Our mission is to promote the principles of the Democratic Party – to elect Democrats in Clarke County, Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, the State, and the Nation.

Clarke County Iowa Democrats

2026 Platform

General Statement of Principles

We believe that basic human rights include clean air and water, a free public education, access to health care, and due process of law.

Agriculture, Energy & the Environment

1. We support legal protection from pesticide drift.

2. We support water quality enforcement based on re-institution of monitoring systems previously in place, and runoff testing instead of solely field application amounts.

3. We support completely accessible Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) well data and testing (plank 80, 2024)

4. We support government programs to promote crop diversification.

5. We support limiting the timber reserve program to owners who receive a homestead tax credit for the property involved (2025 SB 17, Sinclair).

6. We support landowners’ property rights.

7. We oppose the use of eminent domain for the misuse of tax dollars for private gain.

Economy, Commerce, & Labor

8. We support paid Family Medical Leave for public employers and private employers with over 50 employees. (plank 173, 2024)

Education

9. We support private and charter schools following the same laws and rules as public schools if they receive voucher funds (plank 232, 2024)

Government and Law

10. We support age and term limits for state-level elected offices.

11. We support mail-in voting and restoring a longer number of days (42) for mail voting.

12. We support guaranteed funding for county-level governmental bodies such as hospitals.

13. We support human and civil rights including due process for all genders, all nationalities, and all ethnicities.

Health and Human Services

14. We support better vaccine accessibility.

15. We support renewed full access to telehealth for Medicare recipients.

16. We oppose unfair work documentation requirements for Medicaid recipients.

17. We support the right of adults to make their own medical decisions without government interference.

International Affairs

18. We support human and civil rights for all nationalities and ethnicities.

19. We support international law and the authority of international courts.

20. We oppose acts of war against other nations, regardless of our opinion of their governments, without Congressional authorization.

 

2024 Platform

We believe in:

• the right to health care, including full reproductive health care and new legislation to protect women’s lives
• environmental responsibility and the use of clean, renewable energy
• a  living wage and humane working conditions, supported by the right to unionize and the restoration of full bargaining rights for public employees
• keeping public education funding in public schools
• a tax on extreme wealth
• expanded health care, education, employment, and housing assistance for our veterans.
• a fair path to citizenship for undocumented workers and those brought to the United States when they were children.

 

We have members from the following communities:

Osceola, the county seat of Clarke County
Murray
Woodburn
Weldon
Liberty

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