A slick political animal who works for John Deere's CEO — not for you.
Mike sells himself as a hometown Iowan. The record tells a different story: tax giveaways for the ultra-wealthy, a $1.3 billion budget hole, and a shrug at the water crisis poisoning our communities.
"A pain in the ag."
— Mike B., on Iowa's water crisis
Mike Bousselot champions tax schemes that funnel the biggest breaks to millionaires and out-of-state corporations, while working Iowans pick up the tab through higher local property taxes, sales taxes, and gutted services.
While Iowa stares down a $1.3 BILLION budget deficit, Mike keeps redirecting our tax dollars into private-school vouchers — draining the neighborhood schools that 90% of Iowa kids actually attend.
Iowans are paying record water bills and watching nitrate advisories pile up. Mike's response? Dismiss the crisis as an unfair 'attack on big ag' instead of doing the work to fix it.
Source: Axios Des Moines, July 11, 2025 →Mike Bousselot literally proposed a bill to have Iowa buy 9 counties in southern Minnesota — a mergers-and-acquisitions stunt straight out of a billionaire's playbook. Iowa families don't need a senator chasing deal-sheet headlines. We need leaders who grow the economy to support working families, not to make rich people richer.
Source: Des Moines Register, Jan 14, 2025 →Mike Bousselot isn't fighting for Iowa.He's fighting for the people who own him.
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