Election 2026

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In short

Nunn's campaign page lists no position; in a post he says he led a House-passed ban on congressional stock trading. Trone Garriott's campaign backs a full stock-trading ban, term limits and no corporate PACs. On the record, Nunn cosponsored and voted for that ban, which is not law; his own two bills never left committee. Trone Garriott cosponsored a 2025 Iowa bill on state lawmakers trading on inside information; it stalled in committee.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Zach Nunn

His campaign issues page states no position on this subject. In a post of his own he says he led the effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks and that the ban passed the House.

Sarah Trone Garriott

Her campaign says she supports a full ban on stock trading by members of Congress, the White House and their staff, with jail for offenders if fines do not stop it; a twelve-year term limit; an enforceable Supreme Court ethics code; a nationwide ban on partisan gerrymandering; bans on corporate PACs and super PACs and overturning Citizens United; a lifetime ban on members becoming lobbyists; required annual public town halls; published meeting schedules; and independent public audits of federal agency spending.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

    He cosponsored the ban and voted for it when it passed the House 232 to 198 in July 2026, though his own two bills never left committee and the ban is not law.

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    He says he led on banning congressional stock trading and delivered a ban through the House. He cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, on the day it was introduced, January 12, 2026, as one of ninety-three cosponsors and an original cosponsor, and voted Yea when it passed the House 232 to 198 on July 22, 2026 (Roll Call 280); it is on the Senate calendar and is not law. His own two bills on the subject went no further than committee: the Prohibit Insider Trading Act (H.R. 1138), introduced on February 21, 2023, in his second month in office, and the No Corruption in Government Act (H.R. 358), introduced on January 13, 2025. Limit: A ban did pass the House with his vote and cosponsorship, so "we delivered in the House" holds; "led the charge from day one" is his characterization of a bill he cosponsored rather than sponsored, and his own two bills never left committee. The bill is not law. What the ban covers is a question about the bill's text, which this card does not assess.

  2. official action

    Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated direction

    She cosponsored a 2025 Iowa bill limiting state lawmakers' trades based on nonpublic information, narrower than the outright ban she calls for, and it stalled in committee.

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    She says she wants an outright ban on stock trading in Congress, covering all politicians, with criminal penalties. She is one of six Senate sponsors of Senate File 557 (2025), a bill restricting transactions in covered financial instruments by members of the Iowa general assembly, legislative staff and their immediate family on the basis of nonpublic information, and providing penalties; it was introduced and referred to State Government on March 6, 2025, assigned a subcommittee on March 11, and went no further. Limit: A state bill covering state legislators is not the congressional ban she calls for, and no state senate seat can legislate one; the state bill turns on trading on the basis of nonpublic information rather than the outright ban with jail time her statement describes, and it did not advance out of committee. The check covers the descriptions the Legislature publishes for all 223 bills and resolutions it lists for her across the 89th, 90th and 91st General Assemblies; a floor amendment would not appear.

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  1. @NunnForCongress on Xhttps://x.com/NunnForCongress/status/2091970310899650751

    X · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Zach Nunn: campaign position; Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

  2. 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

  3. Where I Stand: A Higher Standard for Washingtonhttps://sarahforiowa.com/issue/higher-standard/

    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/higher-standard/.

    candidate statement

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: campaign position

  4. H.R. 7008 (119th Congress), Stop Insider Trading Act, cosponsorshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008/cosponsors

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Cosponsored by Nunn 2026-01-12; passed the House and placed on the Senate legislative calendar.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

  5. House Roll Call 280, 2026, H.R. 7008 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    On passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act, passed 232 to 198; Nunn Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

  6. H.R. 1138 (118th Congress), Prohibit Insider Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1138

    Congress.gov · Published Feb 21, 2023 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn; referred to House Administration and Ways and Means, no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

  7. H.R. 358 (119th Congress), No Corruption in Government Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/358

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Nunn; referred to committee, no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Zach Nunn: Matches stated record claim

  8. @SarahforIowa on Xhttps://x.com/SarahforIowa/status/2097785276286296272

    X · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    Public post from the account the campaign site links to.

    social profile

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated direction

  9. Senate File 557 (2025), transactions involving covered financial instrumentshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF557&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    By Wahls, Zimmer, Blake, Townsend, Trone Garriott and Weiner. Restricts transactions in covered financial instruments by members of the general assembly, legislative staff and their immediate family on the basis of nonpublic information, and provides penalties. Introduced and referred to State Government on 6 March 2025; subcommittee assigned 11 March 2025; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated direction

  10. Bills and resolutions listing Senator Trone Garriott as sponsor or floor managerhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=91&pid=30551

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 10, 2026

    The Legislature's find-a-bill-by-sponsor-or-floor-manager search for her, covering the 89th, 90th and 91st General Assemblies: 61, 74 and 88 entries, 223 in all. The list carries the bill descriptions the Legislature publishes rather than short titles.

    official legislative record

    For: Sarah Trone Garriott: Matches stated direction