Turns out 2021 was my 9th. I missed 2012 for some reason.

I’ve been working on it over lunch breaks and in the short spurts between the kiddo going to bed and the point in the evening when I just can’t look at a screen anymore. It’s finally, finally to the point where I’m comfortable talking about what it is, what it still needs to become, and give you an opportunity to get updates like when it’s ready for pre-order.

The book is going to be a chronicle of my time in Iowa politics beginning when I took the Digital Director job with the Iowa Democratic Party in 2009. It was a very different time. Democrats had the trifecta of House, Senate, and executive at both the state and federal level, The right to marry was expanded to same-sex couples through the Varnum v. Brien decision, and the Affordable Care Act began its journey to transforming our health care system for the first time in decades.

AND IT WAS ALL SMOOTH SAILING FROM THERE. NOTHING CHANGED. EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

I’m not smart enough to write a “here’s where we went wrong and here’s how we get back” book. That’s for people like Dan Pfeiffer. What I can do is share my story. What I saw and heard and how it made me feel. I’ll include what I see now as the book’s last chapter will be this year’s Polk County Steak Fry.

What I definitely see right now is a country dealing with inflation and an ever-increasing cost of living. With that in mind, I want to keep the cost of this thing down so it’s available to a wide audience. If you’re thinking of a fine art coffee table book with a linen cover and pages thick enough to be used as roof shingles you’re going to be disappointed. My original plan was to print this using Blurb, but I’d really like to keep it as local as possible and use a union print shop. Solidarity and all.

Shut up and take my money, Hauenstein!

I can’t do that yet. I’m building out a photo archive for this site and then I’ll get to work on the e-commerce side. Until then, put your name and email in the form on my book page and I’ll add you to a list where you can get updates on this thing.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

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Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

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Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

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Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

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Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

View previous image View next image

Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

View previous image View next image

Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

View previous image View next image

Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

View previous image View next image

Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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Dr. Megan Srinivas is an infectious disease doctor, a friend of mine and my wife’s, and a candidate for the Iowa House of Representatives in my district. I had considered running for this seat myself after current Representative Bruce Hunter announced he was retiring after 20 years in the legislature but, as I announced on Twitter, decided against it after Megan announced she was interested. (Third tweet down in the thread.)

The first hurdle in running for office is getting your name on the ballot. You need signatures of registered voters who live in that district and you need them in early so the county auditors can make sure they’re valid. This is a great opportunity for candidates and their supporters to make their first pass on the doors in the district if they haven’t already.

So we enlisted some supporters, bundled up, met up for coffee and training at Panera Bread on Fleur, and hit the bricks.

View previous image View next image

Megan had great conversations on the doors about increasing Iowa’s minimum wage so full-time workers can make ends meet, fully funding public schools (way above the paltry 2.5% increase from the Republican-controlled legislature that doesn’t even cover cost of living increases), and victims’ rights.

We both remarked how we were a bit rusty at this since we hadn’t been out knocking on doors since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Even though it was a bit nippy it felt good to both get exercise and meet the people in our neighborhood.

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