Meet Molly Donahue

Molly was born and raised in the Cedar Rapids Metro area. She graduated from Washington High School where her parents also attended, and where she now teaches.

Molly learned the value of hard work from her parents running their small business and as a teen working for minimum wage to save for college.

As a 27-year veteran teacher, and union member, Molly Donahue is running for the State House with the same values she was raised with and instills in her students; hard work, integrity, and equality.

Molly knows how important it is to live and work in the community in which she is representing.

“Being invested in the success of your neighbors is the key to making good choices at the State house.”

A Champion For Iowa’s Working Families

As a teacher and state employee, I see every day how hard-working Iowans are struggling because of the system. Out of state corporations have been given tax breaks leaving Iowa’s working families behind without a living wage and our small businesses and rural areas are left struggling for survival. Our worker’s rights have been stripped to line the pockets of the out of state corporate CEOs putting our workers safety and health at risk. It is the legislature’s job to work with businesses to create good-paying jobs for Iowans so that we can keep our best and brightest here in the state. I will work to increase the minimum wage to a living wage, and to restore the rights of our hard-working Iowans to increase our economy.

People Over Politics 

Over the past years, we have seen our politicians say one thing and do another. They have handed out millions of dollars of our tax money to out of state corporate entities using backroom deals. They have accepted dark money to promote legislation that hurts our hard-working Iowans. As your state representative, I will hold myself as well as other legislators and state employees accountable to our commitment to serve the people in our communities. All tax dollars should be spent with transparency to the public.

Keeping Our Community Safe

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February 8, 2018

The momentum is strong

Welcome to your Team Donahue update! 

We had mid term caucuses on Monday night- which was a great turnout, and I had great responses to my campaign platform. 

I received a very nice letter from a caucus goer Tuesday afternoon, who let me know that he wasn't sure who he'd vote for in the primary, until he met me. Even nicer to hear, it is not just because he believes in my platform, but that he felt I am the most genuine, real person running. My parents would be very happy to hear that -as that is how they raised me. 

I've have stated many times, this is about people over politics for me, I am not a politician, I am a teacher who believes in civic duty and the need for change in our state to provide better-affordable healthcare including mental healthcare, jobs with good wages and benefits for our hard working families, affordable housing, a clean environment through use of clean energy, and profitable ways for our farmers to prevent spills/leaks into our waterways.  We also need great schools to attract great businesses, and nobody should feel unsafe in their community regardless of their race, their religion, their gender, or their sexual orientation! I am about people first! 

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    “I support Molly Donahue because she will fight for the public school teachers of Iowa. She has a deep understanding of ...Read more

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    “Molly is a fighter, and has a vision for Iowa that is worth fighting for. As a teacher she has been an advocate for ...Read more

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