A Rasmussen poll released Monday found that while the GOP has been trending ahead of the Democratic Party of late in generic head-to-head matchups, if voters are given the option to vote for a Tea Party, the Republicans drop to fourth place.
The poll found that 36 percent favor a [...]
Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today announced Jim Anderson was confirmed by the Republican State Central Committee as the party’s new executive director. Anderson comes to the Iowa GOP from the Republican National Committee in Washington, DC, where he served as the RNC’s Deputy [...]
CORALVILLE, IA. -- The race is on, Lori Cardella is the Republican nominee for county supervisor in the January 19 special election. Cardella won the nomination in a unanimous vote among 43 delegates at the GOP convention held at the Coralville library today.
Cardella gave an invigorating speech to a crowd [...]
Republican accusations that the Senate health reform bill will hurt Medicare recipients by making drastic cuts to the program are “fear tactics,” U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday.
“I’m sad to see that our Republican colleagues have resorted to fear tactics in a desperate attempt to preserve the dysfunctional, costly [...]
The Onion, a farce news Web site, has reported that Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley has “perhaps irrevocably” damaged the ability of his Republican peers to pick up women at bars.
Grassley, this week, answered a question about his participation in federal farm subsidy programs on C-SPAN as [...]
I’m about to wrap up interviewing for a preview of the Sarah Palin stop in Sioux City Sunday. Talking to Republicans has shown some reluctance to tap her as the best GOP presidential candidate for 2012. South Dakota State Rep. Dan Lederman of Dakota Dunes said [...]
In an interview with the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, former Gov. Terry Branstad said those who say he’s not conservative enough for the Republican Party “don’t know me.”
One of Branstad’s rivals for the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nomination was quick to respond, saying the former governor’s critics know him all too [...]
SIOUX CITY, IA. -- Republican candidate for governor Bob Vander Plaats issued the following statement this morning in response to Cedar Rapids businessman Christian Fong’s decision to suspend his candidacy for the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nomination:
“I’ve grown to appreciate Christian’s grace, wit and intelligence during the [...]
Troy Price, a spokesman for Gov. Chet Culver, issued a statement today, saying Republicans failed to offer solutions during an online interview with The Des Moines Register.
Josie Albrecht, a spokeswoman for the Iowa House Republicans issued the following response:
“Republicans have laid out a detailed agenda for [...]
One of the first people to enter the race for the Republican Party nomination for the 2010 Iowa gubernatorial position was Cedar Rapids insurance executive Christian Fong, who hails from Underwood in western Iowa. Fong was the only thirtysomething in the field and he made his [...]
Although it might be difficult to imagine talk of potential health care reform and climate change legislation getting bumped from the nation’s front pages, the foundation for the next partisan cage match is already being built — and Iowa’s own U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is getting in on the ground [...]
Republican candidate for governor Christian Fong announced today he has suspended his campaign for governor.
The 32-year-old Cedar Rapids businessman said he will no longer campaign for the 2010 GOP nomination for governor, but plans to stay “involved in the process, even if it’s not as a formal candidate for governor.”
Fong [...]
Story County Treasurer David Jamison is announcing his campaign for State Treasurer today. Jamison, a long-time GOP activist, has served as the Story County Treasurer for 15 years, but now, he has his sights set on becoming the Treasurer of the State of Iowa. To do [...]
WHAT: GOP primary race to face liberal Dave Loebsack, current U.S. Congressman representing Iowa's Second District.
WHO #1: Solon native and Cedar Rapids businessman Christopher Reed officially announced his candidacy to face Dave "Pelosi Parrot" Loebshack on November 5th. Reed is holding an event this weekend featuring Former Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter [...]
Former Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse criticized Gov. Chet Culver and the Republicans hoping to unseat him in 2010, but remained coy about whether he will challenge the governor in a Democratic primary.
Jonathan Narcisse
Narcisse was speaking to Dave Price, reporter for Des Moines [...]
GOP Gubernatorial candidate Chris Rants is worried that the Republican primary for governor is simply going to be a name ID and popularity contest, not a vigorous debate about the issues facing the state. In an effort to get people to focus on various [...]
Just some random stuff I’m looking at on the world wide web (doesn’t it sound really corny when people say that?).
James Delingpole: Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? Iowa GOP Gubernatorial Candidates on Taxes – Christian Fong and Chris Rants [...]The National Republican Senatorial Committee is calling foul on Democrat Roxanne Conlin, saying she is trying to have it both ways on the issue of taking donations from lobbyists and political action committees.
Conlin has repeatedly said she will not accept donations from lobbyists or PACs, and Tuesday called on the [...]
Dear Editor:
I am writing to you to take vigorous public exception to the inflamatory remarks made by Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek. My criticism is on several levels. They are as follows:
1) Sheriff Pulkrabek objects to the estimated cost of a special election. As the right to vote is central to a [...]
Iowa Christian Alliance President and Republican National Committee member Steve Scheffler is among 10 co-sponsors of a resolution being circulated that aims to impose a conservative litmus test on potential GOP candidates.
The resolution, dubbed a “purity test” by the media, became public Monday. It lists 10 positions Republican candidates should [...]
Many Siouxlanders recall the time when Greg Lund was the popular KCAU-TV evening anchor. Lund’s two-decade Channel 9 stint ended when he left in 1997 to work for Gateway computers, where he eventually became senior manager of corporate communications.
Lund’s son Andrew Lund is pushing Republican Party ideals, [...]
It’s not surprising that some in the Republican Party want to make sure candidates who run under the party banner align well with party principles. In a time when the New York Congressional candidate for a special election was seen as too moderate and the longtime GOP seat was lost, [...]
Former Gov. Terry Branstad’s endorsement of Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., in 2000 helped him win his seat and eventually allowed him to join fellow Democrats in moving their health care reform bill forward, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats said Monday.
“Ben Nelson gave Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid [...]
