It has been about a week since Sarah Trone Garriott became the US representative-elect for Iowa’s third congressional district, but the minister turned politician—one of several elected to Congress in the midterms—is already focusing on what she plans to do when she gets to Capitol Hill in January.
“We have such a great new group of people coming into government,” Garriott said in an interview. “We’re going to be able to do some really wonderful things together.”
She still doesn’t know whether she will mention her reverend title in official congressional press releases—“What do other folks do?” she responded when asked—but she was quick to outline her legislative priorities: pass bills that could halt President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, end the war in Iran, strengthen the Affordable Care Act, support rural hospitals, and invest in child care and education.
