3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress, a snapshot of a national trend
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Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor and Iowa state senator, celebrates communion at Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor and Iowa state senator, right, attends an Iftar dinner at the Es Selam Mosque in Granger, Iowa on Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)Rev. Rae Huang, a Presbyterian minister and member of the Democratic Socialists of America who is challenging Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, poses for a portrait in Culver City, Calif. on Tuesday March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)FILE - James Talarico, a Texas Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during an event in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Brenda Bazan, File)FILE - Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, reacts during a prayer service for Coretta Scott King at the new Ebenezer Church on Auburn Ave. in Atlanta Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Ebenezer Pastor Rev. Raphael Warnock is at left. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)
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Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor and Iowa state senator, celebrates communion at Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)