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The Daily Punch

Inside the messy Iowa Dem primary

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Democrats are banking on a high-stakes, long-shot Senate win in Iowa, but first must get through a contentious June 2 primary that’s only been heating up. Anna and Jake discuss the latest. Plus, what’s included in Senate Republicans’ $72B immigration reconciliation bill. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠⁠punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Presented by AI Progress. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

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And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:27.3

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:30.0

It's Tuesday, May 5th, 2026.

0:32.1

Let's get in the mix.

0:32.8

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:35.0

Number one, I was messy Senate Democratic primary. Number two,

0:38.6

the GOP's $72 billion immigration bill plus number three, a scoop NRC touts their financial edge ahead of

0:47.1

26. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We are leading off bunchful news AM with an item by our very

0:52.9

own Max Cohn looking at what is happening in

0:55.9

Iowa, a state that has been read for a very long time at the Senate level, but now Democrats

1:01.9

feel like they might be able to have an edge here, interestingly enough. First, they have to get

1:08.4

through a messy Democratic primary.

1:15.5

Yeah, this is the race that is taking place because Joni Ernst is retiring.

1:18.2

It's Ashley Hinson is the Republican nominee.

1:19.7

She kind of cleared the field. And the two Democrats who are running are Zach Walls and Josh Turrick.

1:25.2

And Walls is kind of a progressive left-wing candidate backed by Elizabeth Warren.

1:30.7

And he has made Chuck Schumer a major part of his campaign and not in a good way.

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