The Republican State Central Committee
As you all know, I’m not a fan of the new Executive Director of the Republican Party of Iowa. Some had insinuated that I must have a personal grudge against Jim Anderson. I don’t. The biggest problem with the pick of Anderson is [...]
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 [...]
Odd: The handful of people who criticized me for my article about Jim Anderson yesterday.
Here is what I don’t understand. People are demanding transparency from their government, but when I shed a little light on what’s going on over at the Republican Party of Iowa, some people [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Former Senate Majority Leader and Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Stewart Iverson is considering a run against Rep. McKinley Bailey, a conservative Democrat.
“I’m not going to make any decisions until probably sometime after the first of the year,” Iverson, 59, said today. “If I were to [...]
I thought they were going to start firing staff for on-air flubs?
I hadn’t been paying attention to the semantics but it’s no surprise that the Republican party’s cable network would try to assert that George W. Bush’s tenure began after September 11th and that the Fort Hood shootings constituted a [...]
Earlier today, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn joined Rep. Chris Hagenow and Rep. Matt Windschitl to announce The Liberty Agenda. The Liberty Agenda consists of three elements.
Allow Iowans to vote of the definition of marriage.
Restore the number of State Troopers to the pre-1998 [...]
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, [...]
In his recent spam letters to the editor to newspaper publications in Johnson County, County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek tried to influence people and imtimidate others.
The Sheriff of Johnson county made some blatantly false accusations against a law-abiding resident of Johnson County and members of the local Republican party, and he intentionally used his title [...]
Statement from Bob Anderson, Chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party:
"The untimely death of Larry Meyers, a member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, was followed by the appointment of a replacement supervisor by a three person committee consisting of Auditor Tom Slockett (D), Assessor Kim Painter (D), and" [...]
Caught five minutes today while running to Subway due to an unexpected work break, as I’m not usually on the road when he’s on.
So Genius Republican Party Leader tells me that Democrats want terrorists kept prisoner in the U.S. because that means more prison guards. Union member prison guards, [...]
Calling it a “clear threat to national security,” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn called on U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, to oppose a plan to house transferred Guantanamo detainees in Illinois.
A nearly-empty Illinois prison near the Mississippi River on the border with Braley’s Iowa district is among U.S. [...]
RPI Chair Strawn Calls on Braley to Reverse Support for Housing Guantanamo Detainees along Iowa Border.
Amid weekend reports that a prison complex mere miles from Iowa is emerging as the leading contender to house Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainees, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn called on [...]
State Representative Chris Rants accused former Governor Terry Branstad of wanting to raise the state’s gas tax Saturday night. Rants made the accusation at a Dubuque County Republican Party event.
Rants began his five minute speech by saying that he had had a difficult day. Rants [...]
Got a tip (thanks, Cliff Tufty) of a Sioux City native running for major political office, as 1965 Central High graduate John Munger is running for governor in Arizona. Munger has firm roots in Republican Party politics, as his father, [...]
The Republican Party should steer clear of infighting and focus on the fiscal issues that unite them, former New York Gov. George Pataki told the Associated Press on the eve of a speech in Iowa.
Pataki was the keynote speaker at the Scott County Republican Party’s Ronald Reagan Dinner [...]
I’ve just wrapped a second-day piece on the announcement that 2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will bring her “Going Rogue” booksigning tour to Sioux City. It will be her only Iowa appearance, so many Siouxlanders are pumped to see Palin. I spoke [...]
Sarah Palin is scheduled to make her first appearance in Iowa since the 2008 presidential campaign with a stop in Sioux City Dec. 6 aimed at promoting her new book, according to the bookstore promoting the visit.
However, Republican Party officials were unaware of any political plans in the works Monday, [...]
Saturday’s Republican Party of Iowa fall fundraiser provided the first opportunity to see all six Republican gubernatorial candidates share the same stage and make their case to the assembled audience. While former governor Terry Branstad has been in the race for almost a month now, this [...]
Former Governor Terry [...]
