Iowa’s Attorney General Is Taking Checks From the Industries She’s Supposed to Watch

Brenna Bird settled a national price-fixing suit against major egg companies including Versova. Versova’s president donated $40K to her campaign.

By: John McCracken

Outlets: Sentient

Published: October 29, 2026

Words: 1,457

Last Updated: 4 days, 1 hour ago

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The race for Iowa Attorney General has agriculture executives and major agribusinesses like Bayer, Versova Holdings and Iowa Select Farms spending big in hopes of keeping the incumbent in office, according to the latest publicly released campaign finance reports.

Current Iowa attorney general Brenna Bird was elected in 2022 as the first Republican to hold the seat for nearly five decades. She is challenged by Nate Willems, a Democrat and former Iowa state representative.

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