I have some news that weighs heavily on my heart. After thoughtful conversations with my family, my team, and trusted supporters, I have made the incredibly difficult decision to end my campaign for the United States Senate. Listen to my full thoughts:

While the President held a rally in Des Moines (just one week ago) spewing more lies and hate and offered no real solutions to lower our costs, I joined hundreds of Iowans who are fed up with the actions of this administration to protest the senseless murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE.

Mason City—thank you for the warm welcome and hospitality on Saturday. It always feels good to be back home with my friends and family—you're the reason I'm in this fight.

The murder of two U.S. citizens by ICE is unacceptable. It’s time for federal law enforcement to get the f*ck out of Minneapolis and to withhold DHS and ICE funding until the masks come off and we hold those responsible accountable to the full extent of the law.

Enjoyed getting back out to Waterloo last Thursday to participate in the Black Hawk County Democrats’ Chili-Fest. Perfect timing for some comfort food and a little friendly competition. Tried some really great takes on the classic, but don’t blame me if I still think my wife’s was the best.

I commend Iowa Democrats for this effort. Paid family leave and a $15 minimum wage shouldn't be controversial - these are the bare minimum of what Iowans need to survive and it's about damn time we have a Senator in Washington who is going to fight to guarantee them.

53 years ago, Roe v. Wade became the law of the land and for the first time women had the right to make their own healthcare choices. But now so-called leaders in Iowa like Ashley Hinson celebrate the overturning of Roe, support near total abortion bans without exceptions…

I knew at an early age my family didn’t have much. When I was 5, my dad wrote a bad check so me and my siblings could have new clothes for the first day of school. My dad’s story isn’t unique – this is the reality for too many families like mine.

When will it end?

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his steadfast fight for the equality, dignity, and opportunity of all people, including the working class.

Nearly 800,000 fewer Americans have signed up for the ACA this year because Ashley Hinson voted NOT to extend the ACA tax credits and premiums are skyrocketing. This isn’t just a failure, it’s a choice by Hinson to price working class people out of lifesaving healthcare.

MercyOne closed their Traer Family Medicine Clinic in December, and is now closing their Family and Internal Medicine Clinic in Ottumwa in February. Why? Because our rural hospitals are being decimated by the unprecedented Medicaid cuts in the “Big Bullshit Bill” Ashley Hinson voted for.

Governor Reynolds might talk a big game about securing federal funding for cancer screening, but under her leadership Iowa has the 2nd highest cancer rate in the country, 41 rural hospitals have closed their maternity wards, and Iowa has become dead last for OB/GYNs.

Despite all these automation advancements, Americans are still working longer hours today than we did fifty years ago and barely making ends meet. As long as AI goes unchecked and dominated by billionaires like Elon Musk, it will do nothing to improve the lives of working class people.

I had a great time joining the Urbandale Dems. Nothing energizes me more than hearing directly from Iowans about what matters most –rising costs to stagnant wages, affordability will be a defining issue of this election and who better to fight for those issues than someone who lives them every day.

Trump's DOJ just opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. His crime? Refusing to do the President’s bidding.

Joni Ernst just endorsed Ashley Hinson – two career politicians. Same failed policies. Same corporate donors. While Iowans struggle, they rip away our healthcare, doing nothing to lower costs. We're running a different campaign, one that doesn’t corporate PAC $ and fights for working class Iowans.

For far too long, billionaires have ruled party bosses and career politicians in Washington – it’s time we put power back in the hands of the working class by banning individuals and corporations from spending millions to buy our elections.

It’s about damn time we have real working class representation in Washington.

"My wife works for McCoy True Value – a former client of mine when I worked in radio and a family owned business that has been serving Indianola for over 140 years. It’s a sad day when a small business like this has to close its doors, not only for its workers but for its community.

What a complete joke – Ashley Hinson just voted NO on extending the ACA tax credits, proving once again she would rather line the pockets of billionaires and corporations than fight for the 117,000 Iowans who are going to see their health insurance premiums skyrocket this year.

ICE shot and killed a US citizen today. A full investigation into the incident should be launched immediately. It's time to take the masks off and hold ICE accountable to the atrocities they're committing on behalf of this administration.

