HAWKEYE, Iowa — The lineup for the 2026 race for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat is now joined by its first independent candidate.
Born and raised in West Union, 31-year-old Dave Bushaw said his decision to run originated from frustration with the two-party system and his desire to return power to the nation’s workers.
“I’m running because both parties walked away from the people who built this country,” Dave Bushaw said in a press release. “There’s the Republican wing and the Democratic wing, but they are both part of the same bird that feeds the corporate class. Politicians let corporate greed gut our main streets, poison our rivers, and turn neighbors against each other while they bootlick for donations and power.”…