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Earlier this week, Republicans announced that Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds would deliver the official GOP response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech on Tuesday.
But in search of more information about Reynolds, I reached out to Brianne Pfannenstiel, the chief politics reporter at the Des Moines Register. Our conversation -- conducted via email and lightly edited for flow -- is below.
Cillizza: Why Reynolds? What appealed to national Republicans about her?

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