When the average age of the first time homeowner is 39, something is broken. While the President and I rarely agree, we do agree corporations and billionaires buying up our land and single-family homes is destroying the American dream for working class people. I absolutely support this ban!

You are damn right it will. Instead of using AI to help working class people get ahead, tech billionaires are using it as a ploy to just get richer.

I am sick and tired of watching our people struggle and die because our government has failed us. When our leaders and chosen candidates in both parties are career politicians who are it the pockets of billionaires and corporations, its clear we need fighters in Washington NOW.

Carrying out a regime change in the middle of the night by invading and kidnapping the leader of a foreign country is cowardice. Doing so without authorization and support from Congress is illegal.

Happy New Year from Team Sage! Let’s start the new year off with a bang and fight like hell for working class representation in Washington. Looking forward to seeing all of you on the campaign trail.

As 2025 comes to a close, all I have to say is THANK YOU! Thank you for your support, your passion, and your fight. Our campaign wouldn’t be where it is today without every single one of you, and I can’t wait to bring real working class representation to Washington when we win in 2026!

Today is a great day to elect Renee Hardman! Polls are open until 8 PM, so make sure to cast your ballot to prevent a GOP supermajority and elect a real working class candidate and champion like Renee!

I’ve said it countless times: I am sick and tired of people pointing down at others, blaming them for the mess we’re in, when the only direction we should be pointing is up.

As we wrap up 2025, I couldn’t be more thankful for each and every person who has supported this campaign.

Team Sage is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Spending today with my family reminds me why I got into this race – so Iowa families finally have a working class voice who knows their struggles and is going to fight like hell for them in Washington.

I had a great time at the @iowademocrats.bsky.social Holiday Party last week! 🎄

A big thank you to everyone who attended our virtual rally last week as we begin to organize for 2026! We are building a grassroots campaign that reaches every corner of Iowa to bring real working class representation to Washington.

BREAKING: We’re launching our first campaign ad next week for the Hawkeyes’ bowl game! I don’t look like a politician, think like a politician, or talk like a politician – I cuss too much, but F*CK IT, I’m not a politician and that’s the point!

This administration’s “Big Bullshit Bill” and failed trade policies are an attack on rural America – one that is allowing Big Ag to swoop in, buy up more land, and consolidate rural communities all in order to make more money for corporations and billionaires.

Thank you so much to Nevada Mayor Ryan Condon and Marilyn Condon for hosting us at their beautiful home last week!

Affordability is not a f***ing hoax.

AI is the new wild, wild, west – and when MidAmerican expects consumer utilities to climb 13% in the new year and there are already 173,000 households across Iowa behind on their utility payments, it’s clear we are on a dangerous path.

Color me surprised. An administration that has done everything possible to block these files is now delaying their mandated release. Once a pedophile protector, always a pedophile protector right Ashley?

The AI boom has become another tool for tech billionaires to get richer while working people pay the price – higher utility prices, dirtier water, fewer long-term quality jobs, and unknown consequences to the mental health of our kids.

No new wars. Period.

While I appreciate House Dems showing some fight, we know the Senate GOP has no intentions of taking this measure up.

Here we go again with these half baked solutions that do nothing to solve our healthcare crisis. If we don’t extend the ACA tax credits, premiums will skyrocket, and Iowans will suffer.

The tech billionaires that have already rigged the economy for themselves and bought a generation of corrupt politicians are now trying to drive up our utility costs, dirty our water, buy up our land, and take our jobs to further consolidate their power and wealth.

Who could have guessed that putting billionaires ahead of working class people would have a negative impact on our economy?

Once again Ashley is more focused on doing Trump’s bidding than standing up for the working class people who keep Iowa and this country running.

The first day of Hanukkah should be a joyful celebration of resilience, but yesterday’s terrorist attack in Australia is a stark reminder of the work we all must do to stop the ongoing rise of antisemitism.

Even in the cold and snow, Team Sage shows up to help launch a canvass for Renee Hardman and her State Senate District 16 campaign. With working class candidates like Renee running up and down the ballot, we are sending a clear message: Iowa is in play!