Chris McGowan (muh-GOW-an), the Republican campaigning for Iowa’s fourth congressional district seat, says the federal government must be prudent about waging war, but McGowan isn’t publicly commenting on President Trump’s decision to authorize the use of force against Iran.
McGowan spoke with President Trump when Trump endorsed him in early February and mentioned a passage from Trump’s 2024 Inaugural Address.
McGowan said. That conversation happened three weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched a massive offensive against Iran. McGowan says as someone who grew up during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, he admires Reagan’s “peace through strength” mantra.
McGowan, the President of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, served in the Iowa National Guard and all five of his adult children are serving in the U-S military. If elected, McGowan will lobby to be appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. McGowan says his goal would be to make sure American soldiers have access to everything they need to be safe and effective.
Dave Dawson, an assistant prosecutor in the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office, in the Democrat running in the fourth congressional district. Dawson says congress needs to take action and stop the war.
Both Dawson and McGowan made their comments at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. They are competing to replace Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra, who is not seeking re-election.
