Meet Joe Mitchell: Des Moines Lobbyist and Connected Political Insider, Career Politician, and Carpetbagger

DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Des Moines lobbyist, connected political insider, career politician, and carpetbagger: that’s Joe Mitchell. Mitchell has never lived in Northeast Iowa, and is more interested in serving his party bosses and rich friends instead of doing anything to lower costs for regular Iowa families.” 

Here’s What You Need To Know About Joe Mitchell:

• Joe Mitchell is a Des Moines insider, career politician, and lobbyist who entered elected office when he was just 21 years old. 
  • Mitchell worked for a “multi-client lobbying firm” and “founded a lobby group for Iowa real estate developers.”
• Mitchell has never lived in Iowa’s second congressional district and is carpetbagging to try to buy himself a seat in Congress. 
  • Mitchell grew up in southeast Iowa and represented the Mount Pleasant area in the state legislature – neither in Iowa’s second district.
  • Then Mitchell moved to Des Moines – also not in Iowa’s second district. 
    • Reporting found that Mitchell “changed his voter registration…from a Des Moines apartment to a rental in Clear Lake” just a week before launching his campaign.
• Mitchell will be a rubberstamp for his party bosses and his rich Washington friends instead of working to get costs down for Iowans. 
  • Mitchell is backed by the D.C. politicians who slashed Medicaid and rural health care funding, and he’d be a reliable rubber stamp for raising costs on Iowans while giving billionaires a handout.
  • Mitchell is an out-of-touch multimillionaire worth up to $20+ million who thinks life is “affordable again” and that the “cost of living is coming down,” despite more Iowans than ever struggling to get by.
  • Mitchell voted for a constitutional amendment in Iowa that would have paved the way for a total abortion ban in Iowa.

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