Jack Hatch

Dec 29, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Jack Hatch

Jack Hatch, Joe Enriquez Henry, Peggy Huppert, Anne Kinzel, and Ralph Rosenberg sent the message enclosed below to members of the Iowa Democratic Party’s State Central Committee on December 18. Hatch is a business owner and builder of low income housing, a former state senator, and was the Iowa Democratic nominee for governor in 2014. Joe Enriquez Henry is a community and Latino activist, and chair of the Southside Democrats in Des Moines.

Nov 10, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Jason Benell |Bruce Lear |Jack Hatch |Ed Tibbetts

Jason Benell lives in Des Moines with his wife and two children. He is a combat veteran, former city council candidate, and president of Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers. The results of the 2024 elections are in and the dust is settling—quite a bit faster than we expected it to—and we as citizens have a lot to consider about what it means to be in the United States of America.

Nov 10, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Jack Hatch |Ed Tibbetts |Laura Belin

Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 years until retiring. He can be reached at [email protected]   The corpse of the losing presidential campaign isn’t cold, and they’re sharpening knives for the autopsy.

Nov 9, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Jack Hatch |Ed Tibbetts |Laura Belin |Patrick C. Swanson

Jack Hatch is a retired state senator and was the 2014 Democratic nominee for governor. As a well-used phrase suggests, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.”Our Democratic message was strong, and our attention to our deeply held values of equality, inclusion, and freedom was spot-on. But in Iowa, our organizational structure is off base.  We lost seats in the Iowa House and Senate and lost two very close races for Congress.

Jan 21, 2024 | desmoinesregister.com | Jack Hatch

The DNC should have used Iowa’s tradition to flood our state with Democratic surrogates who would challenge the frivolous statements by every Republican candidate. Jack HatchGuest columnistJack Hatch of Des Moines is a former state senator. Democrats’ failure in keeping a blue state from becoming as red as the deepest southern states is not the fault of Iowa Democrats. It is a result of the arrogance of the national party and our national leaders.