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Photos: The view from Senate District 18
The national buzz on Iowa’s upcoming special election in Senate District 18 may be focused on the future of civil marriage, but you’d never know it from the candidate outreach to local residents....
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Updated: Boswell, IDP respond to Crossroads ad
The Iowa Democratic Party struck back at Crossroads GPS today, a 501(c)4 organization that’s begun running ads against U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Des Moines). Meanwhile, Boswell’s campaign is asking...
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Branstad: Scott Walker and I aren’t anti-worker
Gov. Terry Branstad says statements from the Iowa Democratic Party that he and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are “anti-worker” aren’t fair, claiming they both inherited difficult fiscal situations when...
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Crossroads uses local report to further attack Boswell
Noting The Iowa Independent’s report on the Iowa Democratic Party’s and U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell’s responses to a new attack ad, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative group continued to press for...
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Danielson: Branstad appointing major donors ‘par for the course’
Gov. Terry Branstad’s appointees to two state economic development boards – and their companies’ political committees – contributed more than $216,000 to his 2010 campaign. But Branstad’s spokesman...
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Crossroads continuing to run ads targeting Boswell, Obama
Crossroads GPS, a conservative policy and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., continues to buy ads in the Des Moines TV market. An examination of public files shows the group has spent...
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Mathis still outraising Golding in SD 18
Iowa Senate District 18 Democratic candidate Liz Mathis raked in $64,306 between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1 and took in-kind contributions worth $269,898, outraising Republican Cindy Golding. Golding raised...
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Branstad: GOP faces ‘uphill battle’ in SD 18
Terry BranstadGov. Terry Branstad says the Republican candidate in a Nov. 8 Iowa Senate special election faces “an uphill battle” and cautioned that special elections “are not much an indicator” for...
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Mathis wins, Democrats maintain Senate control
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012. Liz Mathis, 43, won a clear victory in a special election Tuesday by earning 13,184...
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Politics profs: Mathis’s victory shows importance of name, money, ground game
The victory of Democrat Liz Mathis in an Iowa Senate District 18 special election revealed a number of things in advance of the 2012 general election, political experts say: Democrats can win tight...
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