Sarah Trone Garriott’s campaign today launched “Quick,” its first television ad of the general election. The 30-second spot is backed by an initial six-figure buy and will run on broadcast TV in Iowa’s Third District.
“Quick” introduces Sarah to voters through the faith that has shaped her life’s work. As a hospital chaplain, a Lutheran minister, a food pantry coordinator, and now a State Senator, Sarah has spent her career doing the same thing: showing up for her neighbors and listening to what they need so that she can help, without asking first whether they agree with her.
The ad makes the point that listening is exactly what’s missing in Washington. That’s why Sarah is running on an agenda that forces politicians to serve Iowans rather than their own personal interests: term limits, a complete ban on members of Congress trading stocks, and a requirement that members of Congress hold open, in-person town halls where constituents can look them in the eye and be heard.
Sarah has already done that work in this campaign. She has held a town hall in all 21 counties of the Third District. During his two terms in Congress, Zach Nunn has never held a single public town hall, dismissing them as “taxpayer-funded protest events.” Sarah introduced legislation in the Iowa Senate to institute term limits and to ban politicians and their staff from trading stocks, and she’ll do the same in Congress.
“My faith teaches me that you show up and you listen,” said Sarah Trone Garriott. “That’s what I do as a pastor, and it’s what I do as an elected official. It’s not complicated, but too many politicians in Washington have forgotten who they work for. Zach Nunn hasn’t held a single town hall while in Congress, and Iowans deserve a representative who answers to them. That’s why I’m running to put term limits in place, ban politicians from trading stocks, and make members of Congress hold real town halls and face the people they represent.”
Trone Garriott, an ordained Lutheran minister and former hospital chaplain, has built a legislative record of working across the aisle on issues affecting Iowa families, including cutting taxes, prescription drug costs, and child care costs. As a state senator, she holds regular town halls, has knocked on thousands of doors, and gives out her personal phone number to constituents.
“Quick” begins airing this week on broadcast television in Iowa’s Third District.
Transcript:
In scripture, it’s taught to be quick to listen and slow to speak.Well, Congress could stand to hear a verse or two.I’m Sarah Trone Garriott, as a Lutheran Minister and a State Senator, I make listening a priority, and what I hear is people are hurting.And Washington isn’t helping. That costs us. That’s why I say it’s time to pass term limits, require town halls, and ban politicians from trading stocks. That’s a message I definitely approve.
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