students and families.
51% : If elected, Hexter said he would push the state to reinvest in public schools, remove new requirements for receiving public benefits that make it more difficult for low-income Iowans to receive food and health care assistance and continue support to expand local and regional food systems.
49% : Iowa Democratic leaders see an opportunity to win back some critical seats this year, saying they've seen public dissatisfaction with Republicans' agenda, namely recent education changes, including last year's passage of taxpayer-funded scholarships to families to send their children to private school and efforts this year changing the funding and function of the area education agencies that provide special education and other services to school districts.
49% : He said insufficient funding of public education and sparse access to reproductive health care are "turning away opportunities for the next generation to live here.
48% : If reelected, Levin said her priorities will be continuing to "ensure that Iowans have the opportunity to thrive here -- whether that means looking at wage theft, whether that means looking at public schools, whether that means looking at our economic development choices.""I want to make sure the priorities of everyone in my district is represented in Des Moines," she said.

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