Guest column

Spirit of cooperation at the Capitol

State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann
Posted 2/3/26

The 2026 Legislative Session is officially underway.  The Legislature meets in two-year increments and this year is the second and final year. This session will be different for me than any other year because I have now been elected Majority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives.  Each caucus (House Republicans, House Democrats, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats) chooses a leader. My colleagues bestowed this honor on me, but I do not consider the office of Majority Leader to be my office… I consider it to be the office of the citizens of Cedar, Muscatine, and Scott Counties.  I will aggressively push for legislation that is good for our district and reject legislation that is not.

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