By Art Smith. Posted Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 11:54 pm Filed Under: 2008 Local Elections, Iowa Politics
Following are updates on races that are particularly important to Iowa:
Tom Harkin (D) is reelected to the US Senate.
Bruce Braley (D) reelected as Iowa District 1 US Congressman.
Dave Loebsack (D) reelected as Iowa District 2 US Congressman.
Leonard Boswell (D) reelected as Iowa District 3 US Congressman.
Tom Latham (R) is reelected as Iowa District 4 US Congressman.
Steve King (R) reelected as Iowa District 5 US Congressman.
Iowa Constitution Amendment passed.
Bill McCarthy (D) reelected as Polk Country Sheriff.
The Iowa State House and Senate races are still not all settled at this writing. However, it appears that Democrats like have a majority in both houses again.
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Nov 2, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 11:46 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, Iowa, Iowa Politics, Leonard Boswell
Yes, I am specifically attached to this race since I live in the district currently served by Leonard Boswell (D).
Leonard came into office in 1997. When he first entered Congress, he promised that he would serve no more than 4 terms. He has served 6 already. He votes along party lines over 95% of the time. Although he has supported President Bush on some key bills that served a more conservative agenda, he also voted with Bush on the $700 Billion Bailout. Reviewing his record, he appears to be both socially and fiscally moderate to slightly liberal.
Kim Schmett (R) has served as the chief administrative law judge with the Iowa Department of Inspections and[...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:31 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Ann Coulter, Blogging, Gardening, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Politics, John McCain, Leonard Boswell, McGehee, Primaries, Weather
Just a few reflections on the day…
Politics:
News reports put Hillary ending her campaign on Friday or Saturday. As usual, I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s sad that Hillary has had such a hard time concluding her campain:
“We pledged to support her to the end,” said Representative Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat [...]
Today is the day we decide who will represent our parties for non-Presidential offices. Where I live (West Des Moines, Iowa District 3) we have only one race that matters for Republicans today (US Senate seat, to run against Tom Harkin… 3 candidates in the Primary: Steve Rathje, Christopher Reed, and George Eichhorn), and I [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:30 pm Filed Under: America is Great
This morning was the annual Iowa Prayer Breakfast. I was invited by a friend of mine this year, and having never attended before I was interested in seeing what really transpired there.
It turned out to be a good opportunity to reconnect with a few people, wonderful music provide by Faith Baptist Bible College Chorale, [...]
I had the privilege of participating as a delegate to my first Republican Polk County (Iowa) convention. It was a great experience. We ended up with significantly more people than expected (usually 50% of the elected delegates show up, we had about 70%+) which had a big impact on our start time and [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Jan 27, 2008 at 10:30 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, Des Moines Register, GOMLP, Iowa, Iowa Politics, Leonard Boswell, McGehee, Other Bloggers, Republican Party, Tom Harkin, US Politics
I am amazed that the Republican Party in Iowa is intent on rolling over so easily this year. In a story in today’s Des Moines Register, we find out that party leaders and potential candidates have essentially decided it’s not worth the effort to put up a race against Leonard Boswell (Democrat-Iowa 3rd District [...]
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