On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast: A gubernatorial candidate, first-in-the-nation, and Trump’s return.

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day's deadlines have been met.

This week’s show is hosted by The Gazette’s James Lynch and features Lee Newspaper Statehouse Bureau Chief Erin Murphy and Gazette Opinion Editor Todd Dorman.

The show was produced by Stephen M. Colbert, and the music heard on the podcast is courtesy of Copperhead and Imperfekt.