Michael Kiernan
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan has called for Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley to apologize for his comments about children with special needs.
McKinley made the comments Tuesday in a meeting with The Des Moines Register.
Here’s the statement Kiernan just released:
State Sen. Paul McKinley [...]
DES MOINES – Vice President Joe Biden took on critics of the Obama administration in a forceful speech to Democratic activists in Des Moines Saturday.
Appearing at a fundraising dinner for Iowa Democratic Party, Biden pointed to the economic challenges he and President Obama faced when they were sworn into [...]
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver took the stage at HyVee Hall to the Rolling Stones’ classic “Start Me Up.”
Here’s the list of tunes played for some of the other speakers as they approached the podium at the state Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman, Michael [...]
Democrats laughed nervously at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines tonight as periodic crashes of dishes hitting the cement floor interrupted the program.
At one point, a tray of dishes — packed with grilled pork, chicken, vegetables and potatoes — hit the floor, prompting Iowa Democratic Party [...]
Michael Kiernan, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, just introduced the Democrats who lead the Iowa House and Senate, statewide elected officials such as Attorney General Tom Miller, U.S. House members and Gov. Chet Culver.
Most, including Culver, are running for election in 2010. When the introductions culminated with Culver’s welcome [...]
The first in a long line of speakers at the Iowa Democratic Party’s 2009 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner will soon take the stage at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.
At this point, attendees are still milling about, and organizers are urging those in attendance to take their seats. Speakers include U.S. Reps. Bruce [...]
If you'd like to watch online, the IDP will be livestreaming the proceedings here, beginning at 6:30 pm central.
Senator Tom Harkin [...]
The Register’s Kathie Obradovich reports that U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin will not make it to the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner in person tomorrow night because he’ll be busy trying to pass health care reform in Washington, D.C. In his absence, the party will play a video greeting from [...]
TheIowaRepublican.com will Cover Vice President Joe Biden visit to Iowa LIVE
While the political divide that exists between Republicans and Democrats is wide, the political community in Iowa is still rather small. When the Iowa Democratic Party announced that Vice President Joe Biden would be headlining their [...]
