According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Iowa is only one of four states with a legislature divided between Democrats and Republicans in the aftermath of the 2012 election. That was surprising to me. The national picture: In 20 of the past 28 presidential-cycle elections, the party winning the White House has gained [...]
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Yup, says desmoinsdem over at Bleeding Heartland. Republicans survived with a 53-47 majority, down from 60-40 going into the election, but seven races won by GOP candidates were decided by only about 1,200 votes: Susan Judkins trails by 22 votes in Iowa House district 43 (though there’s a small chance a recount could change [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — For some Iowans, voting can be as quick and simple as filling in one little oval. For people who want to vote a straight-ticket — vote for all the Democrats or all the Republicans on the ballot — they can simply fill in one oval near the top of their ballot [...]
continue »So A.J. Spiker, the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa – with its first-in-the-nation caucuses still in the shop, its leadership firmly in the hands of Ron Paul backers, an alternative form of government tempting its candidates to join a shadow U.S. Senate and its coffers filling with cobwebs – has decided to change [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Dozens of local Republican volunteers held a ceremony for the opening of the party’s “Victory Office” as part of a “Super Saturday” effort, which included canvassing neighborhoods and calling residents for surveys. Republican Ben Lange addressed the crowd at Saturday’s event on Collins Road, emphasizing the “power of the individual” as opposed [...]
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