Election 2026

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Issue record

Families and children

In short

Nunn's campaign says he led efforts to simplify adoption and expand child care. Trone Garriott's campaign backs bigger family tax credits and more early childhood education. On the record, Nunn sponsored adoption and foster care bills and cosponsored ten that name child care; none moved past committee. Trone Garriott's 2025 Iowa bill on foster children's survivor benefits stalled in committee; her post says the governor announced the change.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Zach Nunn

His campaign says he is fighting to make it easier for parents to work, raise families and pay the bills, and that he has led the charge to simplify adoption, expand child care options and support working parents.

Sarah Trone Garriott

Her campaign says she would expand the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit to put money back in families' pockets, and would expand early childhood education.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

    He sponsored several adoption and foster care bills but no child care bill of his own, and cosponsored ten that name child care; none of these bills moved past committee.

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    His campaign says he led efforts to simplify adoption, expand child care options and support working parents. He sponsored bills in both Congresses on adoption and on children in foster care, all of which were referred to committee without further action: an adoption tax-credit bill (H.R. 2510, 2023), the Pre-K for Kids Act (H.R. 8236, 2024), the Brighter Futures for Teens and Young Adults in Foster Care Act (H.R. 9316, 2024), the Fostering the Future for American Children and Families Act (H.R. 6221, 2025) and the HOME for Foster Youth Act (H.R. 9072, 2026). He also sponsored three resolutions supporting foster youth and foster sibling recognition months. On child care he sponsored no bill of his own. Among his 874 cosponsorships, eight carry a title naming child care, and two more, both called the Investing in Rural America Act (H.R. 4736 in 2023 and H.R. 1246 in 2025), name child care in their official titles among other rural services. Seven of those ten were referred to a committee and three on to a subcommittee; none advanced further. Limit: Sponsorship and cosponsorship are official actions in the direction each limb of the statement calls for, and none of these bills advanced beyond a subcommittee. The child-care limb rests on cosponsorship alone: he sponsored no child-care bill of his own. The check read every title Congress.gov carries for all 114 bills and resolutions he sponsored and all 874 he cosponsored, matching on the words child care; a bill that names the same subject differently, such as daycare or dependent care, and a provision inside a larger act that no title names, would both be missed.

  2. official action

    Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated record claim

    She sponsored one 2025 state bill on it, which stalled in committee. Bill records can't confirm or rule out three years of advocacy. Her post says Governor Reynolds announced the change.

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    She says she spent three years advocating to let foster children keep their social security survivor benefits. She is the sole sponsor of Senate File 481 (2025), a bill on benefits received by children in foster care, introduced and referred to Health and Human Services on March 3, 2025 with a subcommittee assigned, on which she sat, and no further action. Her post says the change was announced by Governor Reynolds rather than enacted by that bill. Limit: A sponsor list records bills, not advocacy in other forms, so the three-year span her post claims is not something this record can confirm or contradict: the Legislature lists one bill from her on the subject, introduced in March 2025, and none in either earlier General Assembly. Her post says the change was announced by the Governor rather than enacted by her bill, and this card does not say her advocacy brought it about.

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Sources11 source records

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  1. Issueshttps://zachnunn.com/issues/

    Zach Nunn for Congress · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Campaign-controlled platform text, fetched live 2026-09-10 (HTTP 200).

    candidate statement

    For: Zach Nunn: campaign position; Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  2. Where I Stand: Making life more affordable, for all of ushttps://sarahforiowa.com/issue/making-life-more-affordable-for-all-of-us/

    Sarah for Iowa · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    The campaign's own issue page, read from the Internet Archive snapshot of September 4, 2026, because the live site returns HTTP 403 to automated readers. Snapshot: http://web.archive.org/web/20260904190055/https://sarahforiowa.com/issue/making-life-more-affordable-for-all-of-us/.

    candidate statement

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: campaign position

  3. Where I Stand: Protect great public schools for every child, in every communityhttps://sarahforiowa.com/issue/protect-great-public-schools-for-every-child-in-every-community/

    Sarah for Iowa · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    The campaign's own issue page, read from the Internet Archive snapshot of September 4, 2026, because the live site returns HTTP 403 to automated readers. Snapshot: http://web.archive.org/web/20260904190055/https://sarahforiowa.com/issue/protect-great-public-schools-for-every-child-in-every-community/.

    candidate statement

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: campaign position

  4. H.R. 2510 (118th Congress), adoption tax credithttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2510

    Congress.gov · Published Apr 6, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn; referred to Ways and Means.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  5. H.R. 8236 (118th Congress), Pre-K for Kids Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8236

    Congress.gov · Published May 2, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn; referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  6. H.R. 9072 (119th Congress), HOME for Foster Youth Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9072

    Congress.gov · Published May 29, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn; referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  7. Representative Zach Nunn, sponsored and cosponsored legislationhttps://www.congress.gov/member/zach-nunn/N000193

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    114 sponsored bills and resolutions plus 9 floor amendments, and 874 cosponsorships, across the 118th and 119th Congresses; pulled 2026-09-10.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  8. H.R. 9316, Brighter Futures for Teens and Young Adults in Foster Care Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9316

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn, referred to committee without further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  9. Child-care bills cosponsored by Representative Nunnhttps://www.congress.gov/member/zach-nunn/N000193?q=%7B%22sponsorship%22%3A%22cosponsored%22%7D

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Ten cosponsored bills across the 118th and 119th Congresses that concern child care. Eight carry a title naming it: H.R. 1421, H.R. 2602, H.R. 2722, H.R. 3922 and H.R. 9068 in the 118th, and H.R. 1827, H.R. 1889 and H.R. 3304 in the 119th. Two name it in their official title only, both called the Investing in Rural America Act: H.R. 4736 in the 118th and H.R. 1246 in the 119th, each 'to provide support for facilities providing healthcare, education, child care, public safety, and other vital services in rural areas'. Seven were referred to a committee and three, H.R. 3922, H.R. 4736 and H.R. 1246, on to a subcommittee; none advanced further.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated direction

  10. @SarahforIowa on Xhttps://x.com/SarahforIowa/status/2080047115611283914

    X · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated record claim

  11. Senate File 481 (2025), benefits received by children in foster carehttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?ga=91&billName=SF481

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 3, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    By Trone Garriott alone; introduced and referred to Health and Human Services 2025-03-03, subcommittee assigned, no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated record claim