Sarah Trone Garriott said she would vote to raise taxes on middle-class workers, costing Iowa families an additional $250 per month in take-home pay.

Zach Nunn voted to lower taxes for all Iowans, but Sarah Trone Garriott called that legislation the“Big Awful Bill.” She even said that Zach Nunn’s vote in favor of the bill was wrong.

Sarah Trone Garriott voted to allow men in women's and girls’ locker rooms and to compete in girls’ sports. 

Iowa Field Report, 03-30-26

On a podcast, Sarah Trone Garriott said “We don’t have people from many religious backgrounds; it's mostly white, mostly Christian, mostly older men.”

Daily Caller, 02-18-26

Zach Nunn voted to strengthen Medicaid for the most vulnerable Iowans who need the program most by removing waste, fraud, and abuse from the program. He also voted to protect ACA for Iowans.

Sarah Trone Garriott has repeatedly voted to use Medicaid to pay for irreversible sex-change surgeries. She has also voted to allow taxpayer-funded services, including health care, for illegal immigrants.

After 277 noncitizens were found to be registered to vote in Iowa elections, Sarah Trone Garriott voted against strengthening citizenship checks for voter registration.

Sarah Trone Garriott missed the Iowa Senate vote on a bill to make sure people convicted of sexually exploiting a minor, including possessing child sexual abuse material, can't walk away with probation. The bill passed 46–0 without her, and Gov. Reynolds signed it into law in April 2026.Daily Wire, 08-18-26

Sarah Trone Garriott signed a letter urging Congress to pass Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending plan, including $4 billion in farm debt relief handed out based on race, with white farmers shut out completely. In Iowa, where 99% of farmers are white, that would have left nearly every Iowa farmer behind.

Sarah Trone Garriott wants to tax overtime pay and use that money to give illegal immigrants taxpayer-funded health care, voting just this year to give taxpayer-funded handouts to illegals.

Sarah Trone Garriott wants teachers, not parents, to make decisions about what kids should learn.

• In the State House, Sarah Trone Garriott led a bill to require sex education to begin in kindergarten.
• Sarah Trone Garriott voted against preventing sex education in schools from K-6th grade and requiring schools to notify parents if their kid wants to change their gender identity.
• Sarah Trone Garriott voted against banning gender identity theory instruction in K-6 classrooms.

Sarah Trone Garriott voted to allow irreversible sex-change surgeries to be performed on children.

Sarah Trone Garriott has compared those advocating for parents’ rights to those who attempted to segregate schools in the 1970s.

Iowa Field Report, 03-30-26

Fox News, 03-27-26

WATCH: Sarah Trone Garriott gushes about performing a wedding for Satanists.

Before she realized how out of touch it was with Iowans, Sarah Trone Garriott proudly proclaimed her role in officiating a wedding for a Satanist couple — claiming it taught her about love. Now, she’s tried to walk it back by saying she was just doing as she was told. Iowans deserve honesty and trustworthiness from their officials, and this story proves that Sarah is neither honest nor trustworthy.

Des Moines Register, 03-27-23

Fox News, 04-20-26

Sarah Trone Garriott referred to a bill that included a $6,000 annual deduction for seniors as the “Big Awful Bill” and said that Zach Nunn’s vote in favor of the bill was wrong.

By voting for a $6,000 deduction for seniors, Zach Nunn voted to expand the number of retirees who won’t face taxes on their Social Security from 64% to 88%.

Additionally, Zach Nunn has led legislation to protect Social Security and Medicare for Iowa retirees.

Sarah Trone Garriott is running ads about lower taxes, but her record in the Iowa Senate tells Iowans something different.

Zach Nunn has cut taxes for Iowa families in the Iowa Senate and in Congress. Here is how Sarah Trone Garriott voted when those tax cuts were on the line:

• Sarah Trone Garriott voted against the largest tax cut in Iowa history, which moved Iowa to a flat 3.9 percent income tax rate and ended state income tax on retirement income.
• Then-State Senator Zach Nunn voted for that same tax cut for Iowa families and retirees.
• Trone Garriott voted against requiring a two-thirds vote of the Iowa Legislature before income taxes can be raised.
• Trone Garriott supports repealing the Working Families Tax Cuts, the largest tax cut in American history.
• Zach fought to pass the Working Families Tax Cuts to deliver Iowans an average tax cut of more than $3,000, according to the Tax Foundation.

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Sarah Trone Garriott attacks Zach Nunn over the Epstein files while her campaign has taken campaign cash from WelcomePAC. WelcomePAC — a group connected to and funded by Jeffery Epstein's best friend Reid Hoffman — endorsed her and has spent more than $20,000 on ads and texts to elect her. Hoffman visited Epstein's private island and admitted, "I helped to repair his reputation and perpetuate injustice."
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‍Axios, 09-13-19