- Saturday, December 5, 2009, 17:01
- Iowa, News Center
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Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today announced Jim Anderson was confirmed by the Republican State Central Committee as the party’s new executive director. Anderson comes to the Iowa GOP from the Republican National Committee in Washington, DC, where he served as the RNC’s Deputy Political Director.
“Iowa Republicans are poised for sweeping gains ...
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- Thursday, December 3, 2009, 9:55
- Blogs, Krusty Konservative
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Politics is a small, strange world. Politics is also a relationship business. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Sure, there are other professions in which that is the case, but politics is the ultimate networking game.
How else can you explain that the guy rumored to be the next Executive Director ...
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- Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 13:37
- Iowa, News Center
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Earlier today, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn joined Rep. Chris Hagenow and Rep. Matt Windschitl to announce The Liberty Agenda.
The Liberty Agenda consists of three elements.
Allow Iowans to vote of the definition of marriage.
Restore the number of State Troopers to the pre-1998 level within the next five years.
Since ...
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- Monday, September 7, 2009, 4:06
- Iowa, News Center, Top Story
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As the son of a farmer and the grandson of a John Deere factory worker, I have a profound appreciation for the men and women whose labors have not just made our state prosperous historically, but helped make Iowa a leader in feeding the world.
Whether someone earns their living breaking our fertile soil, working on the ...
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- Monday, August 31, 2009, 7:43
- Iowa, News Center
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Darrell Kearney, long-time Finance Director for the Republican Party of Iowa, today announced his retirement from the Party. Kearney will remain with the Party as a part-time contract employee to assist in the transition of his successor. Kearney said, “I truly love the Iowa GOP and my decade working for Party has been the ...
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- Monday, June 29, 2009, 4:17
- Iowa, Top Story
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There has been a lot of discussion following Haley Barbour’s speech last Thursday night at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Night of the Rising Stars event. While Barbour’s remarks left many social conservatives with a sour taste in their mouths at the conclusion of the event, it would be a mistake to disregard everything that ...
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- Friday, June 26, 2009, 8:32
- Iowa, News Center, Top Story
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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 ...
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- Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 3:25
- Iowa
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Matt Strawn, the Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, was in Davenport yesterday to kickoff his three day, five city, Job Security for Iowans Tour. The press conference was held at Twin-State, Inc., a liquid fertilizer supplier based in Davenport, Iowa. The company is owned by Hovey Tinsman, the husband of former ...
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- Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 0:12
- Craig Robinson
- 384 views
Yesterday my travels took me to the Quad-Cities. While I was born and raised in rural Clinton County near the tiny town of Goose Lake, Davenport always seems like home to me. It was nice to see the river and have lunch with my brother.
Before lunch, I had the opportunity to sit down with Matt Strawn, Chairman of the Republican Party, he was ...
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- Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 1:35
- Krusty Konservative
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Am I the only one who thinks that the residents of Linn County voting for a
tax increase to help pay for the rebuilding effort after last year’s flood is a clear indication that their government has failed them? I’m sure that some people will argue with me and say that there was no serious opposition to local option sales tax initiative, but ...
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