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Posted at March 12, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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Former Speaker Pro Tem Danny Carroll is running for Iowa House of Representatives again. Carroll, once labeled a rising star in Republican circle was decisively trounced by State Rep Eric Palmer in 2006. This was despite Carroll running a dirty campaign that included push polls and libelous mailings. Carroll was also discredited when it was […]
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Posted at March 3, 2008 at 9:59 pm
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John Deeth has a rather exhaustive rundown of what candidates have filed for state and federal office this year in Iowa but it’s worth noting two interesting trends that have emerged so far and what ramifications this might have for the 2008 election.
The first is that three Democratic candidates have filed in the primary for […]
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Posted at February 25, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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Polly Granzow, the Republican State Representative from House District 44, comprising Hardin County and most of Marshall County outside of Marshalltown, is not running for re-election in 2008. This combined with Larry McKibben’s decision not to seek re-election in the Senate District that includes all of Marshall and Hardin Counties, puts local Republicans in a […]
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Posted at February 16, 2008 at 4:47 pm
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While Christopher Rants proclaimed that Iowa House Republicans will regain their majority as the party of health care and education, the two leading staffers at the Republican Party of Iowa were fired by new Chairman Stu Iverson. While Iowa Republicans had a mixed record in 2004 and a colossal collapse in 2006, it doesn’t help […]
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Posted at February 15, 2008 at 12:36 am
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Century of Common Iowan is reporting that Larry McKibben, the incumbent Republican State Senator in Marshall and Hardin Counties will not be running for re-election. When Iowa Progress ranked the top opportunities for Democrats to pick up seats in the State Senate last year, McKibben was listed as the most vulnerable Republican.
Of the eight Republicans […]
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Posted at December 28, 2007 at 1:24 am
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As part of the minimum wage increase that was passed by the Iowa State Legislature last year, Iowa’s minimum wage will go up from $6.20 to $7.25 on January 1st. This marks one of the many advances made in Des Moines during the last legislative session when Democrats finally controlled both chambers of the Iowa […]
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Posted at December 19, 2007 at 1:53 pm
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I’m sorry, but State Sen. Matt McCoy–whom I used to respect–keeps making real dunderhead-like moves and is seriously making me reconsider my opinion of him. The fact that the IECDB is now investigating campaign contributions that he may have funneled to Mike Blouin (during the gubernatorial primary in 05-06) for John Ruan only complicates […]
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Posted at December 13, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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Amidst the furor surrounding the Democratic debate in Johnston it looks like State Sen. Matt McCoy has been found not guilty to charges of attempted extortion. The Register’s early coverage of the verdict is here. Looks like his lawyer was Jerry Crawford, one of Clinton’s big backers here in Iowa. I guess […]
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Posted at November 29, 2007 at 2:15 pm
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First-term Rep. Dan Clute of Clive has decided he won’t be running for re-election in 2008. He says that a new job is what led him to choose the option. I’m sure being a new member of the minority party in the House didn’t help either.
That makes the list of Republicans in the […]
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Posted at October 15, 2007 at 2:44 pm
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