The ongoing war in Iran is putting Iowa Republicans in a bind, as rising gas and diesel prices hammer the agricultural sector and put incumbents on increasingly difficult political terrain.  

The strain on Iowa Republicans from the war was on stark display Tuesday, when two Iowa Republicans, Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller Meeks, who are both in toss-up House races, moved to support a Democratic measure directing President Donald Trump to end the war immediately.