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  We are asking for volunteers at Headquarters! It is important to get every Republican to the polls this year. We have some GREAT local candidates and they need your votes to win. McCain/Palin have a different kind of battle with all of the ACORN shenanigans.As a side note there are [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2008, 1:32pm EDT
  

• Saturday, October 25, 2008Jo Co Fall Beef ...

  Saturday, October 25, 2008Jo Co Fall Beef Bar-B-Q Hello Republican Friends,We are coming to the end of the 2008 election season. Currently our loyal and faithful volunteere are phoning, College Republicans are door knocking and yard signs are "sprouting" on our streets! We will celebrate these efforts, and kick off [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2008, 1:24pm EDT
  

• The Judicial Juggernaut

  By: Republican US Senate Candidate Steve RathjeFor months now the United States Senate has been gridlocked over judicial nominations. People can blow a lot of hot air blaming one side of the isle or the other. The fact is, however, that in the end it is not one political party [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2008, 5:40pm EDT
  

• Republican Party of Iowa: Statement on Culver's veto of the collective bargaining bill

  Statement from Caleb Hunter – Executive Director, Republican Party of Iowa. “Today the Governor vetoed one of the worst bills to come out of the Iowa Legislature in decades. Despite organized labor’s contribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars to Legislative Democrats and their candidates, the people of Iowa spoke [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2008, 5:35pm EDT
  

• Republican George Eichhorn launches bid for U.S. Senate with endorsements from top Republican leaders throughout Iowa

  DES MOINES -- Former Republican Representative George Eichhorn is officially kicking off his bid for the United States Senate today by releasing a list of top Republican leaders from across Iowa who have endorsed his candidacy. Eichhorn, an attorney and accomplished legislator who grew up in Davenport, owned a law [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2008, 12:45pm EDT
  

• Vote-by-Mail Ballots

  The primary election is a little less than 6 weeks away.Beginning today you can request a 'vote-by-mail' ballot, so if you believe there is a chance you may not make it to the polls on June 3rd, get a vote-by-mail ballot.Even if you just like the convenience of voting early [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2008, 11:14am EDT
  

• U.S. Sen. Grassley: Statement re: South Korea on U.S. beef

  Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, made the following comment in response to today’s announcement that South Korea will reopen its market to all imports of U.S. beef products. “I’m pleased that South Korea has agreed to reopen its market to [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2008, 12:35pm EDT
  

• Nemecek announces run for Iowa House

  MOUNT VERNON -- Republican Emma Nemecek has announced that she will seek election to the Iowa House of Representatives’ District 29, which includes eastern and southern Linn County, and rural Johnson County. Democrat Ro Foege, the currect representative for District 29, announced last month that he will not be seeking [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 6:04pm EDT
  

• $32 million tax increase

  Newspapers across the state blared the above headline Thursday morning, as taxes will again be raised in Iowa. That’s right – over $400 million in total tax increases, and counting, so far.The latest measure would eliminate the local option sales tax for schools, and replace it with a statewide penny [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2008, 12:05pm EDT
  

• Republican Party of Iowa: Iowa passes first major test to remain first in presidential nominating contest

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Stewart Iverson today praised the Republican National Committee’s rules committee for passing what’s called the “Ohio Plan,” which would keep Iowa first in the presidential nominating process. The plan, passed this morning in Albuquerque at a meeting of the Republican Rules Committee, [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2008, 2:57pm EDT
  

• Weathering the Financial Storm

  By U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaAs a greater share of take-home pay gets spent on fuel and food, more families are wondering what’s yet in store at the pump and the grocery store. How will household budgets withstand the forces driving up consumer costs and gobbling up a bigger [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2008, 11:39am EDT
  

• Loebsack Disappoints Again....

  In what is becoming a far too familiar storyline since being elected, contrary to promises he and other Democrats made before taking office, Rep. David Loebsack today defended the secretive Congressional earmark spending process. Loebsack also stated that "he had not decided" whether or not to publically disclose the earmarks [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2008, 11:31am EDT
  

• Remember the number 6

  Remember the number "6" during this campaign season and spread the word: "Six" meaning the potential US Supreme Court Justices who may be replaced in the next Presidential term..... WE NEED TO GET THE VOTE OUT, AND GET EVERYONE ON BOARD! [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
  

• Success and Enthusiasm Shared at 5th Annual Spaghetti Dinner

  The Johnson County Republican Central Committee hosted its fifth annual spaghetti dinner at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, featuring an array of speakers. An estimated crowd of about 150 people enthusiastically listened to a large number of political candidates for office and party officials, giving the who, what, where, when, and [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2008, 2:53pm EDT
  

• Rathje's Name Will Be on June Ballot

  Cedar Rapids businessman Steve Rathje filed papers with the Iowa Secretary of State's office last week to be an official candidate for the United States Senate."This is really just a formality," said Rathje. "I have been campaigning for two years now. I have crossed the state meeting voters and talking'" [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2008, 8:32pm EDT
  

• 2008 Caucus Locations Available

  The list of locations for the 2008 Republican Caucuses on January 3, 2008 is now available here. [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2007, 8:32pm EST
  

• FairTax Bus Tour Coming to Area!

