The Iowa Electronic Markets has opened a Congressional control prediction market, giving traders the opportunity to predict the party alignment of Congress after next year's mid-term elections.
Three markets are open on the Congressional control market. In two of them, traders can buy and sell contracts that will predict whether the [...]
Turning out to be junkie week QCI-ders... here's a few more things... because I know you're jonesing for some more randomnous.
By Emily Geiger
In case you didn’t know, today is actually an election day. That’s right, there are several municipal run-off elections taking place today, including one that could potentially unseat a living legend of the Des Moines City Council, Tom Vlassis.
And by “living legend,” I mean living [...]
State Sen. Brad Zaun, an Urbandale Republican, filed paperwork today with the Federal Elections Commission to seek the U.S. House Seat in Iowa’s 3rd District.
Zaun is the third Republican to take steps toward mounting a potential challenge to Leonard Boswell, a seven-term Des Moines Democrat.
Zaun is a former Urbandale mayor [...]
The even-year November elections have been very interesting in South Dakota lately, and will be again in 2010. Word today is that the new state smoking ban will be referred to voters in November 2010 after bar and [...]
This afternoon Governor Sarah Palin was on Sean Hannity’s Radio show for about 15-16 minutes. Talked the health care bill, the Obama administration, Ronald Reagan, made a reference to “lamestream media,” federal deficits, 2010 elections, government spending, political party machines, and 2012.
She [...]
When Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie won gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey earlier this month, Republicans nationwide became optimistic about their chances to make huge gains in the 2010 elections. It’s easy to understand their excitement. The last time Republicans won both the [...]
Up and down the ballot, Republicans have favorable matchups in next fall’s general elections. The top of Republican ballot will feature U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley and a gubernatorial candidate who will emerge from a hard fought primary to face the unpopular and weak incumbent governor, Chet Culver.
While [...]
The Democrats swept two elections across the country, in the West and the South, because they stopped being afraid of being Democrats. As a general rule, Democrats who do their best to impersonate Republicans don’t win races. Democrats who stand up and make the case for voting for a Democrat [...]
After the 1994 Congressional elections, the late Peter Jennings infamously declared that the country had a "temper tantrum". This was after 54 seats in the House of Representatives went from Democrat to Republican, and gave Republicans majority control for the first time in 40 years.
According to political strategist Charlie Cook, [...]
McKinley Withdraws From Gubernatorial Race, Remains Focused on Winning Back Iowa Senate Majority
2010 elections provide tremendous opportunities for Republicans up and down the ballot
Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) today announced he is withdrawing his candidacy to be the next governor of Iowa and will continue [...]
Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today.
Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five-term Republican Chuck Grassley, [...]
