Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty participated in a conference call with Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn this morning. Governor Pawlenty serves as vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association and talked about the Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia last night.
Pawlenty, who many believe is preparing for [...]
I feel bad for Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate who ran in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. He wanted to be the Republican candidate, but the 11 Republican county chairs instead chose to nominate Dede Scozzafava, a liberal Republican, who stood in opposition to almost everything in [...]
Voters in Maine overturned legislation yesterday that would have allowed same-sex marriage. Votersyes on 1 rejected same-sex marriage 52 to 47 percent, despite being outspent two-to-one. The saying “as goes Maine, so goes the nation” might be a predictor for how Iowa voters would chose if our [...]
By Emily Geiger
Long-time Des Moines City Councilman Tom Vlassis is facing a run-off election because he failed to get 50% of the vote in his district.
Some may be shocked by this, but not if your memory is long enough to remember back to the CIETC scandal.
This [...]
Republicans Pick up Two Gubernatorial Seats
Just one year ago, the political pundits and even some Republicans claimed that conservatism was dead following Barack Obama’s 28 state victory. Those same pundits declared that a major political realignment had taken place, and that the Republican Party was essentially the [...]
Four Republican gubernatorial candidates attended the Crawford and Ida County Barnstorming for Governor last night. 100 people were in attendance to listen to the candidates and cast their vote on who they preferred.
The Results are as follows:
Vander Plaats: 33%
Rants: 28%
Fong: 21%
Roberts: 18%
KTIV TV 4 from Sioux City [...]
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