  On behalf of all of us at Americans for FairTaxation, I want to invite all of you to come to the Dare To Be Fair Bus Tour event that will be held in nearby Marengo on Tuesday, Aug 7th, from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.The Marengo event will be held on [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2007, 10:54am EDT
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Dogs Registered to Vote...Shows Flawed Voter Registration System

  A woman in Seattle, Washington has made a very eloquent point to prove that relaxation of voter registration laws can lead to potential abuse and fraud.Jane Balogh, who owns an Australian shepard-terrier mix she has named "Duncan M. McDonald"..decided that she was going to make a statement about how easy [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2007, 8:36am EDT
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Loebsack--Defends Ethics Challenged Murtha

  Once again, the freshman Congressman from Iowa's 2nd District has managed to find a way to avoid keeping the campaign promises that he made to voters in the 2nd District.Yesterday, on a vote of 219-189, Democrats in the House voted to table a resolution that would have reprimanded Rep. Jack' [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 2:29pm EDT
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Endorse Clinton...Get Your Bills Paid!

  Former Governor Tom Vilsack is "reaping" the reward of endorsing his previous opponent for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton.Clinton's campaign has agreed to pay off over $400,000 in campaign debt accumulated by Tom Vilsack in his embarassingly short presidential campaign.A Clinton spokesman says that suggestions of a quid' [...]
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  Posted: March 28, 2007, 8:05am EDT
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Tancredo Visits Johnson County

  Johnson County Republicans hosted their Fourth Annual Spring Spaghetti Dinner last night with special guest, Congressman Tom Tancredo. You can see the Press-Citizen's report here. [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2007, 11:04am EDT
  by Cornfield Commentator

• An Inconvenient Hypocrite

  As I'm sure you all saw..former VP Al Gore's "documentary" An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature on Sunday.However, as with most things related to Al Gore, the truth behind the facade is well, inconvenient for the former VP.Gore has been one of the more vocal leaders [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2007, 12:31am EST
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Chairman Keettel Profiled in Press-Citizen

  If you missed it, check out the Press-Citizen's profile of our newly elected Johnson County Republican Party Chairman, Bill Keettel. [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2007, 11:00am EST
  by Cornfield Commentator

• Loebsack--King of Freshman PAC Money

  The newly elected Representative from the 2nd District, Dave Loebsack managed to earn a unique distinction amongst his fellow freshman representatives in Congress: Between Election Day and his swearing in, Loebsack took in over $67,000 in political action committee (PAC) donations.These donations come on the heels of Loebsack's calls during' [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2007, 11:12am EST
  by Cedar Waxwing

• Pelosi Exempts Home-Town Business from Min Wage

  Well our friends on the left have once again shown their true colors. New Speaker Nanci Pelosi has decided to can ethics and exempt a company based in her district from having to comply with the proposed increase in the minimum wage.StarKist Tuna owned by DelMonte Corporation has a tuna [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 7:27pm EST
  by Cedar Waxwing

• WH-08: Ron Paul forms exploratory committee

  Ron Paul, GOP congressman from Texas, filed his papers Thursday. It's not his first try for the White House; he ran as the Libertarian Candidate in 1988 before joining the Republican Party: Kent Snyder, the chairman of Paul's exploratory committee and a former staffer on Paul's Libertarian campaign, said the congressman [...]
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  Posted: January 13, 2007, 7:26pm EST
  by G.O.C.

• Early caucus paranoia/Vilsack's lame governorship

  Krusty and his kommenters demonstrate some McCain-Romney-(Huckabee?) conspiracy theories in one of today's threads. Well actually in more than one thread. I guess that's what blogs are for anyway, eh? Whatever way you swing, it makes for some fun reading. State29 has a great post about our outgoing governor's record: Appointing Michael [...]
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  Posted: January 10, 2007, 8:37pm EST
  by G.O.C.

• Nick Ryan interview at Hotline

  I think this is the most interesting question: HOTLINE: How much danger is there that the Iowa GOP is becoming a regional party within the state? [...]
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  Posted: December 28, 2006, 2:39pm EST
  by G.O.C.