Nina Baker

Nina Baker is a Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow and a student at Grinnell College, where she is the community editor at The Scarlet & Black. Her work has appeared in PolitiFact, the Daily Yonder, Ballotpedia, and the Kitsap Sun.

Campaigns and ElectionsJanuary 12, 2023

Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big?

With unified messaging and a reluctance to embrace election denialism, Republicans in Iowa were able to outperform the party nationally and secure nearly every statewide office.

Nina Baker
Election 2022November 1, 2022

In Iowa, Voters Set Their Sights on Gun Rights

Gun control advocates say a November ballot initiative will make regulations impossible. But the Supreme Court may have already made that a reality.

Nina Baker

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Nina Baker

Campaigns and ElectionsJanuary 12, 2023

Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big?

With unified messaging and a reluctance to embrace election denialism, Republicans in Iowa were able to outperform the party nationally and secure nearly every statewide office.

Nina Baker

Election 2022November 1, 2022

In Iowa, Voters Set Their Sights on Gun Rights

Gun control advocates say a November ballot initiative will make regulations impossible. But the Supreme Court may have already made that a reality.

Nina Baker