Posts Tagged ‘Iowa GOP’

Well-placed sources tell TheIowaRepublican.com that Sarah Palin is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Ronald Reagan Dinner on Friday, September 17th.  The state party is slated to release more details about the event tomorrow. The visit would be Palin’s first visit to Iowa since making a brief stop ... Full story

The Governor Branstad 2010 campaign today released the following statement from Branstad 2010 campaign manager Jeff Boeyink regarding the latest Moody’s report allegedly showing Iowa as the second-lowest per capita debt state in the country. The problem? They didn’t bother to factor in I-Jobs. In response, Boeyink stated: This report gives a significantly distorted view ... Full story

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about someone who has been sending out a bunch of RPI hate mail with my name on it. I think I now have a good idea of where all this crap is coming from. What I didn’t know back then was that the treasurer’s position on ... Full story

DES MOINES – The Republican Party of Iowa today said the latest State of Iowa campaign finance reports indicate the Party and its candidates are competing head-to-head, and even out-pacing in many instances, majority Democrats and incumbents. While the Iowa GOP has more cash-on-hand than its Iowa Democratic Party counterpart, the Party’s Executive Director Jim Anderson ... Full story

Before you know it, presidential hopefuls will once again inundate the state of Iowa. If you want to get technical about it, you could easily say that we already are. Congressman Ron Paul is scheduled to speak at the Campaign for Liberty’s mid-west conference in Des Moines tonight. Newt Gingrich is planning ... Full story

Former state legislator Sandy Greiner announced that she is running for the State Senate at county conventions today in Johnson, Washington, Jefferson, Wapello, and Van Buren counties.  Greiner would face first term first-term State Senator Becky Schmitz in Senate District 45 if she were successful in the June primary. Greiner makes the SD 45 a ... Full story

TIR blogger and photographer Dave Davidson attended the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association meeting today. It seems as if Governor Culver sent Davidson a message when he was getting his picture taken. Or maybe the Governor’s “hidden message” was intended for someone else in the audience. Recently, members of the media told Culver that he needs to be more assessable and friendly to the ... Full story

Strawn: Time for Democrats to put our kids before their campaign cash Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today said that in the days following the unveiling of Republican public education reform initiatives, leading Iowa Democrats have continued to demonstrate a stunning defense of the status quo and reflexive opposition to new ideas for ... Full story

Nearly 800 people turned out last night for the Republican Party of Iowa’s “Night of the Rising Stars” event at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines. The event was billed as the coming-out party for RPI under the new leadership of Chairman Matt Strawn and Executive Director Jeff Boeyink. Strawn told the audience that ... Full story

The Republican Party of Iowa’s upcoming “Night of the Rising Stars” event is being billed as the coming-out party for RPI under the leadership of Chairman Matt Strawn. While the new leader of the Iowa GOP has made some notable changes, the jury is still out on whether or not the moves he has ... Full story