Latham Tips His Hand?

By Craig Robinson

Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report has noticed that Congressman Tom Latham has officially changed the name of his campaign committee.

Republican Rep. Tom Latham is changing the name of his campaign committee from “Latham for Congress” to “Iowans for Latham” ahead of a potential run for the U.S. Senate. The change could be filed with the Federal Election Committee as soon as this evening, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The name change was made official on Monday. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened in Iowa. In 2004, Congressman Jim Nussle rebranded his committee name in advance of a 2006 gubernatorial bid. Nussle never made an official name change of his committee, but he rebranded it from Nussle for Congress to Nussle for Iowa.

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Craig Robinson

Craig Robinson serves as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheIowaRepublican.com. Prior to founding Iowa's largest conservative news site, Robinson served as the Political Director of the Republican Party of Iowa during the 2008 Iowa Caucuses. In that capacity, Robinson planned and organized the largest political event in 2007, the Iowa Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa. Robinson also organized the 2008 Republican caucuses in Iowa, and was later dispatched to Nevada to help with the caucuses there. Robinson cut his teeth in Iowa politics during the 2000 caucus campaign of businessman Steve Forbes and has been involved with most major campaigns in the state since then. His extensive political background and rolodex give him a unique perspective from which to monitor the political pulse of Iowa.

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