Joe Mitchell

Iowa’s 2nd (IA - 02)

Updated: October 4, 2026

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Overview

While Iowans struggle with rising costs, Joe Mitchell has spent his career rigging the system for himself and his special interest donors. As a mom and ordained chaplain, Lindsay James has spent her life standing up for people, not the powerful. 

SUMMARY:

As soon as possible, voters in the Cedar Rapids market should see ads on broadcast TV, OTT, streaming and Youtube, and voters districtwide need to see ads on OTT, streaming and YouTube about how:

  • Mitchell time and again has backed cutting access to health care for average Iowans, jeopardizing their financial security and their health. That’s no surprise since Mitchell says he thinks it’s “debatable” whether costs are even increasing. He is deeply out of touch. 
  • Mitchell voted against lowering the cost of insulin, a life-saving drug for hundreds of thousands of Iowans. 
  • Mitchell supports increasing health insurance premiums up to 233% while supporting cuts to Medicaid that will further burden Iowa families. 
  • Mitchell supports healthcare cuts that will kick tens of thousands of Iowans off their health care, force layoffs and closures at local health care facilities, and drive up health insurance costs even for people who get their health care through their job. 

As soon as possible voters across the district, especially voters who could be persuaded to vote for Lindsay, including men under 55, and women need to read mail about how:

  • Lindsay James is the mom of two teenagers and an ordained chaplain driven by her faith to serve the people, not the powerful. She’s taken on predatory landlords on behalf of renters and homeowners, stood up to out of state corporations and lobbyists, and worked to expand access to affordable drugs like insulin that Iowans rely on. 
  • Lindsay is running for Congress to fix a broken system that doesn’t work for regular people anymore. In Congress, she will work with Democrats and Republicans to find commonsense solutions like banning congressional stock trades and passing term limits. 

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