The Iowa Federation of Republican Women held their fall conference Saturday at the Greene Room events center at Wild Rose Casino and Resort in Jefferson.

About 55 people attended in-person and electronically to hear from several featured speakers as well as focusing on voting for the November general election. Some of the speakers were all four Republican candidates including 4th District candidate Randy Feenstra and 3rd District candidate David Young. Young served in the U.S. House for two terms before losing to Democrat Cindy Axne in 2018. He told Raccoon Valley Radio he doesn’t believe there is leadership in the 3rd District and that he’s willing to fight for farmers, and it starts by serving on the House Appropriations Committee.

“Make sure that Iowa agriculture has a seat at the table and a strong voice. You can’t control a lot when you’re a farmer. And so making sure that we open up markets and push any administration to go forward with trade deals (and) make any bad ones better, and make sure that when things like natural disasters come through that you have a voice right there at the table on the appropriations committee to make sure that the funding is swift, and whole, and comes fast to Iowa farmers.”

Other speakers included former Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, Trump Victory Senior Advisor and son of former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, Eric Branstad; the National Federation of Republican Women President Ann Schockett, Fox News Contributor and Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, along with recorded comments via Zoom from Governor Kim Reynolds and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst. Iowa Federation of Republican Women President Barbara Hames-Bryant says voting is important to make your voice heard in November.

“It’s important that people participate in the political process no matter what party you approve of. It’s important that people make their voices heard, and also importantly to make that happen people need to understand the facts. There’s too much misinformation going on out there, and with us getting all of these candidates together in the same place, we can hear the same message, and understand what’s going on, and know where we need to go.”

Early voting begins October 5th for the November election.