Joe Mitchell is too silly for words

Cycling infrastructure, like this Marion sidepath,allow children to navigate their town safely(10/26/2026) You probably heard that there's an election next week? Many U.S. Senate and state governor seats are up for voting, along with all U.S. House seats. For a variety of reasons that need not detain us here, Democrats smell blood in the water and are looking to make big gains, while Republican efforts to game the election (Marley and Binday 2026, ProPublica 2026) seem likely to fail. One of the U.S. House districts that has proven competitive is the 2nd district of Iowa, where I live. It is a rare example of a swing district, although Republicans have held the seat for ten of the last twelve years. Incumbent Representative Ashley Hinson is leaving the seat to run for the U.S. Senate, so it's also an open seat. Former (2019-2023) state representative Joe Mitchell is trying to hold the seat for the Republicans, with challenges from current (2019-2026) state representative Lindsay…